Tag Archives: Muslims
“Divorcer a l’anglaise comme un musulman”
I got a kick out of reading this French blog posting about a letter I wrote to the “Financial Times” in response to Dr. Suhaib Hasan’s first-person article “I’m a sharia judge” (a friend translated the entry for me). I … Continue reading
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Review of Hanif Kureishi’s “The Black Album” at the National Theatre by Kavita Ramdya
Click here to read my review of the stage adaptation fo Hanif Kureishi’s novel ”The Black Album”. In the summer of ’08, for my “Contemporary British Literature” class, I taught Hanif Kureishi’s “The Buddha of Suburbia”, a coming-of-age novel about a young Indian-English Hindu Brit … Continue reading
“Muslim women’s right to happiness under threat” by Kavita Ramdya
Click here to read Kavita Ramdya’s letter in the “Financial Times” in response to Dr. Suhaib Hasan’s request that divorce decisions made by sharia councils be recognized by British law. “Muslim women’s right to happiness under threat” – Letter by … Continue reading
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The end of racial profiling?
Click here to read my letter in “India Abroad” in reaction to Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan’s detainment at Newark Airport. This afternoon I spoke with an Indian-American friend of mine who was recently detained in London Heathrow Airport on … Continue reading
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