My book reviewed in the Wall Street Journal:

"An exceptional feat of investigative research... [Depicts] the historical moment when the modern overpowered the ancient—a world, now lost, of floridly costumed courtiers, fabled princes, exotic vices and perfumed palaces"

Analysis: UK Muslims face highest rate of hate crimes but police figures undercount them middleeasteye.net/news/analysis-…

I write on Sharjeel Imam as a committed democrat who deserves a place in a radical democratic project of the future, one focused on the liberty and equality of all.

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The lead reviewer into antisemitism in British schools has previously been accused of singling out Muslim schools by suggesting they could potentially threaten Britain's coherence as a nation.

Sir David Bell made the remarks in 2005 when he was the head of Ofsted.

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The "3 in 5 Jewish pupils face antisemitism" statistic was based on 29 Jewish students - 41% of those polled.

The Bell review also said anti-Jewish attitudes are "less prevalent", while "anti-Israel sentiments" are increasing

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We all know about Man City, but how much of UK does the UAE really own?

I investigated for @MiddleEastEye. Tracing Emirati-linked holdings in the UK took me from the glitz of Mayfair’s Berkeley Square to the pub and back, via the high street pound shop.

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goethe was 65 when he read hafez in translation, called him his twin and wrote back to a man who’d been dead in shiraz for four hundred years with the west-östlicher divan. a century later iqbal read the divan, understood it as a letter and answered goethe with payam-e-mashriq.

Assam carried out a series of eviction in three districts demolishing the homes of more than 1,100 Muslim families living in the unauthorised land for decades.

"We were settled by the government in 1974,” Abdul Noor, a 44-y-o whose home was demolished.

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As @SarahHelm1 comes under ferocious attack, read her extraordinary piece for us @MiddleEastEye - an in-depth interview with the son of one of Israel's founding fathers, who explained how he had come to regret the entire Zionist project:
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Delighted to be able to write this piece for @EngelsbergIdeas on the Sufi ‘Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulusi and the Islamic Enlightenment. engelsbergideas.com/essays/islams-…

Exclusive: The UK’s largest “sharia-compliant” fund, HSBC’s Islamic Global Equity Index Fund, has purchased more than $100m worth of shares in 5 companies linked to the Israeli military in the first half of this year, a @MiddleEastEye analysis can reveal
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The result is a victory for Burnham's Labour, but less of a catastrophe for Polanski than many of his critics are claiming.

With a volatile electorate there are clear signs that the Green Party can be optimistic about its potential for future growth:
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EXCL: The British government wouldn't comment today after the Israeli foreign minister accused the UK of freezing "military dialogue and security cooperation" with Israel.

This was an extraordinary claim, for which there is no publicly available evidence:
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Looks like it's all up, for the time being at least, with the British consulate in occupied East Jerusalem. It's been open for business since 1838.

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EXCLUSIVE: The British consul-general to Palestine is set to imminently leave Jerusalem in compliance with Israel’s order to close the consulate, we have learnt.

She is expected to work from Amman in hope of returning to Jerusalem in due course.

Story with Peter Oborne below

RT @EmilyThornberry: Beyond the fact that the closure of the British consulate in East Jerusalem - occupied Palestinian territory - is not…

@Imran_posts you are prolific!