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Final Acts of remembrance? Time to end war commemorations

November 9, 2018November 9, 2018 by Editor

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Professor Lee Marsden writes ahead of Sunday's Remembrance Day on why it time to end war commemorations During the First World a popular song with British squaddies reflected the futility and human cost of the war: 'If you want to find the general I know where he is, I know where he…

What British Muslims think about the term ‘British values’

October 30, 2017November 14, 2017 by Admin

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Researchers at UEA investigate what 'British values' means to Muslims living in the region. [caption id="attachment_3451" align="aligncenter" width="926"] Views on British values, from British Muslims. Alif. Lam. Mim. by M.Malik[/caption] Channel 4’s recent programme My Week as a Muslim, in which a non-Muslim woman lived with a Pakistani family for…

British Values, Islam, East Anglia: Some findings and an invitation

October 16, 2017November 14, 2017 by Admin

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Watch a trailer for, and find out about, UEA’s AHRC-funded project on British [Muslim] Values. Over the last year or so, Eylem Atakav, Lee Marsden and I have been working on an AHRC-funded project titled: British [Muslim] Values: Conflict or Convergence. The aim of the project is to explore (i)…

Exploring religion in Britain today: a new lecture series

March 9, 2017 by Editor

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Exploring religion in Britain today Free speech, hate speech, faith speech 9 March, 6.30pm, Thomas Paine Study Centre Lecture Theatre Dr Alex Brown, Prof Lee Marsden, Prof Rachel Potter Free speech is a cornerstone of modern democracy, but what happens when an individual's right to free speech impinges on the…