2309, 2015

Speaker’s Corner: Researcher at the Princes School of Traditional Arts, Bilal Badat, explores when and why depictions of Prophet Mohamed become incendiary

By Myriam Francois|September 23, 2015|Speaker's Corner|0 comments

Image drawn from “Muhammad: The Messenger of God”, a 2015 film by Iranian director Majid Majidi. Researcher at the Princes School of Traditional Arts, Bilal Badat, asks when and why depictions of Prophet Mohamed become controversial? From caricatures to carbon dated Qur’ans, 2015 has been a busy year for critics and commentators of the Prophet Muhammad. It began with the attack at the headquarters of Charlie Hebdo where two gunmen killed

0709, 2015

Speaker’s corner: Nohoudh PhD scholar Ziad Amir on “Victorian Perspectives on Islamic Sexuality”

By Myriam Francois|September 7, 2015|Speaker's Corner|1 comments

The issue of sexuality in Islam has been a common target of criticism against the religion since the earliest European perspectives. From the 9th Century, writers and travellers understood Islam as sanctioning the fulfilment of lusts, which Christian thinkers perceived as being detrimental to the spirit, and rationally argued as being contrary to natural law. The framework within which such reproaches were deployed held Christian marital and sexual values as

2907, 2015

Speaker’s Corner: “10 years on from 7/7 – a good time to rethink our fight against terrorism” by Nohoudh PhD scholar Mohammed Abdul Aziz

By Myriam Francois|July 29, 2015|Speaker's Corner|0 comments

The following blog is a response by Nohoudh PhD scholar Mohammed Abdul Aziz to the Daily Mirror article, published on July 6th 215, entitled “UK terror attacks are inevitable and there’s nothing we can do to stop them, warn spy chiefs” which claimed that a “Mirror survey reveals up to 1.5 million Britons could be supporters of Islamic State”: 10 years on from 7/7 – a good time to rethink our fight