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Caroline Pidgeon

The Liberal Candidate for London Mayor Says that she will Strive to Listen to the Muslim Voice

by Mina Al-Droubi | Nov 18, 2015 | World

The Liberal Democratic Party’s candidate for the London Mayoral elections Caroline Pidgeon said that in the event that she wins the elections to be held in May 2016, she will work to listen to the voice of Muslim communities through her participation in taking...

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A picture of the incident captured by CCTV on Tuesday (the internet)

Man in His Eighties is Accused of Attempted Murder by Pushing a Woman Wearing Hijab into an Oncoming Train in London

by Adhwan Alahmari | Nov 14, 2015 | World

A press officer for the British Transport Police, Jimmy Thomas, said in a statement to “Asharq Al-Awsat” that Yoshiyuki Shinohara, the pensioner who pushed a woman towards an underground train at Piccadilly Station last Tuesday is currently in custody charged with...

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Security was ramped up around the Eiffel Tower in Paris as the capital was placed under the highest alert status on January 8, 2015. (AFP Photo/Bertrand Guay)

Opinion: France’s Uncertain Enemy

by Amir Taheri | Mar 27, 2015 | Opinion

Almost three months after terrorist attacks shook Paris, France is still uncertain about what hit it and how to cope with what many see as a perennial threat. As is often the case in France, some analysts have tried to blame society—a convenient abstraction—for what...

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Nida Allam, a senior at North Carolina State University, rests her head on Asheen Allam, during a vigil for three people who were killed at a condominium near UNC-Chapel Hill, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015, in Chapel Hill, N.C. Craig Stephen Hicks appeared in court Wednesday on charges of first-degree murder in the deaths Tuesday of […]

Opinion: #MuslimLivesMatter

by Diana Moukalled | Feb 16, 2015 | Opinion

Last week, a hashtag on Twitter was able to embarrass the entire US media. Users of the social media website from around the world used #MuslimLivesMatter to express their anger at the US media for not picking up on the story of three young Muslims in North...

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A girl holds a sign during a rally by members of the Muslim community of Madrid outside Madrid’s Atocha train station, January 11, 2015, in solidarity with the victims of a shooting by gunmen at the Paris offices of the satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo, and against Islamophobia. REUTERS/Juan Medina (SPAIN – Tags: CIVIL UNREST […]

Opinion: Idiocy and Islamophobia

by Diana Moukalled | Jan 27, 2015 | Opinion

A friend of mine recently told me a story about how her husband once asked her if, during her time as a student in London, she had ever suffered Islamophobia. Yes, she said, she did experience Islamophobia a few times, especially when seeing a Muslim woman with a...