Mosques across Britain could sound the call to prayer through loudspeakers after councils gave permission to alert the faithful. Allama Sadiq Qureshi, who is an imam at the Minhaj-ul-Quran mosque in Newham, East London, said: ‘We want this practice to continue in the future. ‘But at the same time, we must be bothered about our… Continue reading Tommy Robinson Part 10
Tag: Political Islam
Political Islam Part 21
Over the last few decades, Islam has become a central point of reference for a wide range of political activities, arguments and opposition movements. The term “political Islam” has been adopted by many scholars in order to identify this seemingly unprecedented irruption of Islamic religion into the secular domain of politics and thus to distinguish… Continue reading Political Islam Part 21
Migrants from France Part 20
Ruthless people-smuggling gangs have moved into the Calais migrant camps and have drawn up a price list for desperate refugees who are trying to reach Britain. The highly organised Albanian-led groups charge £450 for a surfboard and £900 for windsurf boards tied together with rope. They only accept cash. A two-person kayak is £1,350, while… Continue reading Migrants from France Part 20
Muslim Grooming Gangs Part 10
In the UK, the debate around so-called Asian grooming gangs and the sexual threat they pose to vulnerable white girls shows no sign of abating. A leaked report produced by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has upheld a complaint made by a father whose daughter had been missing for a week. He said… Continue reading Muslim Grooming Gangs Part 10
Muslim Grooming Gangs Part 9
Nearly a decade after the abuse of vulnerable girls in Oxford began to be addressed, following years of negligence by police and social services, the last of the so-called Operation Bullfinch trials has ended. How did the sex offenders at the centre of the city’s depraved underworld finally come to face justice? Oxford, 2011. For… Continue reading Muslim Grooming Gangs Part 9
Tommy Robinson Part 9
Mosques across the country could start sounding the daily call to prayer through loudspeakers following a series of unofficial pilot programmes. Scores of communities were allowed to use public address systems to alert the faithful during the holy month of Ramadan, which ended last night. Several councils gave permission for the call – known as… Continue reading Tommy Robinson Part 9
Political Islam Part 20
The rapid succession of events of the past four years have challenged conventional wisdom on political Islam. After the democratic openings in 2011, mainstream Islamist groups—affiliates and descendants of the Muslim Brotherhood—rose to newfound prominence after decades in opposition, but grappled with the challenges of governance and political polarization. The subsequent “twin shocks” of the… Continue reading Political Islam Part 20
Migrants from France Part 19
A Home Office spokesman said 45 people were brought to Dover passed to immigration officials. They gave their nationalities as Cote D’Ivorian, Guinean, Kuwaiti, Iranian, Iraqi, Etritrean, Albanian, Sudanese and South Sudanese. Minister for immigration compliance Chris Philp said: “French authorities stopped more than 1,000 migrants from crossing the Channel across the months of April… Continue reading Migrants from France Part 19
Muslim Grooming Gangs Part 9
Nearly a decade after the abuse of vulnerable girls in Oxford began to be addressed, following years of negligence by police and social services, the last of the so-called Operation Bullfinch trials has ended. How did the sex offenders at the centre of the city’s depraved underworld finally come to face justice? Oxford, 2011. For… Continue reading Muslim Grooming Gangs Part 9
Tommy Robinson Part 8
Tommy Robinson travelled to watch UEFA Euro 2016 in France and demonstrated with a T-shirt and English flag ridiculing the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Bedfordshire Police imposed a football banning order on him on his return; his solicitor Alison Gurden accused the police of equating the proscribed terrorist group with all… Continue reading Tommy Robinson Part 8