openDemocracy: A Long Road - Abdul-Rehman Malik's farewell letter to Tony Blair Eurozine: Take me to your leader - The emergence of "Muslim-ness" as an important marker of identity has created a new cadre of "professional Muslims" aware that kudos is to be gained in speaking on the "Muslim problem", writes, Abdul-Rehman Malik. Beyond the Veil - Fareena Alam's musings on Veilgate, Newsweek International cover story. BBC Radio 4, Unveiled - Fareena Alam, travels to Blackburn during the height of Veilgate. She speaks to Muslims and non-Muslims about the impact of Minister Jack Straw's comments (Listen via the Q-News podcast). The New Statesman - Fareena Alam reviews The Caged Virgin, by Ayaan Hirsi Ali. MSNBC: Creating a new culture for British Muslims New Statesman interview with Fareena Alam - "The petrodollar-funded literalists think their version is the real Islam. I'm for an Islam that is at home in Britain" The Guardian: We must move beyond the hijab, by Fareena Alam Had reporters asked, they'd have known a headscarf does not cover the face... The Daily Mail: My week beneath the burqa, by Tanya Gold Tanya Gold speaks to Q-News Editor, Fareena Alam about the week she spent wearing a traditional Afghan burqa... The Observer: Hear the true voices of Islam, by Abdul-Rehman Malik Young, disenfranchised Muslims can only be reached by those they respect... Press Gazette: Islam - Lifting the veil from media eyes Fareena Alam, editor of Q-News, tells Julie Tomlin about her mission to explain - inside and outside her own community -what a Muslim magazine should be. Times Educational Supplement: Pilgrim on a Rocky Road Fareena Alam is less than impressed with a personal perspective on the changing face of Islam... The Guardian: Bring back real Islam to our shores, by Fuad Nahdi Spiritual inequality at home is the root of our national security fears... The Guardian: Take the honour out of killing, by Fareena Alam Domestic violence in minority communities must be tackled with understanding - and not used as an excuse for Islamophobia... The Observer: Vision for a new Islam, by Fareena Alam British Muslims need new leaders who can connect with the realities faced by today's 'global' young people... Special Hajj report in The Guardian from Fuad Nahdi It is as strange as Mars, but less lonely. Calm has returned to Mina, the huge tent city south-east of Mecca where a tragic accident killed more than 250 Muslim pilgrims on Sunday... The Observer: Making of a Martyr, by Martin Bright and Fareena Alam As the drizzle descended on Hounslow mosque last Friday, it was not hard to see why Asif Mohammed Hanif might have wanted to spend the summer in the Middle East... The Observer: Murdered cleric's family vow to continue his work, by Fareena Alam and Martin Bright The grieving family of Abdul Majid Al-Khoei speak to The Observer about his life and legacy as more details of a chaotic killing emerge... Fabian Society: Whose values? Who decides? The terms of reference that define secularism can and must shift to remain relevant in a world that is constantly changing and diversifying. What does it mean to be French or British? Isn’t it constantly changing and evolving? Managing Editor Fareena Alam speaks at the Fabian Society New Year Conference 2004. The Independent: It's time to say what's good about being a Muslim Britain's leading Muslim magazine, Q-News, has a new editor - aged 24 and a thoroughly modern woman. By Paul Vallely.

The Observer: Why I reject the anarchists who claim to speak for Islam. Violence in the name of Islam has done more to damage the Prophet than any Danish cartoon, argues Fareena Alam. Editorial Intelligence: The heart of Empire is comment’s global capital, says Fuad Nahdi It is easy to be totally unaware of London’s great export to the rest of the world: comment... The Observer: Muslim boxing hero who unites us all, by Fareena Alam As a proud Pakistani Briton, Amir Khan defies Islamic stereotypes... Times Educational Supplement: British press unite in hysteria over jilbab, by Fareena Alam Well it seems that the “fundamentalist threat” to British state education has been averted yet again... BBC Radio 5: Fears as young Muslims 'opt out' BBC Five Live features a personal documentary by Navid Akhtar a practising Muslim deeply concerned about a growing trend among his contemporaries toward a separatist ideology that turns its back on Britain. Featuring Q-News Managing Editor Fareena Alam. BBC Newsnight: Drug problem among Muslim youngsters Newsnight features the Q-News article Up in Smoke: HT's failed attempt to fight the War on Drugs, by Dr Reehan Sabri. BBC Viewpoints: Europe and the headscarf "What does it mean to be British or French anyway?" BBC News Online asked eight commentators, including Managing Editor Fareena Alam, for their views on imposing a ban on the headscarf. The Observer: Are we just what we eat?, by Fareena Alam British Muslims regard the sudden renewed interest in ritual slaughter with suspicion and distrust. Must the identity of Britain's largest minority religion always be reduced to beards, scarves and halal meat? The Observer: Exiles weep as they prepare to fly home, by Fareena Alam Easter Mass at St Anne's Church in central London today will be extra special for Fahd Dawud. An Iraqi Catholic, he defected from Saddam's army eight years ago after being forced to serve for more than 12 years. He fled to London with his wife and daughter and has been unable to return since... The Guardian: Can Islam Liberate Women? Madeleine Bunting meets six Muslim women to discuss Islam and the position of women. CBC Dispatches: Radio documentary on Muslim Britain CBC Radio documentary on British Muslims by Nazim Baksh, entitled 'Divided Loyalties', available for downloading. Newsweek: Exploiting Grief Fareena Alam, the Q-News news editor, met with NEWSWEEK's Carla Power to discuss young British Muslims' reaction to September 11th - and the global strains it has triggered. The Guardian: Beyond the veil Q-News, the magazine whose news editor was briefly the 'shame of Britain' for making the ex-US ambassador cry on TV, is the biggest Muslim voice in Europe. Jack O'Sullivan meets its journalists to find out how they are responding to the aftermath of the US atrocities while coping with hate mail.