Recalling Ertuğrul: The Resurrection of a Legend

Recalling Ertuğrul: The Resurrection of a Legend

Recalling Ertuğrul: The Resurrection of a Legend Comments by Sümeyye Sakarya i Blog 30   Since arriving in the UK last year, I would not be wrong in saying that after learning that I am from Turkey, Ertuğrul has been mentioned by almost every Muslim I have met....
Defining Islamophobia

Defining Islamophobia

Defining Islamophobia 0 Comments by S. Sayyid and AbdoolKarim Vakil i Blog 29  5 December 2018  Islamophobia Introduction A definition is not a magic spell.  Defining Islamophobia[1]  will not by itself end Islamophobia.  What is needed is not a detailed legal...
Reading the Islamic Republic of Iran

Reading the Islamic Republic of Iran

Reading the Islamic Republic of Iran Comments by Sarah Marusek i Blog 28   I recently attended an international conference in South Africa on re-evaluating civil society in the Middle East following the 2010-2011 Arab uprisings that failed to bring about lasting...
Being Muslim in Lynchistan

Being Muslim in Lynchistan

Being Muslim in Lynchistan Comments by Shaheen Kattiparambil i Blog 27   On 8th July 2018, senior advocate of the Supreme Court of India Indira Jaising stated that the “lynching of Muslims in India has become a badge of honour for the perpetrators”. Drawing...
Tunisian Imam’s call for Hajj Boycott

Tunisian Imam’s call for Hajj Boycott

Tunisian Imam’s call for Hajj Boycott Comments by Sümeyye Sakarya i Blog 26   While this year’s Hajj is now finished, something fascinating happened in the months leading up to the festival: the General Secretary of the Union of Tunisian Imams, Fadhel Ashour, called...