Beyond the niceties: building stronger Christian-Muslim relations
If you’re coming to the Greenbelt Festival in a couple of weeks, find me at the Treehouse at 12.30pm on Sunday. This is what the programme will say: Tolerating one … Continue reading
Eating grass
Ad on the London underground. I’m sure I’m not the only one who sees this differently after the news from besieged Madaya that Syrians are eating grass in order to … Continue reading
Refugees: what are we learning from the current crisis?
What are we learning from the refugee crisis? It’s not a new story, but it makes the news when something exceptionally distressing happens: the little boy who drowned, the abandoned … Continue reading
Hijab Scene #7 Mohja Kahf
Several Muslim women friends of mine have responded to the news today, appearing on TV, separating out the benefits for British Muslim women (& others) of speaking English from what … Continue reading
Business suits and the dispossessed
Someone was worried about her sister in hospital, saying her arm had been broken in two places by a nurse. Another asked where the accounts were and what salaries were … Continue reading
Lambeth Palace
Earlier this week I was at Lambeth Palace with the trustees of the Christian Muslim Forum. We climbed a stone staircase, arriving at a simple but stunning room overlooking the … Continue reading
TV
Surprise – two of my fellow panelists dropped out of a tv discussion, Should Muslims become more involved in interfaith activities?, and the two stand-ins took it in an unexpected … Continue reading
Refugees & Migrants 21 September
If you’re in London tomorrow morning, you’d be more than welcome – Syrian breakfast, good company. The Frontline Club are showing “A Syrian Love Story” on Wednesday.
Breakfast, lunch & supper
BREAKFAST on Tuesday at law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer to hear Speaker John Bercow MP, Baroness Onora O’Neill (EHRC) and Mick Davis (Jewish Leadership Council) at a Council for Christians … Continue reading
Tout comprendre c’est tout pardonner
Our guests at the Peace Café this evening were Jo Berry, whose MP father was killed by the IRA Brighton bomb, and Pat Magee, who planted the bomb. After Pat … Continue reading
Prince Charles & Deeyah Khan on radicalisation
Prince Charles was on the TV news this evening talking about British young people being radicalised and wanting to join ISIS. Why would they do this? You’d think that the … Continue reading
#VisitMyMosque
Today was #VisitMyMosque day – local Islamic centres welcoming in visitors, offering a cup of tea, a look around & a chat. At the launch was Dr Shuja Shafi, whose … Continue reading
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