theguardian: by Harriet Sherwood — Influential report urges end to religious assemblies and raises concern over segregation Schools should no longer face a legal requirement to provide daily acts of worship of a Christian character, under radical reforms being proposed by a top-level inquiry into the place of faith in […]
Voices Watching our Parliament’s grotesque debate on Syrian airstrikes last week (which had more to do with the destruction of Corbyn than the destruction of Isis), I do wonder what the future holds for Britain Robert Fisk @indyvoices Writer and researcher on radicalism and extremism, Montasser-al-De’emeh Getty Now that we’re all supposedly […]
Source: keighleynews.co.uk CHILDREN from a group representing the town’s young Ahmadiyya Muslims contributed to a scheme to boost the town’s tree cover. Youngsters from Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association Keighley joined other colleagues from across the region at the Guard House urban woodland site, off North Dean Road, last Sunday. (Nov 29) […]
AMs, teachers and community leaders will be at the event organised by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association Source: walesonline.co.uk Muslims to gather in Cardiff for peace conference in wake of Paris attacks […]
Source: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community One of Britain’s oldest Muslim communities, founded over a century ago as the peaceful renaissance of Islam, is launching a new campaign to counter extremist rhetoric […]
Source: BBC By Kara Segedin 3 December 2015 A beautiful new black-eyed satyr species has become the first butterfly named in honour of Sir David Attenborough. Attenborough’s Blackeyed-Satyr (Credit: Andrew […]
Source: The Guardian By Miqdaad Versi If military action were enough to destroy Isis, Sunni and Shia communities would support it. But there is no shortage of concerns – or alternatives On the fateful night when MPs voted to extend airstrikes over Syria, Shabana Mahmood, the Labour MP for Birmingham […]
Source: The Independent ‘Grabbing and snatching it was a private, illegal act which is justified by no law,’ says lawyer Will Grice @WillGrice The Koh-i-Noor stone in the Queen Mother’s crown A petition demanding the return of the Koh-i-Noor diamond has been filed in a Pakistan court, reports say. The […]
Source: The Irish Times Northern Ireland’s Catholic bishops have declared themselves “profoundly shocked and disturbed” by words used by a Belfast High Court judge in a landmark abortion ruling. Mr […]
Reuters International DEC 3, 2015 – 14:49 By Guy Faulconbridge and Andrew Osborn LONDON/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Britain joined U.S.-led air strikes against Islamic State in Syria on Thursday, but Vladimir Putin issued bitter new denunciations of Turkey for shooting down a Russian plane, demonstrating the limits to international solidarity. […]
LONDON, UK (PRWEB UK) 3 DECEMBER 2015 One of Britain’s oldest Muslim communities, founded over a century ago as the peaceful renaissance of Islam, is launching a new campaign to counter extremist rhetoric and literally drive home a message of peace. It follows the Paris atrocity and adds to a […]
Voices Is David Cameron planning to include al-Qaeda’s Jabhat al-Nusra in his group of ‘70,000 moderates?’ If he was, Nusra men are likely to prove very expensive ‘ground troops’ for the RAF and its two Tornados if they bomb Syria Robert Fisk Middle East Correspondent @indyvoices 14 comments The former wife […]
Source: BBC Electronic toy and educational material seller Vtech has confirmed that about five million customers were affected in the data theft reported on Friday. They are from all over […]
Source: BBC Live Reporting By Pippa Stephens, Elaine Okyere, Harry Low, Josephine McDermott, Sarah Buckley, Neil Arun, Lesley Sixsmith and Jasmine Coleman All times stated are UK Thank you and […]
Source: Slough and South Bucks Observer MEMBERS of a Muslim community spent the day planting 200 trees as a mark of peace. More than 40 members including men, women and […]
Source: The Guardian BY Masuma Rahim I have despaired at much of what I have seen and heard over the past 15 years. There was a time when people asked […]
Source: Telegraph All non-faith schools will be forced to teach non-religious views following a landmark judgment by the High Court that ruled the Education Secretary unlawfully excluded atheism from a […]
Voices David Cameron, there aren’t 70,000 moderate fighters in Syria – and whoever heard of a moderate with a Kalashnikov, anyway? The Blairite Labour MPs are going to vote with Dave because they loathe Corbyn more than Isis Robert Fisk @indyvoice 36 comments Londoners protest against bombing Syria Getty […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s Student Association, UK (AMWSA) Meet the world at SOAS SOAS is a truly global university, with an influence way beyond its London home. With unique and unrivalled […]
theguardian: by Simon Jenkins — A tale of 12th-century monks peddling sanctity for cash holds a lesson for today’s fearful Christians The truth is out and in the headlines. Back in 1184 the monks of Glastonbury fabricated an edifice of myth about their monastery’s past for pecuniary gain. No, Christ […]