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Saudi spin at the British Museum

Saudi spin at the British Museum

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Heaven on Earth: a Journey Through Sharia Law

Sadakat Kadri

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Islamophobia and the press

Islamophobia and the press

No other faith group receives this inaccurate and malicious treatment in the national press.

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Muslim attitudes and the Holocaust

Time for a reappraisal.

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Islamophobia and the Leveson Inquiry

A letter in today's Guardian makes important points - and an important request.

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Why we need a new understanding of

Why we need a new understanding of "Islamism"

As Islamic political parties take power in the Middle East, outdated and static perceptions are unhelpful.

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Rick Santorum's baby - a follow-up

Damian Thompson and others on the right are trying to demonise me for reporting a story that Santorum's wife and supporters have been happy to discuss.

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How the government should handle the 'Muslim Question'

Muslims should be viewed as equal citizens, nothing more and nothing less.

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The government must engage with Muslim students

The government must engage with Muslim students

Islamic student societies are challenging extremism.

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More in Islam

British Muslims are an integral part of our communities

Tariq Jahan's response to his son's death shows a dignity and respect that teaches us all an important lesson.

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It’s time to lay the sharia bogeyman to rest

Why are our lawmakers obsessed with “sharia law”? With the political temperature rising up as Britain revises its terrorism strategy, they should stop politicking about Islam and focus on things that count.

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Terror prevent strategy is muddled - and potentially dangerous

Despite the radical spin, the strategy is mostly evolutionary rather than revolutionary – and all the better for it – but there is a confusion at its heart which could threaten freedom of speech.

Cameron and Blair: the real counter-terrorism coalition

Cameron is completing the policy Blair had begun to implement.

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Professor sparks “Muslim outrage”. Or does he?

An academic’s comments about “inbreeding” give right-wing papers an excuse to flag up tired stereotypes.

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If you burn a Quran, yes, you should go to jail

To defend actions of this sort on the basis of free speech is to miss the point.

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The fall of Egypt’s symbol of progressive Islam

Joining itself with an authoritarian regime caused harm to the millennium-long history of al-Azhar University.

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Can we stop arming Bahrain’s tyrants please?

A former foreign minister makes a valid point, as another Arab tyranny wobbles.

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On the Prophet’s birthday

Who was Muhammad? A review of a new biography.

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Muslim Valentine’s Day video for the EDL

How love and tolerance can triumph over hate and division.

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The interview

Preview: Ken Livingstone: “The world is run by monsters”

The interview

Preview: Boris Johnson: “I’ll tell you what makes me angry – lefty crap”

On Syria

Intervention in Syria won’t work, so how do we stop Assad?

GOP race so far

Infographic: Republican primary race 2012

Mind your B-sides

Mind your B-sides

Time to rethink

Time to rethink, not reassure

Who minds?

Latter Day Taint?

Alistair Darling

Alistair Darling, the Miliband dilemma and what the party must do next
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