Saturday 16 March 2024

Discussions on 'Extremism' and Politics (cont/d)

Some important comments (separately) from Zara Mohammed and Sayeeda Warsi:

Thursday 14 March 2024

Conference CFP

I thought this looked really interesting:

'Extremism' Perspectives and Discussions

While this discussion is not/should not be exclusively associated with Muslims in the UK, there are underlying themes in the discourse, which I have attempted to highlight and record here for reseaarch purposes.

Adam Bienkov, Josiah Mortimer, Byline Times, Michael Gove Expected to Drop Plans to Put Muslim Council of Britain in List of ‘Extremist’ Groups, 13 Mar 2024

Hope Not Hate Report 2024 (PDF)

Wednesday 13 March 2024

Anti-Muslim Rhetoric in the UK

 The toxic political situation in the UK incorporates anti-Muslim rhetoric and 'Islamophobia'. I have covered some of this in my X feed, but for the record am placing some other elements below. Just a reminder - there are multiple opinions here, the posts below are for information and subsequent analysis, and inclusion never does not imply endorsement. The language is not adjusted and can be 'loaded' at times:

 

 



Saturday 9 March 2024

Sheffield British-Yemenis

Lemma Shehadi, Nicky Harly, Marwa Hassan, The National, Steeled for worse: Sheffield's British-Yemenis conflicted over crisis in the Red Sea, 8 Mar 2024. "For British-Yemenis, who are the UK's oldest Arab community, the crisis leaves them in a difficult place. Though they support the Palestinian cause, they are also opposed to the Houthi militia – which took control of the capital Sanaa and parts of north Yemen in 2014."

Tuesday 5 March 2024

School "prayer ban"

BBC News, Michaela School made being Muslim seem toxic, former pupil says, 5 Mar 2024 "

"The "prayer ban" by a school facing a court challenge made being Muslim "seem toxic" and "evil", former pupils claim."