'1981 files: Mecca bingo hall row with Saudi Arabia'

Duncan Gardham, Telegraph, 1981 files: Mecca bingo hall row with Saudi Arabia, 30 Dec 2011 "The opening of a chain of Mecca bingo halls in 1981 offended the Sunni Mufti of Beiruit, who said the name was "blasphemous"." [just spotted this one]

'Briton in Kenya radicalised in shoe bomber’s prison'

AFP/capitalfm Kenya, Briton in Kenya radicalised in shoe bomber’s prison, 9 Jan 2012 "An extremist accused of heading a wave of British recruits to an Al-Qaeda group plotting attacks in Kenya was radicalised in the same prison as shoe bomber Richard Reid, a report said on Sunday."

'The curry crisis'

Homa Khaleeli, Guardian, The curry crisis, 8 Jan 2012 "Chicken tikka masala is now an integral part of British culture, but can our curry houses survive the recession – and the government's immigration policy?"

Exeter Mosque

arabnews.com, Exeter Mosque: A testament to religious harmony in UK, 29 Dec 2011 "The little room used as a mosque in Exeter back in 1975 has grown and expanded into a beautiful mosque and Islamic cultural center to cater to the increasing number of Muslims in that sleepy university town in southwest England."

Syed Aziz Pasha

Ahmed J Versi, Muslim News, Dr Pasha laid the foundation of the British Muslims in the UK, 30 Dec 2011 "Dr Syed Aziz Pasha, founder and Secretary General of the oldest British Muslim federal body in the UK, the Union of Muslim Organisations (UMO), passed away on November 23 after a long illness. Dr Pasha, 81, was one of the most respected Muslims leaders in the UK."

Opinion piece: 'Owen Jones: Beware the assumptions the Lawrence verdict gives rise to'

Opinion piece Independent, Owen Jones: Beware the assumptions the Lawrence verdict gives rise to, 5 Jan 2012 "I'm not one to normally agree with the Conservative Baroness Sayeeda Warsi but she was right to say that Islamophobia now passes the "dinner-table test". It is a bigotry even indulged by some progressives."

'When Islam met the diversity industry' opinion piece

Damian Thompson, Telegraph Blogs, When Islam met the diversity industry…, 23 Dec 2011 "This week, I was told about a London primary school whose pupils are overwhelmingly Muslim. It isn’t having a nativity play. There was a plan to sing carols in a lesson, but parents banned their children from attending."