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

1411, 2015

Speaker’s Corner: Nohoudh scholar Farrah Sheikh on “The futility of politicising Remembrance Day”

By Myriam Francois|November 14, 2015|Speaker's Corner|1 comments

The futility of politicising Remembrance Day Above: Farrah Sheikh On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918, the Western Front finally fell silent after four years of continuous warfare. This week marks Armistice Day followed by Remembrance Sunday marking an important point in British history. A time to pause, to remember, and to reflect upon the horrors of war, and the sacrifices of

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

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

2907, 2015

RIPOSTES: Nohoudh PhD scholar Farrah Sheikh weighs in on “What’s going wrong in the public discourse on British Muslims?” Featuring Prof. Mona Siddiqui and Omar Khan

By Myriam Francois|July 29, 2015|Ripostes|0 comments

Speaker’s corner is a comment section of the MuslimWise blog which aims to provide young scholars with the space to reflect and discuss issues raised either in the media, or in the “Question Time” section of the blog. Nohoudh PhD scholar Farrah Sheikh weighs in: I welcome the opportunity to chime in with my thoughts on this important discussion. Omar Khan has already highlighted the challenges (and frustrations) for researchers

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