2901, 2016

Ideas Hub: Muslims, foreignness and the ‘integration’ debate – by Dr Sarah Hackett

By Myriam Francois|January 29, 2016|Ideas Hub|0 comments

Muslims, foreignness and the ‘integration’ debate  by Dr Sarah Hackett             Muslim minority communities have secured a firm position at the centre of political and public discourse in Britain in recent years. These ever-heated deliberations have centred upon, amongst other things, integration, multiculturalism, segregation, exclusion, identity, belonging, discrimination and extremism. Far too often, these debates have been driven by sensationalist and attention-grabbing agendas and headlines. Recently, these have included the

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1412, 2015

Ripostes: Nohoudh scholar Fatima Begum Rajina responds to Trevor Phillips (OBE)’s opening statement at the SOAS-Nohoudh Muslim Integration Conference- engaging with the discourse 2015

By Myriam Francois|December 14, 2015|Ripostes|0 comments

Nohoudh scholar Fatima Begum Rajina responds to Trevor Phillips (OBE)’s opening statement at the SOAS-Nohoudh Muslim Integration Conference- engaging with the discourse 2015. Trevor Phillips was the keynote speaker for the SOAS-Nohoudh Muslim Integration conference on the first day – the full speech can be found here. Interestingly, within the first paragraph of Trevor Phillips’ speech he shares the following: ‘I don’t do this sort of thing very much these

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3009, 2015

Speaker’s corner: Omar Salha offer his view on the debate over whether the London Muslim vote is necessarily a Galloway vote

By Myriam Francois|September 30, 2015|Speaker's Corner|0 comments

In response to our “Question time” blog on “Should George Galloway get the Muslim vote for London Mayor?” between Prof Maleiha Malik (Kings College London) and Tahir Shah (MPACUK), SOAS-CIS PhD scholar Omar Salha offer his view on whether the London Muslim vote is necessarily a Galloway vote : To vote or not to vote, Galloway is the question.   In an age of geo-political disputes, meta-narratives and continued power struggles

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3009, 2015

Free speech on British university campuses: Dr Amina Yaqin and Professor Peter Morey respond to the government’s proposals

By Myriam Francois|September 30, 2015|Ideas Hub|0 comments

Following the recent news that David Cameron will “name and shame” British universities “that give the floor to extremist speakers” – Dr Amina Yaqin, Senior Lecturer in Urdu and Postcolonial Studies at SOAS, and Professor Peter Morey,  Professor of English and Postcolonial Studies at the University of East London offer their response:   Some months ago, we were organising the latest event in the Muslims, Trust and Cultural Dialogue series: part of a research project

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