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Isoc established book group »

The Islamic Society of Edinburgh Napier University has established a book group in order to foster a greater understanding of Islam. The group strives to address misconceptions and misunderstandings of the religion and its followers by bringing to tog...

Wed 24 Nov 2010 by Al Innes | Read more »

PM bans Muslim peer from Islamic conference »

Sayeeda Warsi, the only female Muslim to ever hold a cabinet seat, was banned by David Cameron from attending the Global Peace and Unity event held at the end of last month in London. The biggest multicultural gathering in Europe attracted about 60,00...

Wed 10 Nov 2010 by Assa Samaké | Read more »

A debate to be had face-to-face »

Burka ban.

The niqab issue seems to have become a defining one, symbolic of Europe’s growing apprehension about the new ‘other’, namely Muslims. It is part of the new Muslim identity that some Muslim women in Europe are asserting in opposition t...

Wed 03 Feb 2010 by Gaffar Hussain | Read more »

New mosque breaks mould with local English-speaking imams »

A new English-language mosque that opened earlier this year in the West End has been labelled a “beautiful example of a distinct European Muslim Identity” by an Edinburgh academic. Dr Christian Lange, of the Islamic Studies Department at t...

Wed 07 Oct 2009 by Olivia Dobbs | Read more »

The rise of the majority »

Just when it feels as though the last nail had been hammered into multiculturalism’s coffin, another public figure appears with an anvil. The latest celebrity critic of everyone’s pet ideological hate is Anglican Bishop Michael Nasir-Ali. N...

Thu 02 Oct 2008 by Pathik Pathak | Read more »

A new multiculturalism »

Multiculturalism in the UK

In observing that "each man calls barbarism whatever is not his own practice," the 16th century French philosopher Michel de Montaigne was ahead of his time. Today, most of us feel ourselves to be a little more enlightened, and indeed, ever s...

Wed 26 Mar 2008 | Read more »

Knowing your enemy »

The key to defeating terrorism is to understand it

Something odd is happening in the War on Terror. Although there have been apparent successes, the overall picture is by no means rosy. In the United States the media has turned on the architects of the war, President Bush and Vice-President Cheney, wit...

Mon 05 Nov 2007 by Phillip Knightley | Read more »

Can Europe handle 100 million muslims? »

Turkish secularist protests

“We have a problem with the integration of Muslims which raises the issue of Islam in Europe. To say it is not a problem is to hide from reality. If you let 100 million Turkish Muslims come in, what will come of it?” In asking this questi...

Mon 05 Nov 2007 | Read more »

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