The hijab goes high-fashion
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/jul/28/fashion.women
Homa Khaleeli, Guardian
Autumn trends are already appearing on the pages of glossy magazines, but
for some fashionistas an important question remains unanswered. What will be
autumn's key hijab look? Muslim women anxious to keep their style
cutting-edge are turning to an ever-expanding number of blogs, Facebook
groups and YouTube videos to discover the hottest way to tie their
headscarves.  Jana Kossaibati, whose blog, Hijab Style, claims to be the
UK's first style guide for Muslim women...

Misleading and defamatory: Channel 4 accused over documentary on Qur'an
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/28/islam.channel4
Riazat Butt, Guardian
It was described as an "exemplary piece of programme making" by an award
winning film-maker which launched a week of television coverage of Islam.
But a Channel 4 documentary on the Qur'an has angered a group of leading
Shia Muslim scholars, who have criticised it for making "seriously
inaccurate statements" about their branch of the faith. In a letter to
Channel 4, they said that the depiction of Shia beliefs in The Qur'an,
broadcast earlier this month, was "disappointing, misleading..."
[Extracts from the letter -The Guardian]
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/28/islam.channel41

Killing in the name of Islam is acceptable... the view of one third of
British Muslim students
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1038953/Killing-Islam-accepta...
ew-British-Muslim-students.html
Daily Mail
Nearly one third of Muslim students believe it can be acceptable to kill in
the name of religion, according to a survey published yesterday. It also
found that 40 per cent want to see the introduction of Islamic sharia law in
Britain, 40 per cent think it wrong for Muslim men and women to mix freely
together, and 33 per cent want to see a worldwide Islamic government based
on sharia law. The findings were described by researchers at the Centre for
Social Cohesion think tank...
[UK Students Slam Muslim Killing Report -IslamOnline; A third of Muslim
students back killings'  -Islamophobia Watch]
http://www.islamophobia-watch.com/islamophobia-watch/2008/7/27/a-thir...
slim-students-back-killings.html

Dissident Northern Ireland republican threat 'higher than from Islamic
extremists' (Aislinn Simpson, Telegraph)
Islam: Secularists raise tension as Turkish court prepares landmark judgment
on ruling AKP (Robert Tait, Guardian)
Explainer: Islam in Turkey (Robert Tait, Guardian)
Gay sex is a sin, say four in five Protestants (Ruth Gledhill, Times)
Citizenship and extremism among Muslim youth (Between the Lines)
Dinner over two hours multiplied by 2 million Muslims (Between the Lines)
City holds an Asian celebration (BBC News Online)
Milking the Camel (Tabsir)
Islam in Europe Weekly Review (Islam in Europe)
Dialogue for the masses (Jude Townend, Alt.Muslim)
Lambeth Diary: Nigerian gay Christian activist granted asylum (Ruth
Gledhill)