MP Preet Gill queries police raids on Sikh homes
Source: BBC News By Rahil Sheikh A Labour MP has said she wants to know why details of five Sikhs in the UK were leaked to Indian newspapers after their […]
UK dropped objection to death penalty for Isis suspects ‘to appease US’
Source: The Guardian By Owen Bowcott Legal affairs correspondent The home secretary, Sajid Javid, decided to cooperate with US authorities in the prosecution of two alleged Islamic State fighters, without assurances they would not […]
Amazon scheme supports Islamic extremists
Source: The Times. Haitham al-Haddad is particularly admired by young, politically active Muslims Amazon has agreed to fund a hardline British charity whose leading ideologue supports child marriage, female genital mutilation and stoning people to death for adultery. Under its charitable programme, the internet giant will make donations to the […]
This Black History Month, let’s teach young people how slavery interrupted a rich and powerful black history
Our young people should be taught about the horrors of the slave trade so that we never forget, but they also need to understand that their ancestors came from some […]
Muslim women in Britian undergo training to lead in mosques
Muslim Council of Britain to train women to run mosques Source: The Guardian Britain’s leading Muslim organisation has launched a scheme to train women for leadership positions in mosques and […]
The Israel lobby’s non-stop attacks on Corbyn will backfire
Not only is the role of pro-Israel partisans in the UK now visible, but their ugly assumptions are under closer scrutiny than ever before Jonathan Cook Thursday 6 September 2018 […]
Banning sausages and bacon from school dinners could save our children’s lives – so why aren’t we doing it?
Processed meat can lead to cancer, obesity and environmental damage, yet my research showed that 99 per cent of primary school menus still feature it Jimmy Pierson The Independent Voices […]
Fears that graves being dug up at London cemetery to free burial space
Source: The Guardian BY Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent Police have opened an investigation after a broken skull, a shoulder blade and leg-bones were among suspected human remains discovered lying uncovered in […]
Archbishop of York says he will retire in 2020
Source: The Guardian BY Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent The archbishop of York, John Sentamu, is to retire in June 2020, creating a vacancy for the number two position in the Church of England […]
The Satanic Verses sowed the seeds of rifts that have grown ever wider
Source: The Guardian BY Kenan Malik Thirty years ago last week, Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses was published. Rushdie was then perhaps the most celebrated British novelist of his generation. His new […]
UK closing statement at 39th UN Human Rights Council
Press release Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon welcomes the conclusions of the 39th Session of the UN Human Rights Council on 28 September 2018. Published 28 September 2018 From: Foreign & […]
Kingston’s Muslim community rallies against extremism at UK’s biggest Muslim youth event
By Hollie Geraghty September 20 2018, 17:25 Follow @ceruel83 British Muslim men from Kingston, Putney, Raynes Park and Wimbledon are rallying against all forms of extremism this weekend. The […]
UNIVERSITY COMPARISON SERIES : Getting in: University admissions in Switzerland, US and UK
By Tony Ganzer, Geraldine Wong Sak Hoi and Leo Shearmur THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2018 Deadlines for international students are sometimes set earlier for […]
What Can the Ahmadi Muslim Community Teach Britain About Fighting Extremism?
Published September 27th, 2018 – 11:51 GMT via SyndiGate.info /Al Bawaba By Eleanor Beevor The UK media is unforgiving in its portrayal of British Muslims. Stories about extremism, delinquency or […]
The Tories have based their cruel immigration policy on divisive myths for too long – it’s time for a different approach
Diane Abbott is the shadow home secretary and Labour MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington It has been widely trailed that Theresa May will announce a clampdown on immigration in […]
Should dogs join you in being vegan?
Just because you’re vegan, it doesn’t mean your dog should be Dogs should be able to manage on vegetarian diets as long as the essential nutrients they would normally get from meat […]
Blackpool Tower rainbow lights to greet anti-LGBT US preacher
Source: The Guardian BY Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent Blackpool Tower will light up in rainbow colours this weekend in solidarity with LGBT people as Franklin Graham, the US conservative evangelical with links to […]
We’ve just completed the largest ever survey into British attitudes to immigration – and this is what we found
Voices We found that most people are not polarised, and instead are ‘balancers’ in terms of attitudes toward immigration. But we also found the scales of balance are weighed differently […]
UK PM vows to defend Jews and Israel, in dig at Labour’s Corbyn
Source: Reuters EDINBURGH (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May pledged on Monday to protect British Jewish identity and Israel’s right to defend itself, in an attack on opposition leader Jeremy […]
Ectoplasm and the Last British Woman Tried for Witchcraft
POLITICS & HISTORY Spiritualist medium Helen Duncan was photographed emitting ectoplasm, supposedly proof of her ability to contact the dead. Helen Duncan’s ‘Ectoplasm’ c. 1939, Imitation silk. © Cambridge University […]