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• New Statesman: Jean-Marie Le Pen May Have Been Banished. But His Ideas Endure

  

  There’s no such thing as bad publicity goes the old adage and in the ongoing saga which currently pits the Le Pen dynasty against one another, it seems that... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• MEE: Where is Morality in the ‘migrant Crisis’?

  

  In the summer of 2005, the national science academies of the G8 nations combined with Brazil, China and India – three of the largest emitters of greenhouse gase... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• MEE: Morocco’s Skirt Length Battle: What Are the Deeper Questions?

  When two Moroccan women were accused of gross indecency earlier this month, for wearing clothing deemed “too tight” as they walked through a market in... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• BLiNK: Muslims as a Suspect Community

  

  Myriam Francois Cerrah gives Middle East Eye her rundown of the implications of David Cameron’s new strategy to combat extremism for Middle East Eye’s Blink... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• New Statesman: State-sanctioned Prejudice is at the Heart of David Cameron’s...

  Last year, Olive Tree Primary School in Blackburn was being investigatedbecause a teaching assistant had allegedly discussed, “stoning for gay people” and... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The National.ae: Blaming ‘ancient Hatreds’ for Srebrenica Ignores Politics

  There’s something about Srebrenica. Much like when I visited Auschwitz in the 1990s, there is a sense of something profoundly awful having happened there,... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• BBC News: Srebrenica Massacre – Explained in Under Two Minutes

  Srebrenica massacre – Explained in under two minutesIn July 1995, Bosnian Serb forces killed more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslims who were meant to be under UN... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• BBC1 Documentary: Srebrenica Revisited – a Deadly Warning

  

  Journalist Myriam Francois-Cerrah travels to Bosnia to mark the twentieth anniversary of one of the worst atrocities in Europe since World War II. Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Telegraph: Sharia Marriage in the UK is Not Toxic – Polygamous Men Are

  In 2012, I was working on a documentary for the BBC on polygamy in Britain. Researching such a sensitive topic was no easy task. Contrary to the hype, polygamy... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• New Statesman: Why is David Cameron Using British Muslims as the Scapegoat for...

  You can read the original piece hereIn a video message to British Muslims to mark the beginning of the Muslim month of fasting yesterday, David Cameron drew a... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Franco-British Council: Magna Carta and the Déclaration Des Droits De l’Homme...

  This is the transcript of a speech I gave at the Franco-British council event on the Magna Carta and the Déclaration des Droits de l’Homme et du Citoyen... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• New Statesman: The Absurd Hunt for “Muslim Toddler Terrorists” Exposes the Exten...

  Muslim children are being watched closely for signs of radicalisation. Anything from not celebrating Christmas to shunning art and drama is now grounds for... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Jadaliyya: Olivier Roy on Laicite as Ideology, the Myth of ‘National Identity’...

  Following the Charlie Hebdo attacks, Professor Olivier Roy, Head of the Mediterranean Program at the European University Institute discusses the development of... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• New Statesman: To Talk About Race, We Need to Talk About the Problem with...

  “As a party they’ve got a problem with race,” declared Labour’s Chuka Umunna, making reference to the latest racist controversy involving Ukip. Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): “Face Veils and Miniskirts: Whose...

  When France enacted its 2010 ban on face veils, rare were the voices that questioned whether criminalising alleged victims of “misogynistic pressures” – as... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• New Statesman: Why Are Pregnant Women Being Detained in Yarl’s Wood?

  When the Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre opened its doors in November 2001, it was billed as an extension of an airport waiting lounge, but for some of... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Ceasefire Magazine: Interview | Aamer Rahman: “I Never Make up Stories, All My...

  Aamer Rahman is a comedian who doesn’t mince his words. Watching him perform his widely acclaimed “Truth Hurts” show in London, I’m struck by the ease with whic... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Middle East Eye: Comic Aamer Rahman on ‘Islamophobia as a Flavour of Racism’

  

  There’s something gripping about watching Aussie stand-up comedian Aamer Rahman in action. Beyond an undeniable personal charisma which has certainly contribute... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Media Society-Sandford St Martin Trust Religion Panel – Groucho Club: “Damned...

  

  This article by the Guardian’s Roy Greenslade is a write up of the event mentioned above: “Damned if you don’t? Why journalists can’t afford to ignore religion”. Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Middle East Eye: From Paris to Copenhagen: What Lessons Not to Learn

  In the wake of the tragic murders in Denmark of a filmmaker attending a panel discussion on blasphemy and a member of the Jewish community outside a synagogue,... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY