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LATEST ARTICLES ( 100 )

• New Statesman: In the So-called “Trojan Horse” Debacle, Birmingham Schools Have...

  

  You can read my latest on the New Statesman site hereAre there problems in some of the schools at the centre of the so-called “Trojan horse” debacle? Certainly... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Al Jazeera E “Inside Story”: Extremism in Birmingham Schools?

  

  You can watch me debate with writer Sunny Hundal and MP Khalid Mahmood here:... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• BBC Daily Politics: Trojan Horse

  

  You can watch me and Toby Young (Spectator) arguing about the Trojan Horse debacle and Birmingham schools, moderated by Andrew Neil, here Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• New Statesman: The Front National’s Success in France Shows That “protest...

  

  You can read the piece on the NS site here: Victorious and branding itself France’s “leading party”, the Front National (FN) stormed the European elections... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Oxford Union Debate: “This House Believes Islam is Incompatible with Gender...

  

  This is the transcript of the debate I (and my team) won at the Oxford Union on Thursday 23rd of May, 2014, opposing the motion: “This House Believes Islam Is... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• BBC Radio 4 PM: Myself and Dan Jones (The Sun) Discussing That Sun Front Page Ak...

  

  BBC radio 4 PM: myself and Dan Jones (The Sun) discussing that Sun front page aka halal hysteria Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• House of Lords: Syeda Fatima Interfaith Conference

  Brief: Gender-based nepotism in history means that the achievements of females are ‎conveniently forgotten. It is imperative in our struggle for gender... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• HuffPost: British Jihadis – Turning Mothers Into Informants Is No Solution

  

  You can read the piece on the HuffPost site hereIn the government’s latest Orwellian measure, mothers and wives of “would-be jihadists” are ‎being urged to... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• New Statesman Blog: “One Born Every Minute is the Opium of the Masses”

  You can read this on the New Statesman website hereLike millions of others, I love Channel 4’s maternity documentary. But it is feeding us an overly rosy view o... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• HuffPost Blog: “What I Might Have Said If I Had Been on Newsnight…”

  You can read the original post here:On Monday evening, Newsnight convened a panel of Muslims to discuss a short film on the topic ‎of “who speaks for... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Newman Association Lecture: “Secularism: Threat Or Opportunity”

  This lecture was reprinted in the Newman Association’s journal.Firstly, I’d like to thank the Newman Association for inviting me to speak this evening on this... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• MY Exclusive for C4/HuffPost: “Mastermind Of The Sept. 11 Attacks Wants To...

  

  (co-authored with Ryan J. Reilly and Ryan Grim, both from HuffPost US)WASHINGTON — The mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks now says that the... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2014 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Independent: “I Oppose Gender Segregation in Universities. But Its...

  Original article can be read hereIn March this year, University College London hit the headlines after a Muslim organisation hosted a debate in which audience... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• ThingsUnseen Podcast: THE CASE FOR (AND AGAINST) PEACE JOURNALISM…..

  ThingsUnseen podcast: THE CASE FOR (AND AGAINST) PEACE JOURNALISM…..My panel contribution to the Agenda Journalism audio programme, presented by Edward... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Should We Ban the Face Veil? Some of My Media Commentary

  

  BBC Five Live - 15/09/2013, 11h30PM: Listen here BBC Radio 2 - 16/09/2013, 12h05PM: Listen here I also spoke to Barbara Serra at Al Jazeera at 10h30pm and to... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• BBC 5 Live: Should Britain Ban the Veil?

  I discuss a private member’s bill outlawing burkas, niqabs and other face coverings which is on the list of motions to be discussed in Parliament today –... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Sky News: Syria Crisis and France

  

  I told Sky News Francois Hollande jumped the gun in being too ready to join the US in military action against Syria, leaving him high and dry when Obama... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Sky News – Boulton and Co: Syria and the French Intervention

  

  I told Sky News that although French public opinion is not in favour of military intervention in Syria, the Socialist party backs its leader’s position and the... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Independent: “Lady Gaga’s Burqa is Good for Muslim Women”

  Is Gaga’s recent choice to wear various “Islamic” items of clothing, a shameless exploitation of orientalist fetishes to promote herself as a pseudo-edgy... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• AJEnglish: “France: Police Brutality, Not Burkas, the Source of Tensions”

  Until recently, the Parisian suburb of Trappes was famous for producing some of France’s brightest stars, including footballer Nicolas Anelka and comedian... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY