Forbidden Islam: British Courts bans “Political” Islam in move to McCarthyism
The British State has been attempting to develop a version of Islam that is subservient to a secular ideology, ever since the Rushdie affair. This version of Islam has been widely described as...
View ArticleAbu Qatada and Britain’s Relationship with Dictators
Moazzam Begg – The witchunt on Abu Qatada simply reiterates the British Government’s relationships with dictatorships – past and present Until the devastating 11 September attacks the name of Abu...
View ArticleLiberal ‘Extremism’ on Campus?
Jamal Harwood Recent articles in the Huffington Post have argued that Muslim students are dodging issues of ‘campus radicalisation’, because Muslim speakers of various affiliations have been invited to...
View ArticleBritish Government Abuse of Jihad
Fahad Ansari The concept of jihad has never been an easy one to grapple with for British Muslims with various groups and individuals exploiting the language to justify all sorts of actions as diverse...
View ArticleThe British Soldier: A Protected Species
Fahad Ansari This week, a British teenager was charged with committing a racially aggravated public order offence. In a society rampant with racially motivated crimes ranging from anti-social behaviour...
View ArticleCameron, Cruddas, and Pay-per-view Democracy
Democracy is the best political system money can buy … and the ‘Cash-for Cameron’ Scandal is just the latest proof Dr. Abdul Wahid In common parlance the word used for trying to influence people’s...
View ArticleBabar Ahmad: British Justice Exposed
Whatever the final outcome, Babar Ahmad’s case is a humiliating indictment of British ‘justice’ Dr. Abdul Wahid The lead news in the UK has been the interview with Babar Ahmad – the UK’s longest...
View ArticleRecap: British/ US Rendition Victim Abdel Hakim Belhaj
With Britain’s role in the rendition of Belhaj coming to court in the UK, and in the wake of an extensive special report in the Guardian including legal documents filed against the British government,...
View ArticleBreivik and the Death of Multiculturalism
Abid Mustafa Breivik the right-wing Norwegian extremist who admitted killing 77 people used court appearances to demand a “medal of honour” for killing “traitors” who had facilitated “Islamic...
View ArticleThe Rochdale Grooming Case Confronted
Everyone’s an expert but most are avoiding the really difficult questions Dr Abdul Wahid Over the past few days, hoards of media commentators have filled column inches after the conviction of nine men...
View ArticleShould Muslims be grateful for Tom Holland’s ‘story’?
I did not catch Tom Holland’s Channel 4 programme called ‘Islam: The untold story’, but it was hard to miss the positive and negative comments about it after it was broadcast. I was aware that Mr...
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Dr. Reza Pankhurst on BBC World Have Your Say
Demonstrators protest at the US Embassy in Ankara against the anti-Islam film The editor of New Civilisation, Dr. Reza Pankhurst, was invited onto the BBC World – World Have Your Say radio program on...
View ArticleWhat the Jimmy Saville scandal tells us about modern Britain
Dr. Abdul Wahid This matter goes far beyond the case of one man. The market-driven attitude towards women, which treats them as commodities, is all too often justified as a “bit of fun” in liberal...
View ArticleIf Gary Was Called Ahmad
What if Gary McKinnon had been a Muslim? An alternative reading of events The case of Muslim convert Ahmad McKinnon’s battle against extradition has drawn to a close more than 10 years after his...
View ArticleDid the Tory Party sacrifice Mitchell to save Chancellor Osborne?
Jamal Harwood “Osborne couldn’t possibly sit in standard class” Last week Friday evening saw a flurry of activity in the media as embattled Chief Government Whip Andrew Mitchell resigned. It had come...
View ArticleFrom Football to Police – Parrots can’t be Racist
New Civilisation In a second trial, which finished Thursday 25 October, a police officer who was secretly recorded calling a young black man under arrest a “nigger” was cleared by a judge of criminal...
View ArticlePoppy Populism
A year ago my son’s class teacher told the class that wearing a poppy in November was to remember all those who have died in war – soldiers and civilians. A brief look at the website of the Royal...
View ArticleTaxing Times
Jamal Harwood Several large multinationals were embroiled in a tax scandal this past week as executives from Starbucks, Amazon and Google were hauled before the Commons public accounts committee for...
View ArticleSnow in Britain – Beautiful but Deadly
Britain lies under a white blanket of snow. Children play while adults moan about un-gritted roads and delays at airports. But the heavy snow – beautiful and pure as it is – highlights a filthy stain...
View ArticleWoolwich and the Muslim Response
Assed Baig The murder in Woolwich has shocked everyone, no one was prepared for such a killing on the streets of the UK. The response has been of disgust and condemnation. This incident has raised some...
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