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Misleading, irresponsible and dangerous; why Phillips and co should apologise for ‘What British Muslims Really Think’

By Bridget Byrne and James Nazroo Filed Under: Ethnicity Posted: April 18, 2016

Britain’s former equalities chief Trevor Phillips created a swathe of headlines last week by declaring the nation is “in danger of sacrificing a generation of young British people to values that are antithetical to the beliefs of most of us”. But, argue Bridget Byrne and James Nazroo, this sweeping statement is based on misrepresentation of […]

British Muslims do feel British, Prime Minister

By Saffron Karlsen Filed Under: Ethnicity, Featured Posted: July 20, 2015

While David Cameron has urged British Muslims to assert their British identity, the evidence is that they already do, explains Saffron Karlsen. There is a widely held perception in society that Muslim people living in Britain do not feel British. Comments by David Cameron and others, for example, describe a need to address the lack […]

A Lesson from History: The Dangerous Power of Idealism

By Kate Cooper Filed Under: Featured Posted: July 2, 2015

Extremist attacks have escalated in recent weeks – not just in Tunisia. Youths from Dewsbury and High Wycombe have reportedly died as a suicide bomber in Iraq and as a member of Al Shabaab in Kenya. Professor Kate Cooper offers a historian’s perspective on the attraction of violent extremism to idealistic youth. When young people […]

Challenging the myth of religious violence

By Kate Cooper Filed Under: Featured Posted: November 25, 2014

Religion is being wrongly blamed for ‘driving’ global violence, but it is moderate religious voices who are best positioned to address the problem, argues Professor Kate Cooper. The recently published Global Terrorism Index 2013 is being reported as confirming that “religion has become the main driver of terrorism”, surpassing nationalist and other motives. But there […]

Can we ever estimate how many British Muslims will become Islamic extremists?

By Maria Sobolewska Filed Under: Ethnicity, Featured Posted: August 26, 2014

That the UK’s counter-terrorism policy relies on flawed polls and survey questions for estimating the number of likely terrorists is truly scary, argues Dr Maria Sobolewska. Last week the media turned once again to trying to quantify how many young British Muslims are wannabe terrorists, travelling to Syria and Iraq and joining the Islamic terrorists […]

Don’t blame religion for political conflicts, Mr Blair

By Kate Cooper Filed Under: Featured Posted: May 15, 2014

Just because wars are justified by reference to religion doesn’t mean they are religious wars – organised religion can also bring people together to resolve conflicts, argues Prof Kate Cooper. As an ancient historian, I am surprised by the easy causality which commentators think they find between ‘religious motives’ and modern social conflict. Take the […]

Misleading, irresponsible and dangerous; why Phillips and co should apologise for ‘What British Muslims Really Think’

British Muslims do feel British, Prime Minister

A Lesson from History: The Dangerous Power of Idealism

Challenging the myth of religious violence

Can we ever estimate how many British Muslims will become Islamic extremists?

Don’t blame religion for political conflicts, Mr Blair

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