Crimebotch
I’m in the process of watching the BBC’s Crimewatch programme which appears every month. I couldn’t help noticing that the BBC’s presenters could not pronounce two Muslim names: Ahmadi and Ostadzadeh. The second, in...
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The Tories’ election broadcast
I just saw the Tories’ party election broadcast for the first time, and I was unimpressed, to say the least. Actually, immigration didn’t play as much of a part in it as it did...
Humour: why school is good for you
I discovered the Bradford Muslim blog yesterday (that is, about two hours ago) through Deenport; brother Atif Imtiaz has an excellent bit of humour about Why School is Good For You. If you don’t...
MWU on the mock (as ever)
(Update 12th April: I posted this after seeing Ginny’s comment on it. I thought this was a recently posted article, but it actually dates from last October.) MWU has posted an article by one...
Why Muslims reject Nomani’s campaign
Yesterday a blog which was originally set up to defend Little Green Footballs from one of its critics reproduced an article from Reuters via Yahoo, American Muslim Author Wants to Shake Up Faith. The...
Times Lit: Behind the Veil of Freedom
The Times Literary Supplement has a review this week of two books about the treatment of Muslims in Russian-occupied Uzbekistan and, later, Bulgaria, and what happens when you try to force “freedom” on a...
London cycle routes
I’m a professional driver, but I don’t have my own car. My last car was an A-registered (that is, 1982-3) Nissan Cherry (produced just after Datsun was acquired, with the Datsun name still on...
Another British industry falls
So it appears that the receivers have been called in on the Rover car company, after it stopped production yesterday due to a “component shortage”. This time the reason is that negotiations with a...
Reflections on the passing of John Paul II
So, the Pope has passed away. It has to be said that this has been a long time in coming; speculation as to who would succeed him has been going on for years, and...
Some news you may have missed
A few months back you may have heard of that man from Venezuela with an unusual Muslim name who was arrested in the UK after getting off a plane from Caracas with a hand...
I’m back
I got back from the Lakes today, and have been sitting here reading the blogs and catching up on the news since, oh, Sunday when I last got access to a computer. Insha Allah...
I’m on holiday
As-Salaamu ‘alaikum everyone, I’m writing this from a public terminal in Keswick, which is in the English Lake District where I’m on holiday for a couple of days with my mum & dad. I...
And now some news from the UK …
I couldn’t resist posting a screenshot of the Times’ website, which has a news story which nobody else seems to have reported on: a Pope “nearing death” in Britain. I wonder which Pope that...
I hate neds
I was on the way back from work this after a day working at a tiling company in Croydon. I took the number 131 bus, which left Wimbledon about 7.47pm towards Kingston. The bus...
Hijab and academic freedom
BBC2 has just shown a programme in its This World series about the efforts of the French to deny properly-dressed girls the education their parents have paid for in their taxes. The programme also...
Postal vote concern
Via Nick Barlow’s blog, the Guardian is reporting about the recent up-surge in applications for postal votes, up by a third in some areas, which the Metropolitan police suspect may be a vehicle for...
Saudi publishers work for BNP!
An investigation by the Sunday Telegraph (free registration may be required) reveals that the notoriously anti-Islamic British National Party (commonly called British Nazi Party, or as Amir Brooks memorably called them, Bigots with No...
Anti-EU party lunacy
A short letter in today’s Sunday Telegraph wonders why Kilroy gave his party (of which we haven’t heard much since it was founded; wonder why?) a Latin name, Veritas (meaning Truth in English or...
Security concerns? What security concerns?
Following the great news that the butcher of Gujarat, Narendra Modi, was denied a visa to enter the USA because of his record as governor of Gujarat, the BBC now reports that he’s called...
Why am I getting referrals from the IAEA?
I just happened to look at my statistics (my host uses the MatrixStats system) and noticed that a staggering 48% of my referred sessions were referred by the International Atomic Energy Agency. Like, why...