Date of source: Thursday, September 8, 2005
Statistics from Britain’s last census show that of the 1.1 million people living in the U.K., but born abroad, over 600,000 originate from Islamic countries.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 6, 2005
Amidst a wave of racially-motivated attacks against Muslims in the wake of the London bombings, Dr. Zakī Badawī, principal of the Muslim College in London has advised Muslim women to stop wearing the hijāb.
Date of source: Thursday, September 1, 2005
A recent poll in Britain has shown that over two thirds of the Muslim students in the country believe that British foreign is to blame for the July terrorist attacks.
Date of source: Thursday, September 1, 2005
The British government has chosen Tāriq Ramadān, Muslim intellectual and grandson of the Muslim Brotherhood’s founder, to work as an anti-fundamentalist-extremism advisor.
Date of source: Sunday, September 4, 2005
Intellectuals in our society should have the courage to acknowledge that terrorism has emerged from the Islamic world.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 30, 2005
A senior Muslim cleric in London issued a fatwa saying that suicide operations are halāl [religiously permissible], according to Islamic sharīca. He even said that they are a religious obligation. However, following the bombings on the London Underground that killed scores of people and has led to...
Date of source: Thursday, August 25, 2005
The bombings in London, the lobbying and political clout of the 9/11 Commission, the gentle prodding from European capitals, and, yes, even a little common sense have finally convinced Washington to exchange GWOT [Global War on Terrorism] for the more sober SAVE [Struggle/Strategy Against Violent...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 30, 2005
The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), Britain’s largest Islamic organization, has called upon the BBC to apologize to Muslims and to investigate the accusations of extremism lodged against Muslims in the documentary Panorama.
Date of source: Sunday, August 28, 2005
During a phone interview with al-Sharq al-Awsat, Muslim fundamentalist cUmar Bakrī Fustuq said that he has been unable to move freely since accusations against him in the media prompted Syrian authorities to investigate him.
Date of source: Sunday, August 28, 2005
The outstanding Norwegian journalist and author Asne Seierstad wrote her very personal and compelling report when she survived amid the current chaos of Iraq. The volume is entitled A Hundred and One Days: A Baghdad Journal.