Anti-Semitism isn't just tolerated in some sections of the British Muslim community; it's routine and commonplace. — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
I think that the anti-Semitic problem in the British Muslim community is worse than among the community at large. — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
I have a long history of defending, and promoting, free speech and open debate - especially (especially!) within Muslim communities. — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
There's a general ignorance about how Muslims live and what Muslims believe. — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
I am a believing and practising Muslim - but I am also a social democrat. — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
The common stereotype of the Middle Eastern, Muslim-born terrorist is not just lazy and inaccurate but easy fodder for the anti-immigrant, anti-Islam… — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
I'm the first person to say don't equate between terrorism and Islam. But at the same time, I'm not going to pretend… — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
Shortly after he became the first Muslim to attend cabinet, I urged Sadiq Khan to be prepared. The Islamophobes, the new McCarthyites,… — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
Orthodox Islam, like orthodox interpretations of the other Abrahamic faiths, views homosexuality as sinful and usually defines marriage as only ever a… — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
To speak of the Muslim world is not to endorse a totalitarian project, nor to bolster an Islamist narrative, nor to suggest… — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
Stop treating Muslims as if they're some kind of foreign, alien entity rather than part of the fabric of Canadian society or… — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
To claim that ISIS is Islamic is egregiously inaccurate and empirically unsustainable, not to mention insulting to the 1.6 billion non-violent adherents… — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
When you demonize Muslims as a community, as an entire group of people based on the crimes or actions of a tiny… — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
I've lost count of the number of websites that try to 'out' every Muslim in public life as an extremist or Islamist… — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
Are we willing and able to stand up to Islamophobia on days when there are not brutal terrorist attacks on Muslims in… — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
To pretend that there is no such thing as the Muslim world is specious, self-deluding, and - frankly - plain silly. — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
I love my job... but I find myself awkwardly straddling the divide between British Islam and the British media. I get pretty… — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
How is it that labels like 'centrist' and 'moderate,' which common sense tells us should reflect the views of a majority of Americans, have… — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
Shortly after he became the first Muslim to attend cabinet, I urged Sadiq Khan to be prepared. The Islamophobes, the new McCarthyites, would at… — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
In theory, the filibuster helps whichever party is in the minority in the Senate. In practice, it is the Republicans who have disproportionately used… — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
We have to find a way to try and reconcile our beliefs - and Islam, like Judaism and Christianity, has traditionally seen homosexuality as… — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
Even as evidence mounts that immigration is bolstering the British economy, the political consensus seems to be that bashing immigration boosts electoral fortunes. — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
I think that the anti-Semitic problem in the British Muslim community is worse than among the community at large. — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
My fundamental concern about the role of faith groups in providing social provision is democratic: how do we hold them to account? To whom… — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
None of us believes in an untrammelled right to free speech. We all agree there are always going to be lines that, for the… — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
Anti-Semitism isn't just tolerated in some sections of the British Muslim community; it's routine and commonplace. — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
There's a general ignorance about how Muslims live and what Muslims believe. — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
The truth is that the dream of 'two states for two peoples,' born in the '90s, died in the noughties. The two-state solution, the… — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
