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UK Muslims: a lesson not to follow?

Last update: Thursday, June 28, 2007, 00:00 | © Metro Éireann

Aside from boxers Prince Naseem Hamed and Amir Khan, British Muslims have been virtually absent from the British cult of celebrity. There are no Muslim footballers of note in the English Premiership, nor are there singers or movie stars.

Palestine: 40 years of occupation

Last update: Thursday, June 21, 2007, 00:00 | © Metro Éireann

Earlier this month, Israelis celebrated the 40th anniversary of the 1967 ‘Six-Day War’ with much fanfare and glorious tales of heroism. Despite the many analyses and historical studies, most Israeli Jews still believe that the 1967 war was one of survival. Some even believe that the recent attack on Lebanon was a war of survival – despite the findings of the government-appointed committee of inquiry which has shown clearly that the war had been planned months before Hezbollah kidnapped the two Israeli soldiers.

Unheralded alliance for democracy in Uttar Pradesh

Last update: Thursday, May 31, 2007, 00:00 | © Metro Éireann

Uttar Pradesh is a state in India that very few abroad would have heard about. Yet with its 170 million people, it would be the world’s sixth most populous country were it a separate nation. It is a state that struggles with the entrenched social attitudes against the Dalits – the caste formerly known as the Untouchables – and is beset by problems of illiteracy and debilitating poverty.

Rabid sociopaths â€“ not Muslims

The recently uncovered plan in Birmingham to allegedly kidnap and kill a Muslim member of the British Army is a chilling reminder of the lengths individuals trapped in an extremist mindset will take to further their agenda, and spread fear and terror even among those they consider as their own communities.

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