Manchester University student Hayder Khan, member of ‘The Revival’ Editorial Team, was invited to a consultation with Prime Minister Tony Blair. Here, he gives his personal account of what went on:

‘You have an opportunity to communicate directly with the Prime Minister’ said the letter from 10 Downing Street. ‘A consultation with young Muslims in the UK’ it said. Wohooo!

A few moments after jumping with joy and dancing like a madman, I stopped and thought, ‘would there be any use in attending? Is this just a publicity stunt by the PM? Is Mr. Blair trying to patch things up with Muslims, in particular the ‘youth’, the very same youth who could turn to extremism because of his policies?’ (More…)