Hasnet Lais

Hasnet Lais is an academic and private tutor with a Masters from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). His research interests include post-16 education and colonial history.

Students at Kennington Park taking part in an anti-racism protest, 1974

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Racism is rife in modern Britain. Why can't we face up to it?

London is in the grip of a knife crime epidemic

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Children are being lured into knife crime because of materialism

People from the Uighur community living in Turkey carrying flags of what ethnic Uighurs call 'East Turkestan', pray during a protest in Istanbul, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, against what they allege is oppression by the Chinese government to Muslim Uighurs in far-western Xinjiang province.

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Why aren't Muslim leaders standing up for Uighurs?

Rewriting history: Michael Gove brought in requirements for British history to form a minimum of 40 per cent of assessed content in GCSEs

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As a history teacher, I'm horrified by the new curriculum

Theresa May spoke to helpline advisers at Young Minds to get to the bottom of the mental health crisis, but missed a crucial point

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Our obsessive materialism is to blame for mental health crisis

A boy ties on a scarf to hide his face August 25, 2002 during a 'Rally For Islam' demonstration held by Al-Muhajiroun, a UK-based Muslim pressure group in London, led by Anjem Choudary.

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These misguided Muslim ‘Sharia squads’ are playing right into the

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Egypt's President Morsi is in an impossible position in relation to

A person holds in Stockholm the October 1, 2012 issue of the free daily Metro newspaper, featuring two versions of the same photo from Swedish furniture giant Ikea's yearly catalogue

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Why exactly did Ikea remove pictures of women in its Saudi Arabia

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Hasnet Lais

Racism is rife in modern Britain. Why can't we face up to it?

Children are being lured into knife crime because of materialism

Why aren't Muslim leaders standing up for Uighurs?

As a history teacher, I'm horrified by the new curriculum

Our obsessive materialism is to blame for mental health crisis

These misguided Muslim ‘Sharia squads’ are playing right into the

Egypt's President Morsi is in an impossible position in relation to

Why exactly did Ikea remove pictures of women in its Saudi Arabia

Citizen Khan’s Alia: How the hijab got sexy

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