maajid nawaz – SEDAA

An open letter to Maajid Nawaz: on Islamism, Charlie Hebdo and free speech

27th October 202028th October 2020 admin

By Khadija Khan Dear Maajid, First of all, I would like to acknowledge that you have long been an inspiration to many people from Muslim backgrounds, who were keen to reconcile their religious beliefs with human rights. I personally respect you for your thought provoking and remarkable contribution to the debate around the Islamist ideology and how this has influenced people (sometimes vulnerable) in committing atrocities around the world in the name of Islam. A few years ago, you faced death threats after tweeting a cartoon of Muhammad…

The Southern Poverty Law Center and the Demand for Anti-Muslim Bigotry

27th October 20161st July 2019 admin

By Amjad Khan The well-known British political commentator Douglas Murray once observed that sections of the political left, known as the regressive left, have a supply and demand problem with bigotry. He elaborated that there simply aren’t enough racists in the West these days yet the demand for such bigotry is at an all-time high. Without the demand left-wing activists that organise themselves as anti-bigotry activists can’t justify their work and, more importantly, request for donations. Hence, the definition of bigotry needs to be stretched, new sources of bigotry…

I’m not a ‘House-Muslim’… I’m more into rap

3rd August 20168th May 2017 admin

By Haydar Zaki House-Muslim. Uncle Tom. These are just some of the terms thrown at me because, as a Muslim, I have a different political outlook to others. Fetishising over my physical appearance and religious identification, the groups that use these (frankly racist) terms so carelessly aim to portray me as one who has no agency, and is merely a slave or a “sell-out” to their community and cause. My abandonment of the tribal political mentality was the first step to warrant such a slanderous response. Many of us,…