Posted by Alberto Fernández Carbajal in Queering Islam on June 29, 2016 As the final event of the Queering Islam events series for 2015-2016, Tehmina Kazi, the Director of British Muslims for Secular Democracy, visited us at the University of Leicester to do a reading of her story ‘The Tulip Asylum’, a story about homosexuality…
Details
This was a presentation given to a group of local Religious Education teachers, from different schools. The Director of Media discussed a number of pioneering projects in this area, and the importance of teaching philosophy and critical thinking skills to students was repeatedly emphasised. The Director of Media recommended some progressive texts for the creation…
Details
In western societies, inter-religious sectarianism is a disturbing reminder that however much we cleave to the values of the Enlightenment, it remains the case that irrationality, intolerance and violence based on religious difference are still with us. On a Monday evening in Glasgow the Scottish Secular Society were delighted to host, in conjunction with our…
Details
By Tehmina Kazi In what appears to be the worst mass shooting in US history, 29-year-old Omar Mateen opened fire in a gay Florida nightclub at 2am on Sunday, killing 50 people and injuring up to 53 others. Orlando sheriff Jerry Demings called the shooting a “domestic terror incident” and the FBI — who already…
Details
The UK’s Counter-Terrorism Strategy Is Flawed – Is There an Alternative? 31/05/2016 12:04 | Updated 31 May 2016 London saw some of the most exceptional minds congregated on the 23rd of May for a symposium on a crucial part of the Government’s counter-terrorism strategy – Prevent. The event was run by British Muslims for Secular…
Details
By Tehmina Kazi in Sedaa Unlike other articles on Muslim women’s sartorial trends, this one will not start with a terrible “thinly-veiled” pun, or a picture of a woman with her face covered in black cloth. Shazia Hobbs managed to avoid both these traps in her “Ban the burqa” article, which correctly identified religious fundamentalism…
Details