Thursday 30 March 2017

Reading List:

New Statesmen, The battle for the soul of British Islam reviews:

  • Letters to a Young Muslim by Omar Saif Ghobash 
  • The Battle for British Islam: Reclaiming Muslim Identity from Extremism by Sara Khan with Tony McMahon 
  • The Enemy Within: a Tale of Muslim Britain by Sayeeda Warsi

Tuesday 28 March 2017

London attack: Women hold hands to honour bridge victims

BBC News, London attack: Women hold hands to honour bridge victims

Sayeeda Warsi on Start the Week

BBC Radio 4, Start the Week
"On Start the Week Amol Rajan talks to Sayeeda Warsi about how far Britain's Muslim community is viewed as 'the enemy within'. As the child of Pakistani immigrants who became Britain's first Muslim Cabinet Minister, Baroness Warsi is in a unique position to explore questions of cultural difference, terrorism, and 'British values', and to explore how society can become more integrated."

Monday 20 March 2017

University can feel like a hostile place to Muslim students

theconversation.com, University can feel like a hostile place to Muslim students "For those Muslims students who do access higher education, the odds can be stacked against them. Students from most ethnic minority backgrounds don’t do as well as their white peers – even when they enter higher education with the same or better qualifications. And although data on religion is not routinely collected by universities it is likely that many Muslims students are underperforming."

Wednesday 15 March 2017

EHRC on religious symbols 'ban'

EHRC, Religious symbols ruling does not mean staff can be targeted for dismissal, 15 Mar 2017 "Following a ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union, which found that employers could ban staff from wearing visible religious symbols but must have a relevant policy in place before doing so, Equality and Human Rights Commission Chief Executive Rebecca Hilsenrath said..."