The One Thing I Never Get Asked to Talk About….
The media don’t seem to care about Tory Islamophobia. Why? Because they’re up to their necks in it themselves.
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Faith, Politics and Socialism | Aaron Meets Salma Yaqoob
Almost two decades ago Salma Yaqoob was politicised by the ‘War on Terror’ – both at home and abroad. Now she is looking to be Labour’s candidate in next year’s West Midlands Mayoral election. Aaron Bastani caught up with her at this year’s ‘The World Transformed’ to discuss how she became politicised, why she joined […]
Who Are the Rohingya and Why Are They Fleeing Myanmar?
Nearly 400,000 Burmese Muslims have fled across the border into Bangladesh amid allegations of ethnic cleansing. What is happening and why? Courtney Yusuf explains.
‘Pacifism; It’s Over’: The Story of Morocco’s Hirak Movement
The Hirak movement, centred in Morocco's Rif region, demands social change: ‘a university, a hospital, and work’. It has been met by brutal repression by the Makhzan: a word for the combined apparatus of the ruling class. But the Makhzan is now on the back foot, and tomorrow's protest is set to be the biggest yet, report Hassan Ashahbar, Thérèse Di Campo, and Joe Hayns from Morocco.
Silence = Death: Orlando, and Why We Can’t Let Racists Hijack Queer Grief
Wail Qasim on the Orlando shootings, the portrayal of Omar Mateen in the media and the way liberal Western values are mobilised to marginalise both muslims and queers.
What is Islamophobia?
Ash Sarkar examines how a state-sponsored distrust of 'Muslimness' in the west has led to the emergence of new racisms, blurring the boundaries between scientific and cultural definitions.