Hilversum alderman steps down over “anti-semitic” email
March 4, 2025 A GroenLinks alderman has stepped down from his post in Hilversum after being accused of writing an anti-semitic email to a local resident. Bart Heller was responding to […]
Anti-Muslim sentiment is everywhere, according to Swiss study
Listen to the articleToggle language selectorShare Anti-Muslim sentiment is prevalent in all areas of life in Switzerland. This is the conclusion of the first qualitative baseline study published on Thursday […]
Downing Street consults former Boris Johnson advisor who said Islamophobia ‘exaggerated’
Munira Mirza defended Boris Johnson when he said Muslim women wearing veils looked like ‘letter boxes’ Munira Mirza, enters Downing Street as Boris Johnson’s policy chief on 13 November 2020 […]
Labour’s faith minister backs new British Muslim Network
The new network, set to launch on Tuesday evening, appears to undermine the Muslim Council of Britain’s leadership credentials Wajid Khan is backing the new network, along with Conservative MP Nusrat Ghani, and former Conservative chair Baroness Sayeeda Warsi (Screengrab/X) By Imran Mulla and Areeb Ullah Published date: 25 February 2025 Labour’s faith minister […]
UK Islamophobic assaults surged by 73% in 2024, anti-hate crime charity reports
evealing figures, head of Tell MAMA says now is the ‘most dangerous’ time to be Muslim in Britain Aamna Mohdin and Chris OsuhWed 19 Feb 2025 Now is the “most dangerous” time […]
Integrate? Europe’s Muslims are damned if we do and damned if we don’t
Shada Islam The new allegation in Islamophobic discourse is that even Muslims who appear ‘well-integrated’ hate the west Thu 2 Jan 2025 Reporting on the rise of anti-Muslim hostility across Europe means […]
Exclusive: British Muslim Network backed by charity set up by former archbishop Welby
The new body is receiving significant backing from the Together Coalition, co-founded by Brendan Cox, after losing Muslim backers Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby delivering his final speech in the […]
Labour MPs and supporters ‘outraged’ by slew of harsh anti-immigration measures
In a bid to counter the rise of Reform, the government has released videos of deportation flights and amended its citizenship application guidance to exclude people who arrive irregularly Prime […]
Friday Sermon Summary 21st February 2025: ‘The Promised Reformer & His Role in Establishing World Peace’
Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad – Khalifatul Masih V(aba)The Holy Prophet Muhammad (sa) 21st February 2025 After reciting Tashahhud, Ta‘awwuz and Surah al-Fatihah, His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (aba) said that yesterday, 20th February, […]
Cyprus: The new geopolitical battleground in the East Med
by Cenk Kaan Adasoy Feb 20, 2025 – 12:05 am GMT+3 “A two-state solution remains the only viable alternative for safeguarding Türkiye’s security and geopolitical interests, as well as protecting […]
Israel-Gaza war fuels record level of anti-Muslim hatred in Britain
Monitoring group Tell MAMA says it verified 5,837 cases — a mix of both online and in-person incidents — last year, compared with 3,767 cases the year before and 2,201 […]
English and other foreign languages on rise in Switzerland
Listen to the articleToggle language selectorShare The proportion of people in Switzerland whose main language is not one of the four national languages – German, French, Italian or Romansh – […]
Switzerland: Nurseries may move in, Muslims not. Reformed and Catholics have too many churches – now they are looking for new uses for the buildings.
Catholics and Reformed Christians own too many and too expensive buildings. Now they are thinking about new uses. For the bishops’ conference it is clear: daycare is okay, but Muslims […]
Europe-bound Pakistani migrants knew what perils awaited them
Irfan Aslam | Waseem Ashraf Butt Published February 17, 2025 Updated about an hour ago Listen to article1x1.2×1.5x Join our Whatsapp channel • Family of Morocco boat tragedy victims sold land, paid Rs4m each so Sufyan and Atif […]
In an NHS ward I saw how Britain relies on immigrants. Yet still we tell them they’re not wanted
OpinionImmigration and asylum John Harris My dad’s journey through the health and social care systems proves what politicians secretly know: we’ll be lost if they succeed in ‘sending them home’Sun 16 Feb 2025 13.04 GMTShare712 One bitter absurdity now sits at the heart of British life. It centres on the NHS, […]
Polygamy in Tajikistan as a way of women’s survival
14:56, june 26, 2024 Author: Asia-Plus Illegal polygamous unions have become a hard fact of life for many Tajik women over the past two decades; illustrative file photo / Radio […]
Even Prince William doesn’t attend church – it’s time for a new Reformation
OpinionAnglicanism Simon Jenkins The UK is now a secular nation and the Church of England should no longer be one of the central pillars of stateSat 15 Feb 2025 08.00 […]
I saw illegality and complicity with war crimes. That’s why I quit the UK Foreign Office
OpinionForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office Mark Smith Ministers and senior officials protected arms deals facilitating death and horror in Gaza and Yemen. I urge my former colleagues to resist them Sun 9 Feb 2025 My name is Mark Smith. I am a former diplomat and policy adviser at the Foreign, Commonwealth […]
UK to Establish Council for Defining Islamophobia
February 5, 2025 The UK government is set to create a council aimed at advising on issues related to Islamophobia, as announced by Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, Arab News […]
Muslim council urges UK government to adopt Islamophobia definition
Government plans to establish a council to advise on drawing up an official definition for anti-Muslim discrimination Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner speaking during weekly Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) in London on 23 October 2024 (UK Parliament/AFP) By Imran Mulla Published date: 4 February 2025 The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) has urged […]