Young Muslims from Surrey are raising thousands of pounds collecting for the Poppy Appeal. Over 100 members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association have been out with collection boxes at places like Wembley Stadium, London Underground stations and Heathrow Airport. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA) is the UK’s largest organised […]
Young Muslims from Hartlepool raise funds for Poppy Appeal Muhammad Ali Ahmad, Local AMYA Youth leader for Hartlepool with members of the community. Young Muslims from Hartlepool are raising thousands of pounds for the Poppy Appeal in Hartlepool. Youngsters from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA) have been out in […]
The Pan African Ahmadiyya Muslim Association, PAAMA, UK, is celebrating the 100 years of the AHMADIYYA Muslim Jamaat, Nigeria at the Baitul Futuh Mosque Morden, UK on November 20th as part of their contributions to the grand finale of the 100 years celebration in Nigeria coming up on the 16th […]
theguardian: by Richard Holoway — There are as many expressions of religious faith as there are of gender and sexuality Preaching to the converted: Graham Chapman in Monty Python’s Life of Brian, 1979. Photograph: Python Films/Rex/Shutterstock SOME PEOPLE ARE GAY. GET OVER IT.’ That slogan was posted on London buses […]
Historic records show that at least 885,000 Muslims were recruited from across the Muslim world to fight for the Allies, and over 89,000 are known to have been killed. Research found that only a fifth of people are aware that Muslim soldiers fought at all in the Great War Qari Muhammad […]
Source: BBC More than one in four UK business leaders say employees have cut their hours because of the “high cost of childcare”, a report from the British Chambers of […]
by indy100 staff in newsUPVOTE Approximately six million soldiers in the UK were mobilised during the First World War, but millions of troops from overseas also responded to the call to arms. These are some of the countries that contributed to the British war effort. Source: ICM Research and British […]
CHEAPER CHOCOLATE By Anand Chandrasekhar NOV 8, 2016 – Toblerones come in a variety of sizes from 8g to 4.5kg (Keystone) The introduction of lighter, more affordable versions of the Swiss-made chocolate for the British market has sparked indignation in the UK. Swiss versions will remain unchanged. Mondelēz International, an […]
Source: BBC Teenage opener Haseeb Hameed will make his England debut against India in the opening Test in Rajkot on Wednesday. The match will go ahead despite the Board of […]
Source: BBC By Sean Coughlan Education correspondent The Prince of Wales, on a visit to the United Arab Emirates, has warned of the deliberate destruction of “mankind’s cultural heritage”. Prince […]
IN ASSOCIATION WITH Deciding to stay in education after your degree can help you get a better job but courses can cost up to £12,000. Here’s why it’s worth the investment Amy McLellan Monday 31 October 2016 It’s a big moment: that decision to commit to further study. As peers […]
The Entente Cordiale which sent my father to France is now trash beneath the high heels of Theresa May, yet this wretched woman dares to wear a poppy Robert Fisk @indyvoices Thursday 3 November 2016 The Every Man Remembered sculpture in London, commemorating First World War soldiers Rex Yes, the […]
Source: The Guardian It’s been sad and moving, the outpouring of anguish that has greeted an apology from the Catholic church for its adoption policy during the 1950s, 60s and 70s. It’s reckoned that half a million babies were prised from their young mothers’ arms in the days after birth, […]
Source:BBC Brexit Secretary David Davis said he presumed the court ruling meant an act of Parliament would be required to trigger Article 50 – so would be subject to approval by both MPs and peers. But the government was going to contest that view in an appeal, and said the […]
Sir Jeremy Greenstock says Britain was not consulted on key postwar decisions and was systematically excluded from meetings Sir Jeremy Greenstock’s book has now been released with Whitehall consent after he abandoned plans to publish it in 2005. Photograph: Shaun Curry/AFP/Getty Images Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor Tuesday 1 November 2016 […]
Why Palestinians want to sue Britain RAMZY BAROUD | Published — Tuesday 1 November 2016 Ramzy Baroud Last July, the Palestinian Authority took the unexpected, although belated step of seeking Arab backing in suing Britain over the Balfour Declaration. That “declaration’ was the first-ever explicit commitment made by Britain, and […]
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NATASHA BERTRAND POLITICS OCT. 22, 2016, Mahmoud Alkhuder Mahmoud Alkhuder, who is originally from Aleppo, stands in front of the German flag in Dusseldorf earlier this year. Obtaining a visa to enter Europe legally is becoming more difficult every day as Syria’s brutal civil war — and the refugee crisis it […]
Source: RNS By Lauren Markoe Lauren Markoe has been a national reporter for RNS since 2011. Previously she covered government and politics as a daily reporter at the Charlotte Observer and The State (Columbia, S.C.) (RNS) The event hosted by Baroness Jenny Tonge in the British Parliament, live-streamed on Facebook, […]
Source:BBC Joanna lost her job in a food processing factory four months ago and is now considering moving abroad.”I don’t see any future for me here, especially after what happened after Brexit,” Joanna says. According to the latest figures, published in August, there are 2.23 million EU nationals working in the […]