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Published in: openDemocracyUKApologists for terror or defenders of human rights? The Cage controversy in contextThe attack on Cage is part of the more general assault on politically active Muslims and an attempt to push Muslim...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKTaking racism seriously: Islamophobia, civil liberties and the stateRacism and Islamophobia are driven by the practices of the powerful. Self-proclaimed 'liberals' need to know this.
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Published in: TransformationHeretics and liberals: what Ayaan Hirsi Ali gets wrongPious protestations about Islam do nothing to further our understanding of the complex relationships between...
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Published in: TransformationIs liberal Islam the answer?If Islam needs to be seen through the eyes of the West in order to make sense of itself, how can it find the space...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWhy we hate our reflections: Saudi Arabia and the Islamic StateAl Saud might be afraid of many things, but the main threat to their survival comes from within their historical...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaPolitical Islam in neoliberal timesNeoliberalism devours other competing world-views through the commodification of cultural difference—turning a tidy...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe right to neighbourhood: way out of a sectarian quagmireIn Damascus there are no direct routes linking Jaramana to Mhajirin, or the Yarmouk camp to Sayyida Zayneb - each...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaAllah, the state, or Mom?Three characteristics are often viewed as important in Arab societies: concern over politics, the place of religion,...
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Published in: TransformationI am a Muslim, not a terroristThe UK Government's Extremism Taskforce report came out yesterday, containing recommendations that will simply...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe veil - an old debate in new clothesDebates over religious freedoms and the threat posed by newcomers are nothing new, yet they miss the point: it is...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK‘The twain shall and do meet’: narrating conversion to Islam in BritainBeing British and being a Muslim have previously been seen as two identities in opposition. Does the conversion of...
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Published in: HomeOf pride and shame: the Turkish gay community in the Netherlands
The presence of a Turkish boat at the Amsterdam Gay Pride parade is a massive step forward for homosexual Turks and...
