There is no point trying to do politics and work in the political system, even if it is to try and stop genocide, if we do not understand how it operates, argues Arzu Merali Listen to the audio or read the article below. II: Understanding the System The first part of this
It is time to stop blindly replicating previously failed attempts to leverage the Muslim vote in the UK, argues Arzu Merali. Listen to the audio or read the article below. I: Learning from the Past “…nations have no permanent friends and no permanent enemies, only permanent interests.”
Reports that the Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer intends to appoint Baroness Louise Casey as a minister if he is elected, show his intentions to govern without difference in style or substance. Apparently Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is considering appointing the cross bench peer Dame Louise Casey of Blackstock as a
The leading liberal author Naomi Klein has publicly called for an exodus of Jews from Zionism. This is momentous, particularly to those who remember her pro-Zionist interventions of yesteryear. Arzu discusses why, notwithstanding this welcome news, the movement for a better world needs to still hold those who upheld the old world
In this second piece about the Michaela School judgment in the UK in April, Arzu looks at the context it was made in. She looks at how Islamophobic narratives employed by the UK government and parts of the media have also undermined the wider education sector affecting the majority of school children,
This is the first of two pieces by Arzu, on the Michaela School judgment and its context. Almost two weeks ago a pupil lost her high court case in the UK, against the school banning her and other students from praying on site (she and others had been praying in the playground
The Times has reported a dossier of comments on social media and in lectures by Sheikh Jaffer Ladak, the resident alim at Baab ul-Ilm Centre in Leeds has been passed to West Yorkshire Police. Ladak’s comments cited by The Times, are not unusual or in the current moment even controversial. This piece
Some thoughts from Twitter posted on 2nd March 2024 regarding an opinion piece in The Guardian on Michael Gove. This article argued that despite appearance of courteousness and clam, Michael Gove was in fact someone who had ‘toxified’ the political culture of the Tories. The tweet threat is unrolled below, but as
From the landmark employment tribunal victory of Professor David Miller to the Safety of Rwanda Bill, recent events in the realm of UK law are revealing the political and legal discourses of unaccountable power and control. It’s been happening a while, but the transformation of the image of Kenneth (now Lord) Clarke,