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This Black History Month, the Labour Party continues to treat Black voters as an afterthought, from the treatment of MP Diane Abbott to pushing out young progressive BAME candidates, writes Richard Sudan.
Comment: Our understanding of sharia is reductive, simplistic and unhelpful both to Muslim societies and the West, writes Roland Laffitte.
On India’s 76th independence anniversary, Ananya Wilson-Bhattacharya reflects on the irony of a state led by Modi's fascistic BJP government celebrating ‘freedom’ whilst it violently targets minorities, including Muslims and the Kuki people.
With recent attempts to criminalise recent pro-Palestinian protests condemning Israeli violence in Gaza, the UK government is dangerously shrinking the limits of what counts as 'acceptable' free speech, writes Ismail Adam Patel.
Comment: In Lebanon, over 15 personal status laws exist for each of its recognised religions, but how many strive to honour the rights of women and children, questions Mat Nashed.
Blog: The notorious Egyptian lawyer Samir Sabry has called for the government to burn the corpses of executed Muslim Brotherhood members.
Comment: Two topless Femen activists kissed in Morocco recently in what was dubbed a protest for LGBTQ rights. But it did nothing to help Moroccan women, says Soraya el-Kahlaoui.
Despite being knocked out of FIFA Women’s World Cup, the Moroccan team made a mark just by qualifying. The team also overcame many odds including racism against player Nouhaila Benzina in the lead up to a match with France, writes Khaled A. Beydoun.
Do UK counter-terrorism officers really "randomly" pull people up at airports? Writer Tariq Mehmood, also one of the Bradford 12, shares a recent experience at Manchester airport that puts this question under the spotlight.
The UK voting against a resolution condemning Quran burning as a religious hate act at UN Human Rights Council in the name of free speech is hypocritical given the government’s curtailment of freedoms & civil liberties over the years, argues Anna B.