Tariq Modood
@tariqmodood.bsky.social
Professor of Sociology, Politics and Public Policy, University of Bristol Leading author on multiculturalism, secularism, Islamophobia and cultural racism RTs are not endorsements and may be sent while I print it to read later.
👉NEW -- UK charities face inquiry over Israeli settlement funding by Martin Williams Charity Commission announcement follows Declassified’s investigation into donations to illegal settlers www.declassifieduk.org/uk-charities...
UK charities face inquiry over Israeli settlement funding
Charity Commission announcement follows Declassified’s investigation into donations to illegal settlers
declassifieduk.org
Absolutely amazing - contradictions, flip-flops with damaging consequences for people, economies, countries, the world! Trump backtracks on Hormuz 20% toll demand www.axios.com/2026/07/14/t...
Trump backtracks on Hormuz 20% toll demand
Trump backtracks on Strait of Hormuz 20% tolls
axios.com
A controversial German bill that could punish denial of Israel's right to exist with up to five years in prison has sparked debate over free speech:
German parliament backs bill criminalising denial of Israel
A controversial German bill that could punish denial of Israel’s right to exist with up to five years in prison has sparked debate over free speech.
newarab.com
My good friend and colleague, Gregor McLennan had been missing in Snowdonia for four days. His body was found on Monday. My condolences to his family and all who loved him. This article from the University newsletter in 2008 captures something of our friendship on and off the badminton court.
Jeremy Corbyn called Hamish Falconer’s response to his question "disgusting" and "shocking"
Jeremy Corbyn calls on Labour minister to retract antisemitism comments made in Israeli settlement debate
The Islington North MP called Hamish Falconer’s response to his question "disgusting" and "shocking"
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Survivors of the Windrush scandal have been given memorials and apologies, but they're still being denied fair compensation and actual justice. On Monday 22nd June we'll take our calls for justice directly to the Home Office - add your name now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ho...
Honour Promises Made to Windrush Generations
Hey! 👋 Survivors of the Windrush scandal have been given apologies and memorials, but the reality is that many are still being denied fair compensation. 😔 On Windrush Day (22nd June) we're taking the ...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Just published (a summary of my book with Thomas Sealy on the Governance of Religious Diversity and Secularism, if you haven't seen the book): www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
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Good news! Sang Hea Kil, one of the first professors to be fired from a public university in connection with the protests against the Gaza genocide has won back her job www.kqed.org/news/1208842...
San José State Professor Fired Over Campus Gaza Protests To Win Back Job | KQED
Sang Hea Kil is one of the first full-time, tenured professors to be fired from a public U.S. university in connection with the protests.
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Labour can engage with the liberal pro-migration quarter & across the balancer middle. It can not reach the quarter with the toughest views
The richest man owns X. The second and third richest men control Google. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. The seventh richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
An interview they have entitled, Leadership Under Fire: Values, Belonging and Boardroom Decisions: link.podtrac.com/miep7l92
Grit in the Boardroom - Executive Interviews on Corporate Governance and Risk Management
Do you want to know how leaders confront a corporate scandal and what it really takes to lead under pressure? Grit in the Boardroom is the bi-weekly podcast that pulls back the curtain on boardroom de...
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Goodwin: "I'm not an expert in Tom Stoppard. But to go back to Sunak. I think Rishi Sunak himself - or say Suella Braverman - they may describe themselves as British Asian or British Hindu, but may say "I am not entirely sure I fit a definition of English". But Sunak certainly does not say that.
![Rishi Sunak says he's English and proud - and brands debate over his identity "ridiculous".
The ex-PM says: "Of course I'm English. Born here, brought up here."
He references the "Tebbit test" - a phrase coined in 1990 about which cricket team first/ second generation migrants support as a measure of intergration.
Sunak disagrees with Suella Braverman, who argued Englishness is based on ancestry, heritage, ethnicity.
He tells
@bbcnickrobinson
: "It struck me that this debate, it moves well beyond [the Tebbit Test]. Because it’s not enough just to support England at cricket, it turns out it may not be enough to even play for England in cricket or football. You still can’t be English.
"You look at the composition of our England cricket team/ England football team on this definition, you can’t be English even playing for England, let alone supporting them.
"So yes, I found the whole thing slightly ridiculous. Of course I’m English."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:refbwihhzcqqfulwhcou44sr/bafkreifg7ijuytuppewvyv74yho6oedkrbjngd65t25perqtsdgmyf5qai)
Why not relax on a hot, bank holiday weekend with a pair of podcasts on why British politics is such a mess? Featuring great contributions from @drhannahwhite.bsky.social @dmk1793.bsky.social and @robfordmancs.bsky.social, plus some burbling from me. Episode 1 here: www.ppfideas.com/episodes/the...
