The Halal Controversy

http://youtu.be/6ZGR_FYVOYg Another day and another national scandal as the print media go crazy over the fact that we are all apparently secretly being fed halal meat. But what is the truth? Are these reports accurate or is this just more Islamophobia, hidden under the facade of consumer choice, from our national media? We look at … Continue reading The Halal Controversy →

Spain is inviting back Jews expelled from the country in the 16th Century. But don’t mention the Muslims

But now Spain and Portugal want to make amends, so we are told. They will give citizenship – full passports – to the descendants of families expelled from their countries. The government regards the expulsions as “a tragedy”, or – in the words of Spain’s justice minister – a “historical error”. It was, of course, … Continue reading Spain is inviting back Jews expelled from the country in the 16th Century. But don’t mention the Muslims →

So, what did the Muslims do for the Jews?

Within a century of the death of Mohammad, in 632, Muslim armies had conquered almost the whole of the world where Jews lived, from Spain eastward across North Africa and the Middle East as far as the eastern frontier of Iran and beyond, almost all the Jews in the world were now ruled by Islam. … Continue reading So, what did the Muslims do for the Jews? →

Easter – A Muslim perspective

http://youtu.be/5nmh4XYqw1k In this lecture we look at the events surrounding Jesus being put on the cross in light of the Holy Quran's verse which says that Jews and Christians do not know what happened to Jesus. We show that if we look at what is said in the New Testament it can all be explained … Continue reading Easter – A Muslim perspective →

[Video] Muslims, Jews and Christians

The Holy Quran says says: “O you who believe, take not the Jews and the Christians for friends. They are friends of each other.” (5:51) Our detractors say this shows that the Holy Quran commands us to discriminate against them. Even if we look at recent events they show the truth of this verse. The … Continue reading [Video] Muslims, Jews and Christians →

Heroic Tale of Holocaust, With a Twist

The stories of the Holocaust have been documented, distorted, clarified and filtered through memory. Yet new stories keep coming, occasionally altering the grand, incomplete mosaic of Holocaust history. One of them, dramatized in a French film released here last week, focuses on an unlikely savior of Jews during the Nazi occupation of France: the rector … Continue reading Heroic Tale of Holocaust, With a Twist →

[Video] Israeli occupation filmed by 100 Palestinian cameras

httpv://youtu.be/NUHdRVFYvRQ In a graphic and hard-hitting film, Peter Beaumont speaks to Palestinians filming abuse from settlers and Israeli armed forces as part of a remarkable project called Shooting Back

[Video] The History of Palestine

Below is a short YouTube video giving the highlights of the history of Palestine. ...The idea was to uproot as many Palestinians as possible. From March 1948 until the end of that year the plan was implemented despite the attempt by some Arab states to oppose it, which failed. Some 750,000 Palestinians were expelled, 531 … Continue reading [Video] The History of Palestine →

Ultra Zionists – A BBC Report

Louis Theroux spends time with a small and very committed subculture of ultra-nationalist Jewish settlers. He discovers a group of people who consider it their religious and political obligation to populate some of the most sensitive and disputed areas of the West Bank, especially those with a spiritual significance dating back to the Bible. Throughout … Continue reading Ultra Zionists – A BBC Report →

Forgotten History: The Muslims who saved the Jews

Stories of Albanian Muslims who saved the lives of Jews during the Holocaust are the focus of a campaign for better interfaith relations. Run by the Exploring Islam Foundation, Missing Pages was launched at the House of Lords in the week of Holocaust Memorial Day. The campaign features an exhibition of photography by Norman Gershman … Continue reading Forgotten History: The Muslims who saved the Jews →

Muslims hate Jews? A Panorama Special

On the recent Panorama programme on the BBC it was shown that some books used in schools set up by Muslim organisations had hateful content regarding the Jews. However, the programme did not mention the fact that over the centuries it was the Muslims who protected Jews from Christian persecution. We talk about this in … Continue reading Muslims hate Jews? A Panorama Special →