Everyone has been aware of the recent controversy caused when a right-wing newspaper yesterday published an exposé of some of the private antics of Maajid Nawaz. I view the tabloid media and their gutter policies of personal attacks with utter distaste,… Read More ›
Sometimes, the best way for people to understand whether they are treating their minorities fairly, is to ask, ‘what if they were the minority?’, would they accept the same treatment they dish out to others? On the eve of extreme… Read More ›
I appeared on Islam Channel (UK) on ‘The Report’ discussing these above topics with Julian Richards, Senior Lecturer in Security Studies, Centre for Security and Intelligence Studies, University of Buckingham, Dr Wafik Moustafa, advocate for Secularism in the Middle East,… Read More ›
On 2nd July 2014, Bournemouth University arranged a filmed discussion between me and an articulate EDL spokesman, Gary Hazel, on the issue of ‘Islam in Britain’.The event was organised by the Bournemouth University Islamic Society, who organised the event after a… Read More ›
SKY NEWS interviewed me and other guests on the issue of the UK government putting pressure on the Muslim community to turn in youth to the police, if they express a desire to go to Syria to help fight against… Read More ›
On the 24th and 25th March 2014, the BBC hosting Maajid Nawaz on two of its shows, BBC 1’s Newsnight and BBC 3’s Free Speech to speak about Muslim community affairs (yet again). This is not the first time the… Read More ›
Article first published 12th August 2013 on Facebook. I have been asked about what my thoughts were regarding the event entitled ‘Can Muslims escape Misogyny?’ organised by a Muslim organisation in London. With all due respect to the organisers, I think… Read More ›
Some Muslims here in the UK, believe we should participate in elections, and vote in MPs to represent the Islamic perspective. Others have countered that this course of action is intellectually inconsistent with the concept of sovereignty to God alone (not… Read More ›
Muslims debate the BNP: Islamification of Britain: Myth or Reality? At long last we have the full unabridged Muslim Debate Initiative debate from December 2009. I believe this was the first time in the UK that Muslims had debated the… Read More ›
