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How women won it for George Galloway
There is a very inspiring article in today’s edition of the Guardian about how women in Bradford helped George Galloway to deliver a huge shock to our complacent and corrupt mainstream political parties in last week’s by-election. You can read … Continue reading
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Peter Tatchell Endorses BDS Campaign Against Israel
There is a very interesting post up on Jews Sans Frontieres which notes that the long-time gay rights campaigner, Peter Tatchell, has signed a letter publicly supporting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign against Israel and criticising Israel for ‘pinkwashing’ … Continue reading
The ‘Jesus and Mo’ Cartoon and the Right To Offend
There has been some ongoing controversy about the decision by the Atheist Society at the University College London (UCL) to publish a cartoon of the prophet Jesus and prophet Muhammad (peace be upon them) which depicts them drinking alcohol at a bar. … Continue reading
30th Anniversary of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4
There is a wonderful article in the Guardian today by Alexis Petridis recounting the first time he read Sue Townsend’s splendid book The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 which was first published in 1982. The comments following … Continue reading
Christopher Hitchens – The World Is A Better Place Without Him
I thought the Guardian’s coverage yesterday of Christopher Hitchens’ death was a bit unbalanced. There was a long fawning article by his friend Ian McEwan and a much shorter piece by Frances Stonor Saunders that was a bit more critical … Continue reading
Racist woman on London Tram
The most astonishing thing about this video is not the crude BNP/EDL type abuse – I think most of us who are not white-skinned have witnessed such abuse – but the fact that the bigoted lady is holding a young … Continue reading
RIP: Graham Dilley & Thank You for the Magical Memory of Headingley ’81
How sad to hear about the death of the former England cricketer, Graham Dilley, at the relatively young age of 52. I was twelve years old in 1981 when I watched him on telly providing fabulous support to Ian Botham … Continue reading
New Moon on Monday – ‘Id Mubarak!
Apologies in advance to those who don’t remember the 1980′s with fondness! Although I must admit that even after all these years I still can’t decypher the lyrics and have no idea what on earth Simon Le Bon was singing … Continue reading
Prevent-ing Muslim Engagement
A couple of weeks ago, I blogged about how it looked as if the government was going to adopt a hardline rejectionist position towards mainstream UK Muslim organisations with it’s Prevent strategy. And so it came to be. It wasn’t … Continue reading
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Bosnia, Mladic and the Impact on UK Muslims
While much of the media covers the extradition of former Bosnian Serb General, Ratko Mladic, to The Hague, on war crimes charges, it is worth spending a few moments to reflect on how the tragedy in Bosnia impacted UK Muslims. … Continue reading
