Catch up with past articles from the archive of Majeds Blog which have continuousley addressed various issues over the last two years. This section will root out articles written by the various contributors to the blog and list them on this page to refresh your memories of incidences, news stories, and key issues covered.
Dispatches Program- A grassroots response
Monday 15th January 2007 saw the airing of a Dispatches programme entitled “Under Cover Mosque”. The program was aired after a week or more of frenzied advertising during prime time slots to draw attention to the forthcoming documentary. The contents of the program for any of those who watched it centered around an unknown undercover journalist using a secret camera to film in various mosques across the UK .
Rochdale Muslims Unite against Cartoons Defaming Islam
What started off as a little local difficulty about community integration in Denmark following the publication of the famously controversial cartoons has now escalated into a worldwide chasm. It would be naive to suggest that the journalists involved did not know what they were getting themselves into.
The Channel 4 programme Big Brother sparked a national debate off and a minor diplomatic incident last month after Indian contestant Shilpa Shetty was subjected to allegedly racist bullying by white housemates. Whilst certain segments of the population voiced their opposition to such behaviour to broadcasting watchdog Ofcom,
Britney SHEARS- Capitalism is bad for your health dear!
Just last weekend the world was exposed to yet another tantrum of celebrity misfits; once again it was Britney Spears who came to the limelight, but with the least expected behaviour. Earlier last week she was reported checking into Eric Clapton’s Crossroads rehab clinic in Antigua before checking herself out 24 hours later. She flew back to Los Angeles ‘economy class’ on American Airlines and immediately drove to a hair salon and demanded that staff shave her head.
VIRGINIA TECH- Tragedy at the Doorstep of the “Liberator
“Today the university was struck with a tragedy that we consider of monumental proportions” was the reaction of Charles Steger the President of Virginia Tech yesterday where 32 students were shot dead by what seems was a lone gunman. Never could the word’s ‘monumental proportions’ be more apt for any incident than this. It is indeed an indictment of the world in which we live in today that students aspiring to learn would find their lives ended in a hail of bullets.
SALMAN RUSHDIE- The Brave Knight?
Once again, discussions over freedom of speech have sparked off tensions in europe with the knighting of Salman Rushdie by the Queen last week. There have been protests internationally as well as critical debate at home in the UK on the rationale behind the controversial knighting. Over the last year we have seen the cartoon outrage depicting the Prophet of islam in a negative light.
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