Voting nears end in UK referendum on EU
Source: BBC Voting is taking place in a historic referendum on whether the UK should remain a member of the European Union or leave. A record 46,499,537 people are entitled […]
EU referendum: The obscure law that stopped French Remainers handing out croissants to UK voters
‘If you don’t stamp on the croissant, the next they’re handing out banquets’ Will Worley @willrworley Pro-Remain campaigners have been forced to abandon plans to give out campaign croissants due […]
Sadiq Khan breaks 19-hour Ramadan fast on stage during Wembley EU referendum debate
Source: Independent By Harry Cockburn The Summer Solstice meant Mr Khan had to fast until 9.24pm The lunar calendar is unlikely to have been a consideration in the planning of […]
Muslims ‘are Britain’s top charity givers’
Source: The Times By Ruth Gledhill Religion Correspondent June 2013 Muslims are among Britain’s most generous givers, topping a poll of religious groups that donate to charity, according to new […]
Ex-Tory chairwoman Baroness Warsi ‘quits’ Brexit campaign
Ex-Tory chairwoman Baroness Warsi ‘quits’ Brexit campaign over claims of ‘lies and xenophobia’ – but Leave insist she never signed up in the first place Baroness Warsi’s high-profile ‘defection’ was greeted with bafflement Leave supporters could not remember her ever campaigning in their side Farage poster claiming migration was pushing continent to […]
Jo Cox was working on report on anti-Muslim attacks before her death
Islamophobia watchdog says it cooperated with Labour MP on a report expected to conclude that violence against Muslims rose by 80% in 2015 Jo Cox was working with the watchdog Tell Mama. Photograph: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images Kevin Rawlinson Monday 20 June 201609.45 BST Jo Cox, the MP who was killed […]
At least Jeremy Corbyn tells the truth: being in the EU means unlimited immigration
Source: The Telegraph Jeremy Corbyn has faults almost too numerous to count, but, in one regard at least, dishonesty is not among them. Interviewed about Britain’s place in the European […]
The Victorian Muslims of Britain
The stories of the British aristocrats who converted to Islam. Lady Evelyn Cobbold converted to Islam In 1933, at the age of 65 [Archives] by Josef O’Shea London, UK – When Londoners elected Sadiq Khan as mayor of their city, it sparked fresh debate about the place of Islam and Muslims […]
Tony Blair is rubbing salt into Iraq’s wounds
In the run-up to the Chilcot report, Tony Blair still thinks Iraq would have been worse off without the invasion. Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair [Reuters] by Rachel Shabi @rachshabi Rachel Shabi is a journalist and author of Not the Enemy: Israel’s Jews from Arab Lands. It is an […]
‘Muslims Like Us’: BBC planning reality show on Muslims living together
Source: The Express Tribune The BBC has announced plans to launch a reality TV show which will follow a group of Muslims living together. Produced by the makers of The Great […]
Why Jo Cox’s Shooting Is So Shocking for Britain
Source: Time By Jacob Davidson Jo Cox, a Member of Parliament for the Batley and Spens constituency in the north of England was shot and stabbed to death on Thursday, shocking Britain. and provoking an outpouring of sympathy from citizens and politicians from across the globe. The killing, which police are […]
Jo Cox death: Tributes paid in memory of killed Labour MP
Source: BBC Tributes have been paid around the world to Labour MP Jo Cox, who died after being shot and stabbed. The 41-year-old was attacked before holding a constituency surgery […]
Jo Cox MP dead after shooting attack
Source: BBC An MP has died after she was shot and stabbed in a “horrific” assault in her constituency, police have said. Jo Cox, Labour MP for Batley and Spen, […]
Swiss parliament honours murdered British politician
JO COX Swiss parliament honours murdered British politician By swissinfo.ch and agencies JUN 17, 2016 – 10:54 Floral tributes left in memory of Jo Cox in Parliament Square, London (Keystone) The presidents of the Senate and the House of Representatives have expressed their condolences on behalf of the Swiss parliament […]
UK: Extremism in Luton: Mosque launches anti-Isis classes for Muslim children to combat online grooming
By Paul Wright , Video by Sho Murakoshi June 15, 2016 14:06 BST ibtimes.co.uk British Muslim children as young as 11 are being given classes to prevent them being radicalised by violent Islamic State (Daesh) jihadists. This comes after community leaders feared they were being targeted by extremist online propaganda.Imam Muhammad Ehsan, headteacher […]
UK inflation rate unchanged at 0.3% in May
Source: BBC The UK’s inflation rate, as measured by the Consumer Prices Index, was unchanged in May at 0.3%, figures show. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the rate was kept low as a fall in the price of clothing offset rising transport costs. The Bank of England has […]
Orlando Attack – Condemnation
● MONDAY, 13 JUNE 2016 “The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community condemns in the very strongest possible terms today’s attack at an Orlando nightclub in which dozens of innocent people were brutally killed. “All forms of terrorism and extremism are completely against the true teachings of Islam. The Holy Quran has said […]
The dilemmas of trying to live ethically
theguardian: by Eva Wiseman — How to be good? Some of us can only be a little less bad… ‘When you stare straight into the horrors of the modern world, they can blind you’: (above) a worker putting together customer orders at an Amazon fulfilment centre. Photograph: Neil Hall/Reuters My […]
How does religion matter in Britain’s secular public sphere?
Religion has played an enormous role in British public life, but not lately. We can be grateful not to be fighting religious wars or repressing Bible translations. We should be glad that in the 19th century Britain did finally offer Catholics full political rights. Perhaps we should be content with […]
Post-Withdrawal Britain: Why the Swiss Model Wouldn’t Work for the UK
By Christian Teevs REUTERS A Brexit supporter at a Vote Leave rally in London. The pro-Brexit camp is pointing to Switzerland and Norway as models for how Britain could take advantage of the common European market without being an EU member. Experts say those prospects are a “fantasy.” For Nigel […]