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9 Oct

Muslims don't give a damn about The Sun unless it's a substitute for bog role

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When The Sun newspaper scraps its intellectually stimulating Page 3 for a seven-page feature on the “Islamic State”, writes Dilly Hussain, you know it means business! The Sun issued a fatwa yesterday calling upon “Britons of all faiths to unite to defeat IS fanatics” with a front page image of a Muslim woman in a […]

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28 Mar

The three stooges: General Sisi, Sheikh Hasina and Maajid Nawaz

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Dilly Hussain shares his thoughts on the biggest news stories that have been trending this week. In the first edition of his weekly memo, he covers Egypt, Bangladesh and Maajid Nawaz’s “new appointment” as a journalist for BBC Newsnight. I was tempted to just go “Rambo” on the whole flight MH370 hype, but realised that whether […]

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22 Jan

The heat is on Maajid Nawaz

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After posting a caricature of Prophet Muhammad and Prophet Isa (peace be upon them) on Twitter last week, I can confidently say that the heat is now on Maajid Nawaz, writes Dilly Hussain. It was only a matter of time before the founder of the despised (among mainstream Muslims) Quilliam Foundation was going to pull a stunt like this […]

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31 Dec

Biggest British Muslim news stories of 2013

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Deputy Editor of 5Pillarz, Dilly Hussain goes over some of the biggest news stories of 2013 relating to Muslims in the UK. 2013 has been a year with not so much good, a fair amount of bad and a lot of ugly events that has affected Muslims. After the Woolwich murder, we witnessed an unprecedented […]

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29 Oct

Tommy met Mo – The usual suspects on Oscar winning form

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I wasn’t surprised to see the usual suspects given air time by the BBC as “prominent” Muslim figures on yesterday’s “Tommy met Mo” documentary, writes Dilly Hussain. After the Woolwich attack, I tweeted Mohammed Ansar asking him what was being discussed with Tommy Robinson after photos were published of them hugging each other. He responded: “I’m afraid […]

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