Tag Archives: Islam
The Other Place: A journey into the Underworld with the Witch of Endor
(image from Genius.com) At the age of 6 or so I drew a picture pretty similar to this one in my school RE lesson and it’s been a question in my mind ever since and inspired my latest Something Understood … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Radio, Religion
Tagged Christianity, dante, francis dashwood, hellfire club, ireland, Islam, john agard, judaism, limbo, limbo babies, monteverdi, orfeo, orpheus, orpheus and eurydice, rabbi jonathan romain, saul, sheol, the divine comedy, william hogarth, witch of endor
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Young, British and Imam-in-Training: Who we met and why
There were two things producer Georgia Catt and I tried to do with this half hour documentary for Radio 4. One: avoid random isolated Muslim voices claiming to speak for a majority saying “That’s not Islam” about anything problematic, like … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Media, Politics, Radio, Religion, Uncategorized
Tagged BBC, imam in training, Islam, radio 4
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Richard Dawkins & the humanist’s dilemma: When faced with Islamic State does “moderate” religious discrimination really matter?
This piece first appeared in The Big Issue magazine – journalism worth paying for. Available from street vendors UK wide or subscription. Blackwell’s bookshop in Oxford has 3 and a half miles of books. It’s a wonderful place. The deputy … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Crime and Justice, History, Media, Religion, Uncategorized
Tagged atheism, Babu Gogineni, Blackwell's bookshop, British Humanist Association, Catholic, Christianity, culture, EM Forster, Francesca Stavrakopoulou, Hinduism, humanism, India, ISIS, Islam, Islamic State, Leo Igwe, media, Nigeria, oxford, publishing, Richard Dawkins, Salman Rushdie, Satanic Verses, Sheldonian Theatre, superstition, Switzerland, terrorism, Valentin Abgottspon, World Humanist Congress
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Malala, Muslim women and “misery” memoirs
Oct 10th 2014 update: This was originally posted ahead of an Asia House panel discussion about women, freedom and the Islamic world, when the multimillion pound book deal of Malala Yousafzai was announced. It seems just as relevant since her … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Culture, Religion
Tagged books, feminism, Islam, literature, misery lit, publishing
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