Category Archives: Converts

BBC wants white female Muslims (again)

Posted on 24th August, 2011 by

Wanted: Single White Female (Muslims) | iMuslim.tv The BBC issued an advert asking for “Caucasian” white Muslim women to contribute to a programme about their lives since 9/11. They say: The BBC World Service, Heart and Soul series, is making a programme … Continue reading →

Posted in Converts, Media, Women |

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Muslim women driving, and contrasts on niqab

Posted on 17th January, 2010 by

Indigo Jo

I didn’t watch the Muslim Driving School programme, which was on BBC2 last Tuesday (at the right time to clash with Defamation, which I reviewed in my last entry), but I finally got round to seeing it just now, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Converts, Media, Niqab (face-covering), Reviews |

Tagged muslim driving school, nigel farage, salma yaqoob |

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Make them Muslim

Posted on 27th October, 2009 by

Indigo Jo

“But You Have to Tell them” « Ginny’s Thoughts & Things Ginny on one of my pet hates about dealing with (some) born Muslims: those who think any convert can easily “make someone Muslim”, and expect us to start preaching … Continue reading →

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What’s in a Muslim name?

Posted on 9th June, 2009 by

Indigo Jo

Did you change your name when you converted? I did what I suspect most did: adopted a Muslim name to use with my Muslim friends, and kept my old one to use with everyone else. It helped that my middle … Continue reading →

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White Privilege part 2: if you don’t like the heat …

Posted on 18th May, 2009 by

Indigo Jo

In the recent discussion on White privilege and the Muslim community, it has been suggested that white converts to Islam who experience both discrimination and difficulty in integrating to their new community have the option of simply taking off their … Continue reading →