Why I Choose Not To Wear a Poppy
It is that time of the year again when it seems like everyone is wearing a poppy; on the tube, on the bus, in the park. You cannot get away from them. Yet, like every year, I refuse to wear one. It is not because I am opposed to remembering those who died in WWI. […]
Modern Warfare Map Removed After Muslims Complain
Over the last few days I have been receiving messages about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Apparently the game shows a hadith (saying of the Prophet Muhammed) on the picture frame in the bathroom. This features in the multiplayer maps, Favela. The Arabic script said “Allah is beautiful and He loves beauty”. Muslims […]
Extradition: A failure for us all
The decision to extradite Talha Ahsan and Babar Ahmad is only one in a long line of subservient decisions that the UK judiciary has taken to please the US. These two men have languished in prison, without charge, without an end in sight, for 6 and 8 years respectively. Their families going through a difficult […]
Islamic film protests: a fundamental rift between the Muslim world and the West
A debate I was involved in on the Voice of Russia. This studio discussion is on the protests that have spread across the Muslim world over a US made video insulting the prophet Muhammad. Those protests have now been going on for 10 days. The first began in Cairo, then the unrest spread to Libya. […]
Understanding Muslim Anger
Demonstrations have spread around the world after an anti-Islam video, made by someone named Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, insulting the most revered figure of the Muslim world, the Prophet Muhammed was posted on youtube. Why is it that this short video, apparently the work of one insignificant individual, can instigate such outrage? While the filmmaker and […]
Citizen Khan: The BBC should not dismiss Muslim complaints
I am not going to comment directly on the Citizen Khan program. I do not particularly care for so-called ethnic comedy shows that regurgitate out-of-date jokes and reinforce racist stereotypes. They are only sanctioned by the BBC because they lack real diversity in the organisation and are forced to scrape the bottom of the barrel […]
Muslim Chess Players victims of Islamophobia, Racism and Hate
A Muslim family representing England in the European Chess Championships in Austria have alleged that they have been the victims of racism, Islamophobia and hate. 13-year-old Yusuf Bin-Suhayl was attacked and left bleeding by the mother of a fellow English competitor. The situation was so bad for the family that they required a police escort […]
Islamic Relief’s lies exposed with audio evidence
Islamic Relief’s PR machine has now gone into full swing. They have launched a ruthless campaign of character assassination against me, spun with lies and inaccuracies that even Tony Blair would be proud of. Rather than do the right thing and admit their faults months ago, which could have prevented this entire ‘Relief-Gate’ scandal, they […]
Statement by Darrell Williams concerning Director of Islamic Relief UK Trying to Delay Emergency Food Aid to Somalia
Statement by Darrell Williams concerning the Director of Islamic Relief UK: Assed recently wrote an article about corrupt practices he witnessed at Islamic Relief (IR). Now that IR has released a disgusting statement about him I feel I have to say something. I was also an employee of IR and I was with Assed in […]
Director of Islamic Relief UK Tried to Delay Emergency Food Aid to Somalia
I had travelled to East Africa as a journalist working for Islamic Relief, along with another journalist, Darrell Williams, we were responsible for collecting media material for the different Islamic Relief offices and for any news organisations to use. This is my account of what I witnessed during my time with Islamic Relief. During the […]