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UPDATE ON UK ANTI TERROR LAWS #3

Both Members of Parliament and Lords approved the Bill, after two days of emergency debates. A number of MPs abstained, or tried to block the Bill from becoming law.

Blair silences genuine dissidents

The British government is intending to introduce new laws to fight ‘terrorism’. The laws will include wide-ranging powers to stop support and association with groups deemed to be ‘inflicting terror’ abroad.

Eurocentrism and Islamophobia

Saied Reza Ameli charts the history and origins of Islamophobia and its prevalence in academia. Download the report here. Eurocentrism has formed the basis for a trend of thought that believes that human civilization is fundamentally built upon the domain of Rome, Paris and Athens,

Islamophobia and the European Convention on Human Rights

A look at the problematique of  ECHR from a Muslim perspective. Download the report here. On October 11, 1997, Prime Minister Tony Blair announced that the U.K. would adopt the European Commission on Human Rights (ECHR) into its domestic laws. For Muslims, this would mean