Thursday 26 March 2015

The Britons signing up for Jihad

Dominic Casciani, BBC News, The Britons signing up for Jihad "BBC News has been tracking the story of these men and women - and boys and girls - for the past few months in an attempt to map the scale of the jihad in Syria and Iraq."

Tuesday 24 March 2015

Theresa May set to urge UK's Muslims to help fight extremism

Guardian, Theresa May set to urge UK's Muslims to help fight extremism "The Home secretary will say the freedoms on offer in the UK come with “responsibilities” to respect the way others live, democracy, equality and the rules of law."

Thursday 19 March 2015

Hip hop hijabis

Mail Online, Hip hop hijabis: Meet the Muslim women who rap in headscarves Also see:

Anti-Muslim prejudice is real, and it’s scary

Matthew Parris, The Spectator, Anti-Muslim prejudice is real, and it’s scary "Something dangerous is brewing beneath the surface in our country, and it worries me that warning lights are not flashing in the minds of many of those I respect most. After the discrediting of anti-Semitism, after the discrediting of discrimination against black people, after the discrediting of prejudice towards the Irish, I hadn’t expected to live to see a powerful generalised antipathy against any race or religion gather popular force here without stirring at least the more liberal of my fellow citizens into resistance. I expected a sense of alarm. There is none."  opinion piece

Tuesday 10 March 2015

Families of schoolgirls who joined ISIS in Syria appear before MPs 

Daily Mail, Families of schoolgirls who joined ISIS in Syria appear before MPs 

Leading Welsh Muslim tells how villagers called police when he planned a visit

Wales Online, Leading Welsh Muslim tells how villagers called police when he planned a visit "A leading Welsh Muslim has told how locals made a call to the police when they heard he was to give a talk at a meeting at their village hall.



"Saleem Kidwai, secretary general of the Muslim Council For Wales, was invited to speak to the community of Tregroes in Ceredigion but said the people he met afterwards told him the police had been informed he would be attending."