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June 2011

June 08, 2011

Halal foods: An Islamic approach to ethical consumerism

As the halal marketplace and industry matures, we are seeing more efforts to incorporate ethical...

February 2011

February 23, 2011

Food and culture: It’s not the halal you expected

Some allege that the increasing prevalance of halal foods in the West is a campaign...

December 2010

December 31, 2010

Year in review: The top ten good news stories of 2010

It might not have been a very good year for Muslims around the world, but...

December 08, 2010

Entrepreneur Adnan Durrani: “Our mission is to restore the sacredness of food”

Adnan Durrani, the "Chief Halal Officer" of new food manufacturer American Halal saw a market...

April 2010

April 09, 2010

Movie: "The Infidel": “The Infidel” finds a happy place

Some thought that David Baddiel and Omid Djilali's new film The Infidel, opening today in...

January 2010

January 03, 2010

Year in review: The top ten good news stories of 2009

The year 2009 has brought with it stories from the Muslim world both good and...

October 2009

October 27, 2009

Hizb-ut-Tahrir and the media: Gotcha Islamism

As a recent incident on Britain's Islam Channel shows, the often subversive use of the...

July 2009

July 01, 2009

British parliamentary candidate Osama Saeed: Muslims in Europe: The Scottish example

The Scottish National Party (SNP) has a new candidate for British Parliament from one of...

June 2009

June 26, 2009

Obituary: Michael Jackson: The way he made us feel

Like him or not, Michael Jackson, who passed away this week at 50, had an...

April 2009

April 03, 2009

Author Shelina Zahra Janmohamed: “Life is on hold until you get married”

Author Shelina Zahra Janmohamed sits down with us to discuss the issues brought up in...

March 2009

March 03, 2009

American Muslims: Thriving in America?

Headline figures from a new Gallup poll – which say that Muslims are doing better...

February 2009

February 23, 2009

Former Dutch MP Fadime Örgü: Muslims in Europe: The Dutch example

With all the challenges Muslims in Europe face, it's hard to find examples of social...

February 16, 2009

Extremism and the media: The talented Mr. Butt

Former Al Muhajiroun activist Hassan Butt sold a compelling story to the media and governments...

January 2009

January 27, 2009

Barack Obama: The PR president

Just one week into his presidency, Barack Obama is setting the tone for a new...

December 2008

December 12, 2008

European Muslims: A declaration of independents

A new European Muslim media network aims to bridge the divide between Muslims and non-Muslims...

November 2008

November 05, 2008

Assalamu aleikum, Mr. President: Obama prevailed. So will we

President-elect Barack Obama has endured the most sustained and aggressive onslaught of anti-Muslim hysteria ever...

September 2008

September 10, 2008

Imam Warith Deen Mohammad: The imam cares

Imam Warith Deen Mohammad spent much of his life keeping a low profile while at...

May 2008

May 05, 2008

Language and extremism: You say jihadi, I say extremist

The struggle against extremism has turned into a larger struggle over the use of Islamic...

February 2008

February 25, 2008

Kosovo independence: State of confusion

Young Kosovo has the potential to become the kind of Muslim country Europe has been...

February 11, 2008

Islamic law in the West: One man’s sharia

Nothing gets a debate going more than proposing the introduction of Sharia law in the...

January 2008

January 23, 2008

Crisis in Gaza: Turning out the lights

With every Palestinian crisis, such as the one currently occurring in Gaza, there is a...

November 2007

November 16, 2007

Educator Sadek Hamid: “Muslim youth work has yet to be understood”

Doctoral student Sadek Hamid has created Britain's first university degree programme in Muslim youth social...

November 08, 2007

Extreme literature: War of words

Once again, scary literature has been found at Islamic bookstores and mosques. If Muslims continue...

October 2007

October 03, 2007

Tablighi Jamaat: Mega mosque, mega problems

London's proposed Abbeymills mosque has been a lightning rod for allegations of extremism by its...

September 2007

September 07, 2007

Khalil Gibran Academy: Little Rock in the Big Apple

The controversial opening of an Arabic-language school in New York revives memories of the school...

August 2007

August 20, 2007

José Padilla verdict: A flawed victory

Forced to reveal its hand in the Jose Padilla case, the US dropped its "dirty...

July 2007

July 26, 2007

Muslims & the Internet: For Muslims, social networks bring new challenges

Are Muslim social networking sites viable and competitive enough to attract Muslim users from MySpace...

July 08, 2007

Muslim response to terror: The mother of all non-sequiturs

Tony Blair and George Bush sold the Iraq war to a jittery public by conflating...

July 02, 2007

Terrorism in the UK: A shifting terror strategy emerges

Many people might be relieved at the apparent lack of a homegrown element in the...

June 2007

June 26, 2007

Guantanamo Bay detainees: Poetic justice

The courts agree, the public agrees, and now, the Bush adminstration agrees. But will the...