Source: The Guardian Sharia councils say they offer Muslim women a way out of religious marriage but critics argue this parallel legal system can leave vulnerable people trapped in abuse. […]
Source: BBC By Secunder Kermani and Sajid Iqbal BBC News Image captionTanveer Ahmed claimed that he murdered Mr Shah as he had “disrespected” Islam When Tanveer Ahmed was sentenced to […]
Chris Doyle | Published — Monday 27 February 2017 The UK has educated a monarch, president or prime minister from a quarter of the world’s countries. It is 10 times more likely to educate a world leader than the US, producing one leader per 50,000 graduates. That must rank as […]
Published February 28, 2017 Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community addresses female Muslim youth event in London “Let it be crystal clear that in no respect is a woman’s status less than that of a man.” – Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad On 25 February 2017, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim […]
Irene Clennell, who has children and a grandchild in the UK, lost indefinite leave to remain after spending time in Singapore caring for parents Irene Clennell first arrived in London in 1988 and married John, a British man, two years later. Nicola Slawson @nicola_slawson Sunday 26 February 2017 22.52 GMTLast modified […]
Kenneth Primrose is head of religious, moral and philosophical studies at Robert Gordon’s College in Aberdeen, Scotland. He also runs The Examined Life. Edited by Sam Dresser REPUBLISH Will religious literacy help in a multicultural society? David Evers/Flickr By walking down the street of any major city, you are likely to […]
THURSDAY 23 FEBRUARY The Scottish Prison Service has restricted the phone-calls of convicted murderer Tanveer Ahmed after Political Scrapbook revealed he was still inciting violence from behind bars. In a letter to the Labour MP Siobhan McDonagh (below), the chief executive of the SPS stated that a permanent ban on […]
Bloomberg FEB 24, 2017 – (Bloomberg) — The number of wealthy people granted investor visas to live in the U.K. fell by more than 80 percent last year from the peak in 2014, a sign that luxury home sales in the capital may slump further. While so-called Tier 1 […]
My first film job at the age of 14 – Steven Spielberg’s Munich – featured me as an Islamic terrorist’s son. When I complained about racial profiling to a director, I was told that I was lucky I could ‘use my ethnicity as a playing card’ in an industry […]
Source: BBC Jasvinder Sanghera was locked in a room by her parents when she was 16, when she refused to marry the man they had chosen for her. Here she […]
Source: The Local A leaked EU document suggests that Brits across the EU will face fallout due to the UK’s treatment of foreigners after the Brexit vote – and Berlin is stalling on its own position. Brits in Germany could be facing an uncertain future, at least that’s according to […]
Source: BBC By Chris Stokel-Walker 23 February 2017 When the Reverend Pete Phillips first arrived in Durham nine years ago, he was ejected from the city’s cathedral. He had been […]
Source: http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/15106112.Muslim_and_Christian_event_in_Rose_Hill_promotes_peace_and_understanding/ MUSLIMS and Christians came together in Rose Hill to find out more about the respective religions and promote peace. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community invited the Cowley Team Ministry and their friends to the interfaith event entitled Peace – Need of the Time. The two groups met at Rose Hill […]
Source: http://www.newhamrecorder.co.uk/home/ahmadi_muslims_of_newham_launch_29th_charity_walk_for_peace_1_4903140 10:51 23 February 2017 | Sebastian Murphy-Bates Mayor of Newham Sir Robin Wales and East Ham MP Stephen Timms join Ahmadiyya Muslims on the Walk for Peace Picture: Newham Ahmadiyya Association A minority Muslim group will welcome 60 charities to a launch dinner for their 29th annual Charity Walk for […]
I thought as a Briton I had the freedom to marry who I wanted and settle with them in my country. I was wrong JONATHAN GREEN 3 hours ago Click to follow Critics of the UK’s immigration policy call it “soft-touch Britain”. They say we have “open borders”, but the […]
Source: BBC A Muslim teacher denied entry to the United States while on a school trip said he has still not been told why. Juhel Miah, 25, told BBC Wales: “All I want is a reason, I want to know why they kicked me off the flight.” Mr Miah had […]
Source: The Guardian “I was thinking about the children’s futures. Was he part of it? Will he come back? All these things go through your mind. I was seeing on the news at this point that Isis was going from bad to worse … So I decided that I was […]
Source: Independent Debenhams is soon to become the first major UK department store to sell hijabs as part of a new range of Muslim clothing. London-based clothing brand Aab, which is […]
Source: The Guardian By Sally Weale Education correspondent Universities are being urged to act swiftly to tackle antisemitism on campuses after a series of incidents in recent weeks – including Holocaust […]
Source: http://www.thestar.co.uk/lifestyle/muslim-youth-in-sheffield-helping-nature-1-8393016 A passion for the environment reflected the caring side of a community when young Muslims came together to plant trees. More than 50 young Muslims from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA) from Yorkshire put on their thermals and braved the cold weather to plant 650 trees on a […]