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The last Muslim King in Spain

18 May 2017

The history, myths and legends surrounding the last Muslim ruler in Spain – whose surrender ended seven centuries of Islam at the heart of Western...

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Media fuelling rising hostility towards Muslims in Britain

28 Apr 2016

Mainstream media reporting about Muslim communities is contributing to an atmosphere of rising hostility towards Muslims in Britain, according to a...

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Opinion: Hard Evidence: Muslim women and discrimination in Britain

06 Apr 2016

Julian Hargreaves (Centre of Islamic Studies) discusses the forms of discrimination faced by Muslim women in Britain.

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Opinion: Why both sides are wrong in the counter-extremism debate

07 Mar 2016

Julian Hargreaves (Centre of Islamic Studies) discusses the Government's Prevent strategy and counter-extremism in Britain.

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Uthman Ibrahim-Morrison at prayer in Norwich, 2016

Male converts to Islam: landmark report examines conversion experience of British Muslims

03 Feb 2016

The experiences of British male converts to Islam have been captured in a unique report launched today by the University of Cambridge.

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Crime data research throws new light on British Muslim communities

01 Dec 2014

Muslim communities may not be as victimised by violent crime, or as dissatisfied with the police as is widely suggested and believed, according to...

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From halal to hip-hop: Muslim life in the UK and Europe comes under the microscope

15 May 2014

Halal meat, the representation of Islam in the British press, and female, Muslim hip-hop artists will all be topics of discussion at a three-day...

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A policeman arrests people in the northern Paris suburb of Clichy-sous-Bois, 2005, after police clashed with angry youths

Foreign policy, home truths

11 Feb 2014

Newly published research investigates the contrasting approaches taken by European states to the multiculturalism that results from increased...

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Female conversion to Islam in Britain examined in unique research project

17 May 2013

A ground-breaking report examining the experiences of nearly 50 British women of all ages, ethnicities, backgrounds and faiths (or no faith) – who...

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