11 November 2013

“Are Muslims Doing Enough?”

.... Yasmin Alibhai Brown .... described how she was subject to threats and pressure in response to her reasoned debate on subjects such as hijab. She saw a problem now with a growing idea that you could never belong to the societies in which you live.

Significantly, Samira Ahmed observed at this point that along with a growing conservatism in the public face of Islam in the UK, there is a growing sectarianism; for example, she said, there were a lot more attacks on Ahmadiyya Muslims in modern Britain. [BBC] Read more