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Country Guidance on Ahmadis from Pakistan

Source: Free Movement via Wasim Sroya: The Baitul Futuh Mosque in London The Upper Tribunal has issued a new Country Guidance case on Ahmadis from Pakistan, the case of MN and others (Ahmadis – country conditions – risk) Pakistan CG [2012] UKUT 00389 (IAC). Shivani Jegarajah and Colin Yeo of […]

BBC: A Journalistic Disaster Waiting to Happen

Source: Jakarta-Globe. Christopher Patten, chairman of the BBC Trust, claims he will be able to find a new director-general for the beleaguered broadcaster within weeks. London. Christopher Patten, the chairman of the BBC, Britain’s state-funded broadcaster, claims he will need “weeks rather than months” to find a replacement for the […]

5bn-euro EU aid package boosts Egypt

ARAB NEWS .CAIRO: The European Union has approved a 5.0 billion euro financial aid package to Egypt after its economy was battered by a 2011 uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak, the presidency said yesterday. The European Investment Bank will grant Egypt 2.0 billion euros and the European Bank for Reconstruction […]

Muslims call for change in UK blasphemy laws

The NEWS: Murtaza Shah: LONDON: Muslims in Britain have urged the government to take seriously the threats they face as anti-Muslim hatred is reaching worrying heights in Britain and across Europe.   ENGAGE launched a unique exhibition and a month long campaign “Islamophobia Awareness Month”, highlighting the spread of Islamophobia […]

Humanists attempt to halt ‘back-door’ spread of state-funded religious schools

theguardian: A potentially landmark high court case begins today, which could halt what campaigners call the “back-door” spread of new state religious schoolsthrough England, approved by councils without residents being given a choice of alternative. The British Humanist Association (BHA), which has launched the action with a local campaign group, is applying for […]