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Farooq Siddique: My last column, but bridge building must continue

Tuesday, February 09, 2010

And so begins my final column for the Evening Post (at least for a while). Throughout the past two years, I have been touched by comments of support, challenged by the critics, but always mindful of the bridge-building that needs to be done.

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Farooq Siddique: I hope I've paved the way for the next generation

Tuesday, February 02, 2010

I N the last two years, I've written just over 100 columns for the Evening Post. Each one of them has been an absolute privilege. Throughout that...

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A Muslim in Bristol: Confident women are viewed with suspicion

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Local BBC radio recently invited me to comment on the UKIP proposal to ban the burkah; deemed to encompass all that is alien about Islam.

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A Muslim in Bristol: We've had enough . . . disband, shut up and get a job

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Unsurprisingly, Anjem Choudary and his small band of not-so-merry men in Islam4UK have finally called off their planned march through Wootton Bassett.

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Farooq Siddique: Islam4UK does not represent Muslims in the Bristol area

Tuesday, January 05, 2010

Wootton Bassett has become known for hundreds of people lining the streets to honour the war dead. Anjem Choudary and his Islam4UK group have...

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Farooq Siddique: Being lazy is a downward spiral to oblivion

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

I've had an incredibly lazy, long Christmas holiday weekend. For the first time in a very, very long time, I've done virtually nothing, but sleep,...

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Farooq Siddique: If I were to doubt Jesus, I would no longer be Muslim

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Ask any Muslim and they will tell you that Jesus was not born on December 25; that historically, December 25 was the time for celebrating the birth of...

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