Inside Britain’s secretive sharia courts: Veil is lifted on the religious tribunals where downtrodden women plead with judges to dissolve their marriages
What strikes you first is the squalid nature of the women’s stories. Their husbands have beaten and abused them, they claim; lied and cheated, cavorted with prostitutes, become addicted to drugs. One weeping wife even accuses her spouse of molesting
Inside Britain’s secretive sharia courts: Veil is lifted on the religious tribunals where downtrodden women plead with judges to dissolve their marriages
What strikes you first is the squalid nature of the women’s stories. Their husbands have beaten and abused them, they claim; lied and cheated, cavorted with prostitutes, become addicted to drugs. One weeping wife even accuses her spouse of molesting
The wind in my hair: one Iranian woman’s courageous struggle against being forced to wear the hijab
Masih Alinejad unties her hair, and a sea of corkscrew curls cascades down her shoulders. It looks amazing, but the significance of Masih’s hair isn’t looks – it’s politics. Masih is an Iranian activist who has spent her life fighting
The wind in my hair: one Iranian woman’s courageous struggle against being forced to wear the hijab
Masih Alinejad unties her hair, and a sea of corkscrew curls cascades down her shoulders. It looks amazing, but the significance of Masih’s hair isn’t looks – it’s politics. Masih is an Iranian activist who has spent her life fighting
US fantasies of Islamised Britain do matter
Thanks to the internet, loony American views of a UK lost to radicalism, Sharia and crime are gaining ground here too. There is a western country that terrifies the American right. Its capital city is already lost to Islam, and
US fantasies of Islamised Britain do matter
Thanks to the internet, loony American views of a UK lost to radicalism, Sharia and crime are gaining ground here too. There is a western country that terrifies the American right. Its capital city is already lost to Islam, and
All hail Ms Marvel, a young, female Muslim superhero for our times
At long last, Hollywood is planning a blockbuster film in which a Muslim will not be a threat but a kickass heroine. When news circulated on Tuesday that Marvel was going to bring a Pakistani-American 16-year-old girl, Kamala Khan (aka
All hail Ms Marvel, a young, female Muslim superhero for our times
At long last, Hollywood is planning a blockbuster film in which a Muslim will not be a threat but a kickass heroine. When news circulated on Tuesday that Marvel was going to bring a Pakistani-American 16-year-old girl, Kamala Khan (aka
Islamophobia is real. Stop the obsession with semantics
…. most people of good faith understand that Islamophobia as a concept or social phenomenon also goes beyond a literalist dictionary definition. The term was first popularised by the Runnymede Trust in a report published in 1997. The term had
Islamophobia is real. Stop the obsession with semantics
…. most people of good faith understand that Islamophobia as a concept or social phenomenon also goes beyond a literalist dictionary definition. The term was first popularised by the Runnymede Trust in a report published in 1997. The term had
Islamophobia is a fiction to shut down debate
Now consider Islamophobia. Anyone who calls out Islamist extremism as a fanatical or primitive interpretation of Islam currently dominant in the Muslim world is called an Islamophobe. Anyone who says the Muslim Brotherhood is a conspiracy to Islamise the world
Islamophobia is a fiction to shut down debate
Now consider Islamophobia. Anyone who calls out Islamist extremism as a fanatical or primitive interpretation of Islam currently dominant in the Muslim world is called an Islamophobe. Anyone who says the Muslim Brotherhood is a conspiracy to Islamise the world
Young British Muslims are becoming much more liberal – but they aren’t less religious as a result
Muslims, especially second generation Muslims, seem to be finding ways to reconcile British culture with religion. It’s only natural that, when Islamic thought has adapted to the context in Malaysia, in Pakistan and in Egypt, it can do so in
Young British Muslims are becoming much more liberal – but they aren’t less religious as a result
Muslims, especially second generation Muslims, seem to be finding ways to reconcile British culture with religion. It’s only natural that, when Islamic thought has adapted to the context in Malaysia, in Pakistan and in Egypt, it can do so in
