Archive for

December 2016

Dear Old Auntie is at it again – ‘Big Brother for Muslims’

DATE : December 9, 2016 AUTHOR : Lynda Rose

“Put ten British Muslims with contrasting world views in a house together and press ‘record.’ What emerges is a passionate debate, honest disagreements, humour and moments of insight that reveal what is like to be a Muslim in Britain today.” So says the BBC Media centre, describing the two part documentary Muslims like us, to […]

“Daughters of Jerusalem …. do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires…” A Salutary Warning from Solomon.

DATE : December 2, 2016 AUTHOR : Lynda Rose

Amidst growing reports of sexual harassment and abuse in schools, the chairmen and women of five Commons select committees (Neil Carmichael, Maria Miller, Yvette Cooper, Sarah Wollaston, and Ian Wright) wrote on November 30th to Education Secretary Justine Greening, calling for sex education and PSHE to be made mandatory in England’s schools (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-38155851). What a […]