Victims of Intimidation

107 Pages·2008·0.29 MB·English

Victims of Intimidation
Freedom oF Speech within europe’S muSlim communitieS

Victims of
Intimidation
Freedom oF Speech within europe’S
muSlim communitieS
Douglas Murray
and
Johan Pieter Verwey
2008
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Contents
Introduction xi
Methodology xiii
Politicians 1
n Ahmed Aboutaleb 2
n Mimount Bousakla 4
n Ekin Deligöz 6
n Ehsan Jami 8
n Naser Khader 11
n Samira Munir 14
n Nyamko Sabuni 16
n Manu Sareen 18
Journalists 21
n Magdi Allam 22
n Reda Hassaine 26
n Nosheen Ilyas 29
n Mohamed Sifaoui 31
Activists 35
n Mina Ahadi 36
n Ayaan Hirsi Ali 39
n Seyran Ates 43
n Mansur Escudero 47
n Maryam Namazie 49
n Kadra Noor 53
Writers & Academics 57
n Afshin Ellian 58
n Salman Rushdie 60
n Mohammad Anwar Shaikh 65
n Ibn Warraq 68
Artists 71
n Rachid Ben Ali 72
n Sooreh Hera 75
n Shabana Rehman 79
n Omar Sharif 83
n Deepika Thathaal 85
Conclusion 91
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The authors
Douglas Murray
Douglas Murray is the Director of the Centre for Social Cohesion. A
bestselling author and political commentator, his writings have ap-
peared across the British and foreign press. A columnist for Standpoint
magazine, he writes regularly for many other publications including the
Spectator and appears across the British and foreign broadcast media.
Johan Pieter Verwey
Johan Pieter Verwey has an MA in Arabic Language and Culture from
the University of Leiden in the Netherlands. His main areas of research
are Muslim integration in The Netherlands and the history of radical
Islamic movements worldwide.
Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank James Brandon, Houriyah Bashir, Car-
rie Arnott, Tom Parkinson, Mohamed Tarraf, James Kitching, George
Readings, Robin Simcox and Hannah Stuart.
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A world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of
speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has
been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common
people.
Preamble, Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948
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