The Starmer Crisis in Historical Perspective – Part 1
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Past Present Future Podcast@ppfideas.bsky.social · 3mo agoNEW EPISODE OUT NOW! David gets 5 perspectives on the deeper causes behind the current crisis: historians @robertsaunders.bsky.social, Anthony Seldon and @dmk1793.bsky.social, @drhannahwhite.bsky.social from the IfG and political scientist @robfordmancs.bsky.social. Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
How do politicians weaponise Christianity? An ever-relevant question, of particular significance of late, and the subject of my discussion with academic and MEP Tobias Cremer on @theosthinktank.bsky.social's Reading our Times this week: tinyurl.com/5cr54pb5
How do politicians weaponise Christianity? In conversation with Tobias Cremer
Podcast Episode · Reading Our Times · 19 May · 38min
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I fear Labour people risk falling into an ecological fallacy visible from space when reacting to these results. Here is what is very clear in results so far: Labour are losing *seats* to Reform, but... Labour are losing *votes* to the Greens Greens split the vote, Ref comes thru middle
It's 100 years since the General Strike: the biggest industrial action in UK history. The PM, Stanley Baldwin, claimed Britain was "nearer to civil war than for centuries past". The Times called it "the gravest domestic menace since the fall of the Stuarts". So what was it & why does it matter? 🧵
Past Present Future Podcast@ppfideas.bsky.social · 3mo agoNEW EPISODE OUT NOW! Today David talks to historian @robertsaunders.bsky.social about the meaning of Britain’s one and (so far) only general strike on its 100th anniversary. Was it a revolutionary event or an industrial dispute gone wrong? Who won the battle of ideas? Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
Very much looking forward to this.
Global Migration Institute@globalmigrationtmu.bsky.social · 3mo agoJoin the upcoming Scholars of Excellence Workshop: Islamophobia, Antisemitism and the Struggle for Recognition. 📅 May 13, 2026 | 9:30 AM-1 PM ET. Co-convened by Tariq Modood @bristoluni.bsky.social and @triandafyllidou.bsky.social @torontomet.bsky.social. FREE registration: https://bit.ly/4cTSnFV
James Talarico, a 36-year-old Democrat with a progressive Christian faith, who is standing for the Senate in Texas, is 'politically recoding' the Christian faith. Katy Balls reports that he has spoken of the need to recast religion for a younger generation 'or risk losing them for good':
The pious young Democrat taking on Trump’s Maga God squad
James Talarico is standing for the Senate in Texas. Can the 36-year-old’s faith help him win — and turn the evangelical vote away from Trump’s Republicans?
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Israel killed every single person in this photo in Lebanon. All journalists. Targeted and assassinated intentionally. For reporting the truth from the frontlines. ##JournalismisNotaCrime #israelkillsjournalists #israelkillsthetruth
An influential pro-Israel lobby group named ELNET has been quietly taking UK journalists on propaganda tours of Israel, @john-mcevoy.bsky.social reveals. The journalists who participated have written for the Telegraph, Spectator, and Mail on Sunday. www.declassifieduk.org/lobby-group-...
Lobby group taking journalists on propaganda tours of Israel
Amid the systematic killing of Palestinian and Lebanese journalists, one organisation has been quietly bringing British media workers to Israel.
declassifieduk.org
The Government says clearly why the Israeli death penalty law is wrong and its 'deep concern' but it says nothing about what it will do beyond strong words We need sanctions now and in particular #StopArmingIsrael petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...
Petition: Urge Israeli Government to stop law allowing execution of Palestinian prisoners
The UK Government must act urgently to urge the Israeli Government to stop the proposed law which would permit the execution of Palestinian Prisoners, past, present and future.
petition.parliament.uk
“Superpower Suicide” is a concept to help understand the approach of the Trump regime to the rest of the world. We are fighting a war for no reason we can name, losing it, and covering our defeat with genocidal and apocalyptic propaganda. snyder.substack.com/p/superpower...
Superpower Suicide
The geopolitics of our moment
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NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! Today’s ep in our series about how George Orwell tried to make sense of WW2 looks at his response to the lurches of fortune from 1942-43 as Hitler’s plans for world domination started to fall apart. Where did the ideas for 1984 first come from? Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
Legal action and constant threats are now targeting me over my reporting on Gaza and the Middle East. If my work has ever mattered to you, please share it and support however you can. Thank you. buymeacoffee.com/josepgodedf www.patreon.com/josepgoded www.paypal.com/paypalme/Jos...
