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Speech on Islamism

Posted in Dialogue, Public Affairs, Religion, tagged , , , on September 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Delivered by Osama Saeed at an event on Preventing Violent Extremism as part of Edinburgh’s Festival of Spirituality and Peace – 17th August 2009 at St John’s Church

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Ramadan: A Taste of Hunger

Posted in Dialogue, Religion on August 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Muslims around the world eagerly await the coming of every Ramadan, the annual season of reflection, repentance and renewal. The month of fasting begins with the sighting of the new moon, this year around 20th August, and ends with the arrival of ‘Eid al-Fitr: a day of celebration and thanksgiving for the blessings of the [...]

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Interfaith work in the US

Posted in Dialogue, International, tagged , , , , on May 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Every child in the US does 40hours community service before graduating high school! Why on Earth do they do that?
What did they do wrong?

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The Age of Stupid

Posted in Dialogue, Public Affairs, tagged , , on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Zeshan Akhter reports from her panel discussion at the faith screening of the seminal climate change film ‘Age of Stupid’ at the Edinburgh Filmhouse. She was joined by Rabbi David Rose and Percy Patrick of the Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund (SCIAF).

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Edinburgh imams condemn synagogue attack

Posted in Dialogue, Religion on March 20, 2009 | 3 Comments »

In response to the shocking news of the attack on the Edinburgh Hebrew Congregation, today several mosques in the city will use the Friday prayer sermon as an opportunity to address the issue. Below are guidance notes sent by SIF to Edinburgh’s imams:

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MSPs vs Interfaith Select

Posted in Dialogue, tagged on November 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

SIF provided four players to the Interfaith XI that took on Scottish Parliamentarians today.
Noman Tahir and Humza Yousaf were joined by our two American guests from CAIR, Ahmed Rehab and Yaser Tabbara.

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Now Muslims hate cute wee puppies?!

Posted in Dialogue, Media on July 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »

“And their dog stretched out its forelegs at the threshold.” [Qur'an 18:18]
There was a feature by Peter Oborne in the online edition of today’s Daily Mail (of all papers) arguing that post-war Britain is Islamophobic, basing a good part of its argument on the zeal of newspaper editors to print ridiculous stories to make Muslims [...]

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