Dec 13, 2018
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....
Dec 5, 2018
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...
Nov 14, 2018
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...
Oct 24, 2018
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...
Sep 5, 2018
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...