Oct 2, 2026
25 Years of the WoT: Who Speaks for Islam? By Hamid TP i Blog 143 Image credit: https://pixabay.com/photos/war-soldiers-parachutes-469503/ (free to use) When confronted with the question of who speaks for Islam, public debate routinely devolves into a search for...
Sep 11, 2026
After the War on Terror By Shaheen Kattiparambil i Blog 141 Image credit: Pixabay (Free to use) Twenty-five years after 11 September 2001, the Global War on Terror (GWOT) appears, at first sight, to belong to another political moment. The occupations of...
Aug 7, 2026
Of Those who Don’t get to be Cockroaches By Zainab Amal i Blog 140 Image credit: Photo taken by Shaheen Abdulla, July 2026. Photo used with permission. Since 2014, India has been governed by Hindutva ethnonationalism, intensifying decades of structural...
Mar 10, 2026
Social Cohesion and Islamophobia By Shaheen Kattiparambil i Blog 129 What does social cohesion have to do with Islamophobia in contemporary Britain? On 9 March 2026, the Labour government unveiled its new social cohesion strategy, Protecting What Matters,...
Jan 30, 2026
‘Mistaken’ for a Muslim By Hamid TP i Blog 128 What does ‘Left’ mean in a political sense? Egalitarianism, support for the (organised) working class, support for the nationalisation of industry, hostility to marks of hierarchy, opposition to...
