Muslims Win Eurovision, the London Mayoralty & the Great British Bake Off

May 14, 2016 Article

As the nation was glued to their television screens, a small but important fact missed many by. This fact, was that the Ukrainian lead singer known as Dzjamala, is in fact a Muslim female – Susanna Jamaladinova. Dzjamala performed the song “1944” during the Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm and was born in Kirghiz (Kyrgyzstan)

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‘I Have Changed’ Robinson Sees Hijabs Abound After Sadiq Khan’s Win

May 9, 2016 Article

Not to be outdone in the ‘there are Moozlims‘ everywhere paranoia of far right extremists, Tommy ‘I have Changed’ Robinson, decided to put his toe in the sewer of anti-Muslim bigotry through his Twitter account. His involvement can only be described as an epic fail in the world of the Twitterati. Failing to realise that

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Linking Sadiq to Extremism is the ‘Rough and Tumble’ of Politics Says Michael Fallon

May 7, 2016 Article

Efforts by the Conservative party to link the new Mayor of London to Muslim extremism during campaigning for the capital’s election were just part of the “rough and tumble” of politics, a senior MP said on Saturday. As politicians from all sides lined up to condemn his party’s tactics in the mayoral race won by

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In the last weeks of the Mayoral Campaign, let’s tone down the heated rhetoric

April 24, 2016 Article

The London mayoral campaign has been a heated set of campaigns that have focussed on the backgrounds of individuals and on the associations that candidates have had with people whose views have been regarded as ‘repulsive’ and ‘extreme.’ Newspapers have led headlines on associations with extremists and social media activity has suggested that one of

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