Yakoub Islam
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Yunus Yakoub Islam is a UK-based Muslim
, blogger, poet, and cyber-activist. Born Julian Hoare in 1963, he changed his name to Julian Anderson in 1982 prior to marrying his then girlfriend, Julie Harte. He discovered anarchism
in the 1980s through the works of the punk band Crass
, but later distanced himself from the anti-religious punk
scene to explore academic learning, eventually converting to Islam
in 1991. He now describes his politics as "postcolonial anarcho-pacifist" and is the author of the Muslim Anarchist Charter.
Yakoub has written for the Muslim World Book Review, Q-News, Alt.Muslim and Muslim Wake Up. He is an erratic correspondent to national newspapers, and his letters have been published in The Times, Guardian and Sunday Telegraph. He campaigns against Islamophobia in both traditional and contemporary medias, and is the author of "The Voyage in: Second Life Islamophobia", in S Sayyid & Abdoolkarim Vakil (Editors) Thinking Through Islamophobia: Global Perspectives (Hurst and Co, 2010).
Yakoub's son and youngest child was diagnosed with an autism spectrum
disorder in 1995. In 2002, Yakoub resigned his post as an SEN Teacher (autism) in order to become his son's primary care-giver. He is currently writing a series of Muslim Steampunk short stories, most imagined around Muslim geographer Al-Idrisi’s (1100–1166) alleged journey to England in the 12th century.
Since 2004, Yakoub Islam has owned and managed a multi-purpose website called The Tasneem Project. From 2006, the Tasneem Project has incorporated a microsite devoted to raising awareness about Islamophobia in the media, called The Daily Terror. In March 2010, research carried out by David Stevens of Nottingham University on behalf of the Home Office Research Information and Communications Unit (RICU) identified The Daily Terror as one of the top 10 "pro-Islamic" British blogs - despite the fact The Daily Terror is not regarded as a blog anywhere outside of David Steven's research.
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
, blogger, poet, and cyber-activist. Born Julian Hoare in 1963, he changed his name to Julian Anderson in 1982 prior to marrying his then girlfriend, Julie Harte. He discovered anarchism
Anarchism
Anarchism is generally defined as the political philosophy which holds the state to be undesirable, unnecessary, and harmful, or alternatively as opposing authority in the conduct of human relations...
in the 1980s through the works of the punk band Crass
Crass
Crass are an English punk rock band that was formed in 1977, which promoted anarchism as a political ideology, way of living, and as a resistance movement. Crass popularised the seminal anarcho-punk movement of the punk subculture, and advocated direct action, animal rights, and environmentalism...
, but later distanced himself from the anti-religious punk
Punk subculture
The punk subculture includes a diverse array of ideologies, and forms of expression, including fashion, visual art, dance, literature, and film, which grew out of punk rock.-History:...
scene to explore academic learning, eventually converting to Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
in 1991. He now describes his politics as "postcolonial anarcho-pacifist" and is the author of the Muslim Anarchist Charter.
Yakoub has written for the Muslim World Book Review, Q-News, Alt.Muslim and Muslim Wake Up. He is an erratic correspondent to national newspapers, and his letters have been published in The Times, Guardian and Sunday Telegraph. He campaigns against Islamophobia in both traditional and contemporary medias, and is the author of "The Voyage in: Second Life Islamophobia", in S Sayyid & Abdoolkarim Vakil (Editors) Thinking Through Islamophobia: Global Perspectives (Hurst and Co, 2010).
Yakoub's son and youngest child was diagnosed with an autism spectrum
Autism spectrum
The term "autism spectrum" is often used to describe disorders that are currently classified as pervasive developmental disorders. Pervasive developmental disorders include autism, Asperger syndrome, Childhood disintegrative disorder, Rett syndrome and Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise...
disorder in 1995. In 2002, Yakoub resigned his post as an SEN Teacher (autism) in order to become his son's primary care-giver. He is currently writing a series of Muslim Steampunk short stories, most imagined around Muslim geographer Al-Idrisi’s (1100–1166) alleged journey to England in the 12th century.
Since 2004, Yakoub Islam has owned and managed a multi-purpose website called The Tasneem Project. From 2006, the Tasneem Project has incorporated a microsite devoted to raising awareness about Islamophobia in the media, called The Daily Terror. In March 2010, research carried out by David Stevens of Nottingham University on behalf of the Home Office Research Information and Communications Unit (RICU) identified The Daily Terror as one of the top 10 "pro-Islamic" British blogs - despite the fact The Daily Terror is not regarded as a blog anywhere outside of David Steven's research.