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  • 15 Jan 2012
    A changing Middle East and North Africa: annual overview

    It has been a momentous twelve months in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), and in relation to developments popularly dubbed the 'Arab Spring' or (perhaps more helpfully) the 'Arab Awakening'. Time, we think, to stop for a moment and take stock.

  • 14 Jan 2012
    Saudi government under pressure over death of protester

    The Saudi Arabian authorities have been urged to launch an independent investigation into the death of a Shi’a protester in the country's Eastern Province.

  • 13 Jan 2012
    Imams in Britain must reach out to youth, says Muslim leader

    Imams at British mosques have let down a generation of young Muslims by failing to reach young people, says a Muslim leader and commentator.

  • 23 Nov 2011
    Three faiths to worship together in Edinburgh mosque

    The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland is due to share worship with leaders of the Jewish and Muslim communities at a mosque.

  • 12 Sep 2011
    Test case for religious tolerance in Indonesia

    An Indonesian mayor is defying court rulings by pushing for a decree to block Christians from opening churches on streets with Islamic names.

  • 11 Sep 2011
    Muslims around the world condemn violence on 9/11 anniversary

    Muslim groups in the USA and around the world have united with people of other religions and of none to condemn terrorism and other forms of violence.

  • 25 Aug 2011
    ‘Ground Zero Mosque’ leader gives 9/11 talks in Britain

    The US Muslim leader at the centre of the recent storm over plans to build an Islamic community centre near Ground Zero in New York is arriving in Britain tomorrow and giving a series of talks and interviews in Scotland.

  • 22 Aug 2011
    Imam Faisal Abdul Rauf, religion and conflict

    The visit to Britain of Imam Faisal Abdul Rauf, from the Cordoba Initiative in New York, resonates not just with our reflections on the impending tenth anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy, but with the continuing quest for interreligious understanding in a conflictual world, says Professor Hugh Goddard.

  • 24 Jul 2011
    Anders Brehing Breivik and Dr Ali

    On the day that Anders Brehing Breivik, driven by hatred of Islam and of his country's political establishment, unleashed death and terror on an unimaginable scale in Oslo and Utoya, I lay on a treatment table in the Accident and Emergency department of my local hospital. The doctor attending to my pain and shock was a gentle young Muslim called Ali.

  • 8 Jun 2011
    Britain's young people - sexualised, radicalised or patronised?

    Concerns about young people have made the news this week. There are fears of "sexualisation" and "radicalisation". Both words imply that young people cannot make choices themselves, but only passively accept what is imposed on them. And they distract attention from the policies of a government which is set to wreck the opportunities of countless young people.