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Does terrorism cause Islamophobia?
Abdul-Azim Ahmed 13 October 2017
183 The link between terrorism and hate crime is clear – apparently. An article in The Independent quoted Fiyaz Mughal… read more
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Forget Trump, Here Is How To Make A Banging Cup of Chai
Abdul-Azim Ahmed 31 January 2017
7 I started writing an article on the triple threat facing Muslims. That of fascist governments, in the form of… read more
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The Anglophone Islam Reading List
Abdul-Azim Ahmed 14 January 2017
11 There’s a section in my thesis in which I describe a mosque library. This particular library has several entire… read more
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Power and Protection: The Question of Islam and Horoscopes
Abdul-Azim Ahmed 13 January 2017
The Ashmolean Museum is currently running an evocative and rare exhibition titled “Power and Protection”. The exhibition presents artefacts from… read more
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Great and Little Jediism
Abdul-Azim Ahmed 6 January 2017
8 “I am one with the Force, the Force is with me” Opinion is split - this is either the… read more
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Two Holy Lungs Breathing Spiritual Life Worldwide
Abdul-Azim Ahmed 4 January 2017
Rabbi Allen S. Maller’s reflections for 2017 In the pagan Greco-Roman Empire during the days of Jesus, the Jerusalem Temple… read more
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On Religion’s Seven Most Popular Articles of 2016
Abdul-Azim Ahmed 26 December 2016
3 So 2016 was a rollercoaster of a year right! Still a few days left as I write this for… read more
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What is Religion? Why the Charity Commission is Wrong to Say Jediism is Not a Religion
Abdul-Azim Ahmed 24 December 2016
This article was written to be a script for a On Religion VoiceNote, but grew too long, and rather than… read more
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The State of Religious Journalism in Britain
Abdul-Azim Ahmed 18 December 2016
4 When I started my PhD four years ago, I also started On Religion. A magazine where I hoped I… read more
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Muslims Like Us: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly
Abdul-Azim Ahmed 14 December 2016
15 I really wasn’t looking forward to Muslims Like Us. A “Muslim Big Brother” was the precis, and with the… read more
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Seven Reasons To Subscribe to On Religion
Abdul-Azim Ahmed 12 December 2016
1. Choose informed commentary. We believe that covering religion requires understanding and knowledge. On Religion was born out of frustration… read more
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Spot the Difference: A Case Study of Media Reporting on Islam
Abdul-Azim Ahmed 9 December 2016
7 So recently I’ve been mulling over some classic Edward Said, in particular, Covering Islam. I’m currently trying to write… read more
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All of Issue 14 Online
Abdul-Azim Ahmed 6 December 2016
2 We’re doing something we don’t usually do, and that is upload our entire magazine online upon release. Issue 14… read more
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Introducing On Religion VoiceNotes
Abdul-Azim Ahmed 8 August 2016
Welcome to On Religion VoiceNotes, a new experiment from the magazine in content. VoiceNotes will be short 2-5 minute audio… read more
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Why are places of worship the target of attacks?
Abdul-Azim Ahmed 29 July 2016
3 The government has recently issued its Action Against Hate Crimes (pdf) plan, which provides a valuable overview of existing… read more
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For Whom Nothing is Sacred
Abdul-Azim Ahmed 27 July 2016
5 How do you understand, let alone challenge, those for whom nothing is sacred? This question should be at the… read more
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Issue 13 now out!
On Religion Team 12 July 2016
Issue 13 of On Religion has now been released. Our subscribers have already received the magazine delivered to them by… read more
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The Far Right: A Disease We Have Allowed to Fester
Abdul-Azim Ahmed 18 June 2016
14 The details of the assassination of Jo Cox MP are difficult to read. Stabbed, and then shot three times… read more
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Sufis, Salafis and Islamists: The Contested Ground of British Islamic Activism
Sadek Hamid 16 June 2016
1 The terms Islamism, Salafism and Jihadism have acquired common linguistic currency in recent years –used most often to describe… read more
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6 Things Wrong With Trevor Phillips Latest Crusade
Abdul-Azim Ahmed 12 April 2016
466 I genuinely can’t remember the last time there was a single week without a headline story about Muslims. Sometimes,… read more
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Obituary: Hafiz Patel (1926-2016) - A Spiritual Giant in an Age of Dwarfs
Riyaz Timol 28 February 2016
76 Riyaz Timol reflects on the life and achievements of Hafez Patel, one of the most influential Muslims in Britain… read more
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Is Google subsidising anti-Muslim conspiracists?
Abdul-Azim Ahmed 19 February 2016
9 Some might have heard the news recently that Google is experimenting with a new way to counter-violent extremism, something… read more
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An assembly on evolution? Choosing our models of religion
Abdul-Azim Ahmed 30 January 2016
1 So I came across this insightful blog post recently by Headteacher Tom Sherrington - My Evolution Assembly. And the… read more
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Why I can’t bring myself to enjoy BBC The Big Questions
Abdul-Azim Ahmed 17 January 2016
11 I should like BBC The Big Questions. I’m doing a PhD on religion, I did my MA and undergrad… read more
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Obama and the Colonial Myth
Abdul-Azim Ahmed 14 January 2016
It was a momentous occaision in Obama’s career, his last State of the Union address. One in which he quite… read more
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Dawkins and the evolution of religion
Abdul-Azim Ahmed 10 January 2016
Do religions evolve in the same way animals do? Can we trace religious expressions from the simple to the complex?… read more
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Venturing Into the Ramadan Non-Story
Abdul-Azim Ahmed 7 January 2016
19 Some controversies you just don’t see coming. Despite the political climate we’re living in, when I saw the Daily… read more
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Christmas without the trimmings: What would an Islamic nativity scene look like?
