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- Surviving Severe M.E.
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- Where's the Benefit?
- WildKat blog
Islamic blogs: brothers
- Abdusalaam Al-Hindi
- Adnan Tariq
- AE (Abu Eesa)
- Ahmed’s World of Islam
- An American Muslim
- Avari
- Bin Gregory Productions
- Bradford Muslim
- Chill Yo Islam Yo
- Dr.M’s Analysis
- Dunner’s blog
- HAhmed.com
- Hamza Tzortzis's blog
- Haq Islam
- Irrelevant Opinions
- Madhab al-Irfy
- Manrilla Blog
- Mas’ud Blog
- Mind, Body, Soul
- Mr Moo
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- Mujahideen Ryder (defunct)
- Naeem’s blog
- Peace, bruv
- Rolled Up Trousers
- Seeker's Digest
- Shahada
- Yahya Birt
Islamic blogs: sisters
- A Nightingale
- Egyptian’s Wife
- Ginny's Thoughts and Things (Old)
- Happy Muslim Mama
- Hijabi Apprentice
- Ibnat al-Hidayah: Daughter of Guidance
- Ify Okoye (ex Muslim Apple)
- iMuslim.tv
- In the Shade of the Veil
- Inner Reflections Transcribed
- Islam, My Inspiration
- Jamerican Muslimah
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- Online Rihla
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- Waqt Well Wasted
Islamic blogs: groups & issues
Islamic links: general
- Amal Press
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- European Institue of Human Sciences
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- Iqra Islamic Publications
- Kitaba – Islamic texts for the blind
- Lamppost Productions
- Mama List of Islamic Links
- Media Monitors Network (MMN)
- New Islamic Directions
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Category Archives: Crime
Why we protect vulnerable prisoners
Yesterday the two men convicted of murdering the black teenager, Stephen Lawrence, when they were teenagers were jailed “at Her Majesty’s pleasure” (effectively a life sentence), one for a minimum of fourteen years and the other for a minimum of … Continue reading
Young people need to know that actions have consequences
Response: Sentencing of young adults should take their maturity into account | Comment is free | The Guardian This article, by Vicki Helyar-Cardwell of the Criminal Justice Alliance, appeared in the “Response” section of the Guardian last Wednesday, and relates … Continue reading
Why do lads’ mags offend more than the words of rapists?
Are sex offenders and lads’ mags using the same language? - University of Surrey - Guildford A recent study carried out jointly by the universities of Middlesex and Surrey in the UK (press release above is from Surrey) have found … Continue reading
Remember Kercher, prosecutor tells jury
BBC News - Amanda Knox appeal: Jury told to remember Kercher Italian prosecutors have urged a jury considering an appeal by two convicted murderers of British student Meredith Kercher to remember her family. … Before a packed courtroom, prosecutor Giancarlo … Continue reading
Charges against saline case nurse dropped
BBC News - Stepping Hill saline deaths: Nurse Rebecca Leighton charges dropped Remember the case of the several people who died after someone spiked the saline at a Manchester hospital two months ago? And that nurse who was accused of … Continue reading
Shocking exposé of violence at Bristol hospital
Panorama last night broadcast an hour-long exposé of a locked ward for adults with learning disabilities and autism (although I did not notice anyone who seemed to have autism) on which the carers seemed to have been recruited out of … Continue reading
Who’s defending Dominique Strauss-Kahn?
Dominique Strauss-Kahn finds sympathy in Paris | World news | The Guardian The above article lays out some of the conspiracy theories people in France entertain about why the former head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, has been … Continue reading
The McCanns and Scotland Yard
Does Every Child Matter? - itsmotherswork’s posterous I had meant to post a longer entry about this issue, but was too busy watching the debate on The Big Questions (“Does Britain Have a Problem with Muslims?”). Last week it was … Continue reading
Attacks on disabled people are not “just nastiness”
BBC iPlayer - Dave Monk: Essex disability hate crime and Pebmarsh needs a donkey This was broadcast last Wednesday (so you will be able to listen to it until early next Wednesday). The focus is on “hate crime” against disabled … Continue reading
Busybodies and common sense
BBC News - Should a teenager be left to babysit a toddler? Lately I’ve seen a few stories about parents receiving cautions or fines for “child neglect” which consisted of leaving a young child in the company of an older … Continue reading
Jack Straw wields the wooden spoon again
So, the vicious old creep Jack Straw has yet again stirred up trouble for Muslims in the UK, this time with comments on the recent “Asian grooming scandal” involving groups of men of Pakistani background grooming young white girls for … Continue reading
Racial stereotypes exaggerated in ‘grooming’ reports
Child sex trafficking study sparks exaggerated racial stereotyping | Law | The Guardian Anyone read the extensive coverage of the issue of Asian men grooming white girls in northern towns that has dominated the Times the past few days (it’s … Continue reading
The prejudicial coverage of the Yeates murder
A loss of faith in the morality of the British press | Minority Thought I must say I never had much faith in it to begin with, but this article exposes some of the prejudicial coverage of the arrest of … Continue reading
Will we ever punish cops who kill?
Last night I saw a Crimewatch appeal for information regarding the murder of PC Keith Blakelock, a policeman who was murdered during riots on the Broadwater Farm estate in north London in 1985. Blakelock was assisting firefighters who were trying … Continue reading
Rape is not funny. Yes, even when it’s George Michael. (updated)
A couple of hours ago I went downstairs to chat to my sis who is visiting with her little girl, and one of the new generation of comedy shows, Mock the Week, was on. They were talking about George Michael, … Continue reading
Crime victims’ groups round on crime victim
Yesterday it was reported that Ian Huntley, the man convicted of the murder of schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in Soham (a village near Cambridge, in England) in 2002 and who was attacked by a repeat robber who attempted … Continue reading
Tabloid feeding frenzy over Venables
The past few days have seen one ghoulish story about Jon Venables (or the person formerly known as such), one of the two boys who murdered a toddler, James Bulger, on Merseyside in February 1993. The latest one concerns the … Continue reading
Raoul Moat: just a thug
Last week I heard an awful lot of nonsense in the media about why there were so many people willing to sing the praises of the murderer Raoul Moat, who killed his ex-girlfriend’s partner (believing him to be a policeman), … Continue reading
Why no compromise on rape anonymity?
Last week it was reported that the coalition government is to go ahead with plans to change the law to give men accused of rape the right to anonymity up to the point where they are charged. There actually was … Continue reading
Suburban Barclays bank robbed
Yesterday a branch of Barclays bank was robbed near London. It happened in Ashford — not the one in Kent where the Eurostar trains stop, but the quiet suburban sprawl north of Staines which is right next to Heathrow airport. … Continue reading
