Public Debate: Should the UK Government ‘Counter-Extremism’ Program be Stopped? The University of Westminster Students’ Union hosted an event to educate students about the Prevent Strategy and the likely impact it will have on students and indeed wider society. Title: Should we promote or prevent PREVENT? Venue: University […]
On the 6 April 2016, Asadullah Ali Al-Andalusi gave a talk on “Islam & Terrorism” at the International Islamic University of Malaysia. Therein he speaks about extremism and terrorism from the Islamic perspective, discusses and refutes khariji interpretations of the Qur’an, how there should be a re-evaluation of […]
MDI Comment: This GALLUP survey reveals something quite contrary to the Islamophobic and ‘counter-extremist’ narratives propounded by pundits and government officials around ideology and ‘radicalisation’. It reveals that people in the U.S. are four times more likely to justify killing civilians as “sometimes justified” than the average respondent in the […]
Writer, journalist and lecturer at New York University, Dr Arun Kundnani delivers a powerful rebuf to American media pundits on a TV panel discussion on CNN. He highlights that U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump’s plan to ‘ban Muslims from entering the United States [of America]’ is partly already […]
Video excerpt of MDI’s Zara Faris refuting the claim that religion, or an interpretation of religion, leads to terrorism. She then discusses the REAL ideology that actually justifies terrorism in its name. [Video was an excerpt from the iERA organised debate ‘Is Islam the solution or cause of […]
The Muslim Debate Initiative 