io9 Between the 9th and 19th centuries, Arabic-speaking scholars translated Greek, Latin and even Sanskrit texts on topics such as medicine, mathematics and astronomy, fostering a vibrant scientific culture within the Islamic world. Some of the most influential texts are now available at the Qatar Digital Library. The library, […]
Anti-terror bill: making radical ideas a crime on campus by Louise Tickle [originally posted Guardian 2nd December 2014] On the first day of Freshers’ Week, Lancaster University’s students’ union president got a message that police were photographing two posters in her office window. One said “Not for Shale”, the other: […]
Channel 4 Soldier Ryan McGee, an English Defence League supporter who admitted making a nail bomb and possessing the Anarchist Cookbook, is jailed for two years at the Old Bailey. The 20-year-old from Eccles, Greater Manchester, made a device containing 181 metal screws and bits of glass which were designed […]
JTA The rabbi of a major modern Orthodox synagogue in New Jersey has written a blog post that calls for Israel to collectively punish Arab Israelis and Palestinians until they realize “they have no future in the land of Israel.” In the post, written Friday and titled “Dealing with […]
RT Muslims face the worst job discrimination of any ethno-religious group in the UK, a study has found. It also said they are the least likely to land a senior role. The unsettling statistics show a discrepancy over 70 percent. White British Christian men and women are, respectively, […]
The Muslim Debate Initiative 