0911, 2015

Question Time: Ben Stanford – Prevent on Campus: Stopping Extremism or Stifling Debate?

By Myriam Francois|November 9, 2015|Question Time|1 comments

Prevent on Campus: Stopping Extremism or Stifling Debate? Ben Stanford, Legal Fellow, Rights Watch (UK) At a recent event on the Prevent Strategy in universities, the former Business Secretary Vince Cable suggested that efforts to combat campus extremism may worsen the problem. Opposition to terrorism-related interventions in universities is not new: During the 2010-2015 Coalition Government, the then Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg personally vetoed the plan to block extremist

0211, 2015

Speaker’s Corner: Ziad Amir on “Polygamy, Pragmatism, Lust and Love”

By Myriam Francois|November 2, 2015|Speaker's Corner|0 comments

Nohoudh scholar Ziad Amir discusses the concept of polygamy in Islam, in light of recent public statements by Baroness Cox that “in some communities with high polygamy and divorce rates, men may have up to 20 children each.” Above: Baroness Cox The issue of Muslim polygamy has been a consistent point of contention for critics of Islam since the earliest European polemical writings. Both morally-sensitive themes of women’s social position

0211, 2015

Question Time: MEND’s Shenaz Bunglawala tackles Baroness Cox’s claim that British Muslim men have ‘up to 20 children’

By Myriam Francois|November 2, 2015|Question Time|0 comments

Shenaz Bunglawala, Head of Research at MEND, offers her thoughts on recent comments in the press by Baroness Cox that British Muslim men have ‘up to 20 children’. Above: Shenaz Bunglawala Accelerating ‘Eurabia’? It is almost par for the course that we often see some peers of the realm engage in behaviour that one might reasonably consider as bringing the House of Lords into disrepute. Whether it is the former UKIP

1210, 2015

Speaker’s Corner: Fatima Begum Rajina on “The aesthetic challenge to Britishness: Nadiya’s victory on Great British Bake Off 2015”

By Myriam Francois|October 12, 2015|Speaker's Corner|0 comments

The aesthetic challenge to Britishness: Nadiya’s victory on Great British Bake Off 2015 by Fatima Begum Rajina, SOAS-Nohoudh PhD candidate Above: Nadiya Hussain winner of this year’s Great British Bake Off Where do I start with this? She started off the show on shaky grounds and was certainly not one I thought would win the show but it is through her dedication and perseverance that she won the minds and hearts of the

0210, 2015

Speakers Corner: PhD student Farrah Sheikh responds to Charles Moore, former editor of the Daily telegraph, on “anxieties” related Muslim immigration

By Myriam Francois|October 2, 2015|Speaker's Corner|0 comments

SOAS Nohoudh scholar Farrah Sheikh responds to Charles Moore, former editor of the Daily Telegraph’s recent article in which he wrote: “One of the biggest anxieties about the current immigration is its high Muslim element. Is it wrong to have such an anxiety, let alone to express it publicly, let alone to want to have a system of immigration based on it?” “One of the biggest anxieties about the current

0110, 2015

RIPOSTE: Dr Chris Allen comments on recent MET statistics indicating a 70% rise in islamophobic attacks in London

By Myriam Francois|October 1, 2015|Ripostes|0 comments

Dr Chris Allen comments on the recent MET statistics which indicate a 70% rise in islamophobic attacks in London and responds to our recent blog by Tell Mama’s Fiyaz Mughal. In the past couple of weeks, much has been made of the Metropolitan Police data showing that the number of Islamophobic hate crimes recorded increased by 70% in the past year. Amounting to 816 Islamophobic hate crimes in total, this was the second

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

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

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

1609, 2015

Question time – “Should George Galloway get the Muslim vote for London Mayor?” Prof Maleiha Malik (Kings College London) and Tahir Shah (MPACUK) discuss.

By Myriam Francois|September 16, 2015|Question Time|2 comments

Disclaimer: The views expressed here are solely those of the author in her/his private capacity and do not in any way represent the views of SOAS or the CIS. With the 2016 London Mayoral election campaign well underway, MuslimWise asked two diverging voices whether the London Muslim vote is necessarily a Galloway vote? Is there even such a thing as the Muslim vote? and if so, on what basis should it

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