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
Social media has emboldened an army of online Islamophobes; in the real world, mosques have been firebombed and politicians line up to… — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
How many Americans, for example, are aware of the fact that U.S. planes dropped on the Korean peninsula more bombs - 635,000… — 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
Have you ever been called an Islamist? How about a jihadist or a terrorist? Extremist, maybe? Welcome to my world. It's pretty… — 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
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
