Life Lost: the Tragic Case of Sahar Daftary
On December 20th, 23-year-old model Sahar Daftary died as a result of a fall from the 12th story of an apartment building in Greater Manchester (inna lillahi wa inna illaihi raji’un). May Allah have...
View ArticleDon’t Ask Why: the BNP on Question Time
Following the election of two British National Party (BNP) MEPs in the 2009 European elections this summer, a representative of the BNP was invited onto one of the BBC's flagship political debate...
View Article“Lost” Girls Are Not Sex Objects – Whatever Their Race
A group of nine men of Pakistani and Afghan origin were sentenced to jail recently for using alcohol and drugs to “groom” white British girls for sex. The abuse took place in the town of Rochdale,...
View Article“Lost” Girls Are Not Sex Objects – Whatever Their Race: Part II
In light of several interesting comments to my previous post on the Rochdale “grooming” case, I decided a follow-up piece was in order. Much of the furore surrounding the case has been with respect to...
View ArticleReading Between the Lines: Two Takes on British Women’s Unemployment
Earlier in December, the Guardian reported on a recent UK-based report—the “All Party Parliamentary Group on Race and Community Ethnic Minority Female Unemployment: Black, Pakistani and Bangladeshi...
View ArticleMuslim Women, Not-So-Muslim Men: Interfaith Marriage in the UK
Since apparently all of us over the ripe age of 20 walk around with visible and obnoxiously loud ticking analog biological clocks, it’s no surprise that the issue of marriage is constantly smacked into...
View ArticleThe H Word: A Piece of Cloth Loaded with More Than It Can Bear?
I have to admit that hijab narratives in media turn me off. Whether because it is exhaustively discussed or because most of these narratives rely heavily on clichés and fallacies, hijab is a subject...
View ArticleBritain and the Veil: From Jack Straw to Jeremy Browne
The debate about whether or not “we” should have a debate about banning “veils” has returned – or maybe it would be more accurate to say that the volume has been raised, since this is a debate that...
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