Politics, tech and media issues from a Muslim perspective
Earlier this week it was announced that the route for the proposed high-speed rail line from London to Manchester and Leeds, known as High Speed 2, had been released. The line is already projected...
‘I feel like a stranger where I live’ – Telegraph This article appeared in today’s Telegraph and I had the ‘pleasure’ of seeing the print edition which has several stock images which are not...
Newsflash! Claire Khaw Arrested, Apparently For Blog Post Accusing Jessica Thom Of Putting On Tourettes « Same Difference Claire Khaw is the blogger best known for getting onto various radio talk-shows and online forums...
Until we learn to be as single-minded as the fanatics – at home and abroad – we’re ALL hostages | Mail Online In response to the attack by an “al-Qa’ida franchise” on the gas...
Today the Observer posted an article by Julie Burchill, a right-wing columnist given to bigoted rants laden with gratuitous slurs, against the transsexual “lobby” in response to the supposed bullying of Suzanne Moore, a...
Last Tuesday, the first in the new series of “The Undateables”, Channel 4’s series in which they attempt to match up people with various disabilities with partners, aired. I saw some of the first...
Just before last Christmas, the Egyptian Muslim scholar (currently Grand Mufti of Egypt), Ali Gomaa (or Ali Jumu’ah) replied to a question from someone whose mother had left Islam, as to whether he and...
In the current New Year honours, Professor Simon Wessely has received a knighthood and will henceforth be known as Professor Sir Simon Wessely. In this he joins the company of Roy Meadow, the doctor...
Christians have no right to refuse to work on Sundays, rules judge – Telegraph This is the latest appeal in the case of Celestine Mba, a former carer for children with learning disabilities in...
This article has been appearing in my Twitter feed a lot this morning; it’s by the executive editor of ConservativeHome (and former MP for Wycome in Buckinghamshire), Paul Goodman, and predicts that 2015 is...
BBC News – Road pricing: More new roads could be funded by tolls The battle goes on to find a way to fund a supposedly much-needed upgrade to the A14 in Cambridgeshire, which is...
The problem with privilege-checking by Tom Midlane (from the New Statesman website) I had this article tweeted at me earlier this week and the accompanying comment read "Privilege is a myth. Guess before you...
Former pupils call for new investigation into abuse claims at Suffolk school | Society | The Guardian A few weeks ago I was contacted by a journalist from the Guardian, Josh Halliday, who saw...
Last Wednesday there was a programme on BBC1 called “The War on Britain’s Roads”, which was based on footage shot from cyclists’ helmets, and included various encounters with dangerous drivers and cyclists and confrontations...
This past week I heard some very happy news from the family of Ayn van Dyk, the young autistic Canadian girl who was seized from her home by social workers in British Columbia after...
Labour party expels councillors who 'supported rival' (BBC News; more at The Wharf) This report is about three former Labour councillors who were expelled from the party in east London for supporting an independent...
Tomrrow (Sunday) the last section of the London ‘Overground’ (a mostly overground but partly underground group of railway services which run mostly just outside central London) is opening; this is a line from Clapham...
Last Wednesday the secretary of state for health, Jeremy Hunt, made a speech at the King’s Fund on “the quality of care”, in which he alleged, among other things, that there had been a...
Last week the Leveson inquiry finally reported, and the key points can be found [here](http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/nov/29/leveson-report-key-points), but they include a new independent regulator backed by statute but independent of government and the industry, with membership...
BBC News – Lancashire Muslims Halal school dinner boycott call The Lancashire Council of Mosques has advised Muslim parents in the county to boycott the new ‘halaal’ dinners being offered to their children by...