Transcript of complete recording of Intelligence Squared debate “Europe is failing it’s Muslims” held at Cadogan Hall, London on Tuesday 23rd February 2010.
"Welcome to Cadogan Hall, here in Central London, for this Intelligence Squared debate coming to you in association with the British Council. The motion, ‘Europe is failing its Muslims’.
"Well, although we’re focusing on Muslims in Europe, this is a topic which is relevant right throughout the world. And we have a panel of some of the most provocative and stimulating speakers on this subject and there’ll be plenty of disagreement, and we’ll be hearing later from our audience. " [Intelligence Squared] Read more
View the full video of this debate here. The video is edited and omits controversial points that are included in the transcript.
'Europe is failing its Muslims' : Debate .... I entered Cadogan Hall inclined to agree with the motion, but I definitely left feeling much less certain – indeed, the whole audience, who were originally split fairly equally for/against/undecided, when voting again at the end, had swayed rather decisively to the opposition. I wonder, though, if many felt as I did that this was not so much because of the opposition’s main arguments, but more because of those which they only touched upon. [Prime Minister’s Global Fellowship] Read more
Murray Condemns BBC for Being "Scared" of Muslims .... The debate stuck a particuarly sour and personal note when Murray, the controversial head of the Centre for Social Cohesion, was requested by the chairperson of the debate Zeinab Badawi to withdraw comments he had made about Dr Muhammad Abdul Bari, secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB). [EMMA Trust] Read more
Auntie fights shy of new Muslim quarrel .... Murray, speaking against the motion at Cadogan Hall in Sloane Square, told the lively audience that Dr Bari condoned stoning, only to have Badawi, news presenter at BBC World, tell him he was wrong. “That’s not right,” Murray told me after the debate. “Muhammad Abdul Bari said he did in a 2007 interview with the Daily Telegraph — it’s on record.” In the interview, Dr Bari did say stoning could be justified in some circumstances but was a metaphor for disapproval. Murray and Rose carried the debate by more than 100 votes. [London Evening Standard] Read more
