Four years on from the attacks on 9/11 - this was a time when, in the minds of many, Muslims were already associated with terrorism.
Articles on British Muslims
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Labour’s Muslim vote is concentrated in safe seats – but with an electoral mountain to climb, no contest can be taken for granted.
Rooting the definition of ‘Islamist extremism’ in Islamic concepts, not British values, reduces the risk of the British state implying that Islam stands apart from British society.
Press reports about Islam have often been misleading or discriminatory. This new advice does little to help journalists avoid that.
Faced with open and hidden prejudice, some British Muslims downplay their difference in public in order to succeed.
For a growing number of Muslims, being ‘radical’ is to practice environmental and social justice.
How tastes differ between first-generation migrants and their British-born offspring.
Researchers have put together a toolkit for countering Islamophobia.
Despite the publication of promising new statistics on referrals to the Prevent counter-terrorism programme, the strategy remains a blunt instrument.
Muslim women in the UK don’t feel able to discuss their healthcare needs because of fears of islamaphobia.
For the first time the UK has a working definition for Islamophobia.
Changes proposed in a new counter-terrorism bill would make the line between pre-criminal and criminal actions ever more uncertain.
Whenever Salah scores a goal, he performs sujood, the Islamic act of prostration. Fans’ reactions to it underscore the state of British Muslimness today.
A series of films made by Muslims shows how much confusion remains about the term.
The case for changing English marriage laws.
A new report on missing Muslims under-emphasises women’s growing participation in civil society.
Fed by the far-right, Islamophobia continues to make it into the mainstream – where it’s eagerly received by some.
A man has been arrested after driving a van into worshippers near a mosque in north London.
… and that won’t make anyone safer in the long run.
A new review on integration in Britain lumps much of the blame on housebound Muslim women.
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