Mariam Hakim 6 January 2016
12 As a Muslim I am fully aware of the reverence in which both Jesus and his mother Mary are… read more
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Our 2015 top ten!
On Religion Team 31 December 2015
37 Here are our top ten most popular articles from 2015. Thanks for all the support so far, and a… read more
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On Religion Christmas Offer
On Religion Team 11 December 2015
1 Stuck for gift ideas? How about buying someone an annual subscription for On Religion - at a special discounted… read more
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There’s no such thing as a ‘just war’ now – only murder
Andrew Grey 8 December 2015
4 Last week, as every British person (and half the world) knows, MPs voted with a clear majority to extend… read more
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FaithXChange Annual Conference
On Religion Team 5 October 2015
3 FaithXchange Annual Conference 2016 5 February 2016 | FaithXChange | Goldsmiths, University of London | UK Alternative Visions in… read more
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A Figure Shrouded In Controversy – Will The Mystery Ever Be Solved?
Waqar Ahmedi 27 August 2015
9 ‘God is great!’ That was one of the praises sung by thousands of Muslims at a convention in south… read more
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Four Things Inside Issue 11 of On Religion
On Religion Team 18 August 2015
1 On Religion is a magazine about religion, society and current affairs. The Summer 2015 edition is now out, our… read more
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How can we understand and apply faith leadership?
On Religion Team 24 July 2015
Dr Mahmood Chandia, Course leader of the University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN)’s MA in Faith Leadership relects on the challenges… read more
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I became a teacher not to gather intelligence, but to enhance it
Waqar Ahmedi 7 July 2015
39 It is 10 years to the day that terror struck London. I remember it vividly. It was the same… read more
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The Post-Colonial Method versus the Sociological Method in the Study of Religion: Top-down or Bottom-up?
Kile Jones 20 May 2015
70 In the current study of “religion,” two different methods have developed that are often in tension with each other.… read more
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Issue 10 now out!
On Religion Team 28 April 2015
1 The Spring 2015 edition of On Religion magazine is now out! In this edition, our feature story is about… read more
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Issue 9 is now out!
On Religion Team 14 February 2015
1 Issue 9 of On Religion is out! Here is what you can find inside! Opinion Faithwashing ISIS Do analysts… read more
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Mandela’s Ideology - An Embodiment of the Legacy of Prophet Muhammad
Sajda Khan 7 December 2014
5 Sajda Khan reflects on paralells between the Prophet Muhammad and Mandela, one year on from the latter’s death. Writing… read more
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Suffering: is this God’s best possible world?
John Morris 7 December 2014
1 An essay reflecting on questions of theodicy by Dr John Morris. A shorter version of this article edited by… read more
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Radicalisation - what is it?
On Religion Team 18 November 2014
1 Radicalisation is a term that is almost ubiquitous in discussion and coverage of violent extremism and terrorism. It is… read more
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Issue 8 - out now!
On Religion Team 17 October 2014
9 Here’s what to expect in Issue 8 of On Religion. To get it delivered straight to your door, simply… read more
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‘How do religion and belief inform how we do politics, policy and practice?’
On Religion Team 14 September 2014
3 Please see below for details of an event being held in January 2015 and organised by Goldsmith’s FaithXChange. … read more
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One World, Many Faiths series launched
Laura Jones 15 May 2014
5 Living in Cardiff, I usually have to travel several hours into England to attend the big events on faith… read more
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Five Things Inside Issue 7
On Religion Team 10 May 2014
9 Issue 7 of On Religion, which covers Spring 2014, is now out! As always, we strive to bring you… read more
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If you care about animals, don’t be duped by halal hysteria
Abdul-Azim Ahmed 7 May 2014
76 The Sun, known for their cracking investigative journalism, reignited the halal meat debate recently with the big scoop that… read more
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Religion and Theology Blog Awards 2014
On Religion Team 7 May 2014
10 Here at On Religion, we’ve been trying to think of a way to celebrate and recognise high quality writing… read more
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Who speaks for Muslims?
Abdul-Azim Ahmed 24 March 2014
2 That was the question set by Newsnight on 24th March before a six-minute video presented by Maajid Nawaz of… read more
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How Your Outrage Helps The Daily Mail
Abdul-Azim Ahmed 22 February 2014
46 In Tuesday’s Daily Mail, Richard Littlejohn published a clearly Islamophobic piece about a Muslim fun day in Legoland (‘Jolly… read more
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Religious Studies graduates - get in touch!
On Religion Team 21 February 2014
7 Are you a religion and theology graduate? If so, we would love to hear from you. We want to… read more
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The Amritsar Massacre, British Sikhs and UK involvement – what you need to know
On Religion Team 16 February 2014
The story of the tensions between British Sikhs and the UK government regarding its involvement in the Amritsar Massacre of… read more
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Issue 6 is out!
On Religion Team 10 February 2014
Issue 6 of On Religion is now out! Subscribers will already have received the magazine, for those considering, here is… read more
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Welcome to our new blog!
On Religion Team 10 February 2014
You might be asking yourself what is the difference between our Blog and our usual Articles. Well, the main difference… read more
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