Public school-educated Muslim hired to run Queen's stockbroker
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2466158/Public-school-educated... -hired-to-run-Queens-stockbroker.html
Christopher Hope and Philip Aldrick, Telegraph
Naguib Kheraj, the former finance director of Barclays, has been appointed
chief executive of investment bank JP Morgan Cazenove, one of the City's
oldest firms. Mr Kheraj, 44, is the City's best known Muslim banker who was
paid £600,000-a-month as an adviser to Barclays for eight months last year.
Mr Kheraj, who is also a senior adviser to the Aga Khan, known in Britain
for his horse racing interests, will take up his new role at Cazenove on
October 6.
4's celebration of Islam
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jul/29/channel4.television
The Guardian
Your article (Misleading and defamatory: Channel 4 accused over documentary
on Qur'an, July 28) is unfair to Channel 4. Antony Thomas's acclaimed film
was clearly labelled as a documentary about the Qur'an; not about Islamic
belief. As such, Thomas set out to interpret issues affecting the modern
world from a Qur'anic perspective. He naturally focused on the big issues of
the day and assembled an unrivalled cast of experts, academics and
theologians to debate the points raised...
Sir Salman Rushdie criticises Britain's 'air of appeasement' toward
extremists
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2466565/Sir-Salman-Rushdie-cri...
-Britain's-'air-of-appeasement'-toward-extremists.html
Laura Clout, Telegraph
The Booker Prize-winning author, whose novel the Satan Verses incensed the
Islamic world, told BBC's Newsnight: "There's no such thing as a perfect
culture. I think sometimes there's an air of appeasement in this country
which I don't like." In an interview to promote his latest novel, The
Enchantress of Florence, Sir Salman said Iran 'might well be' trying to make
a nuclear bomb. The writer also spoke of how 'soft power' including the
internet and websites such as YouTube can defeat global tyranny...
“Something in the air” in Christian-Muslim dialogue
http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2008/07/28/something-in-the-air-i...
tian-muslim-dialogue/
Tom Heneghan, FaithWorld
Meetings of theologians don’t usually make news. But trends can make news. A
series of meetings can start to show some direction the participants’
thinking is going in. If it’s a new direction, and one with potentially
positive results, then we journalists on the Godbeat take notice. The
“Common Word” conference now underway at Yale Divinity School in the United
States is at the heart of a trend towards increasingly frequent and detailed
discussions among Christian and Muslim scholars and leaders.
Bitterness threatens Indian tolerance (Randeep Ramesh, Guardian CiF)
How to create your own Islamophobia (Between the Lines)
UK: Another Sharia compliant insurance company (Islam in Europe)
