theguardian: by Siema Iqbal — For the first time in my life I feel like I don’t belong. British Muslim communities have so many worries about your plans to tackle extremism, so why don’t you Dear Mr Cameron, What did your speech on radicalisation this week actually mean to someone like me? […]
A Muslim boarding school in the UK has been found allegedly threatening its pupils against speaking to “outsiders”. An investigation by ‘Sky News’ found that the Institute of Islamic Education in Dewsbury, northern England, threatens to expel students if they mix with other children. However, in its most recent inspection report […]
Source: Dawn Prominent thinker Richard Dawkins stepped into yet another messy debate online when he tweeted “Islam needs a feminist revolution. It will be hard. What can we do to […]
by Douglas Murray July 25, 2015 at 5:00 am http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/6218/britain-islam The real question is why, when it comes to the most extreme, anti-Western nation-destroyer of them all — a country committed to the annihilation of a UN member state — Her Majesty’s government would not only permit it to have […]
Waqar Ahmad Ahmedi http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/waqar-ahmad-ahmedi/prevent-strategy_b_7840690.html Head of Religious Education (including Philosophy & Ethics). Examiner, Private Tutor & Writer. https://waqarahmedi.wordpress.com/ Email The ‘Struggle of Our Generation’ Needs a Suitable Strategy for Our Generation – ‘Prevent’ In Its Current Form Sadly Isn’t Posted: 22/07/2015 10:12 BST Updated: 22/07/2015 10:59 BST I was at David Cameron’s big speech unveiling […]
LONDON, July 22, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Ahmadi Muslims in UK Support Measures to Tackle Extremism and Protect Freedoms The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK welcomes efforts to counter extremism. Rafiq Hayat, […]
Guardian: Sir Winston Churchill’s statue in Parliament Square should be removed to a museum. All busts and portraits of the great man in parliament and the prime minister’s residence should be taken down and placed in storage. Why? To discourage his successors from slipping their tiny feet into his shoes. […]
Source: itv.com David Cameron sets out five-year plan to combat extremism David Cameron has set out a five-year plan to combat home-grown extremism, promising to tackle the “failures of integration” that […]
Salon: But while calls from the American far right insist this international peace accord is a mistake, few recognize what this deal truly means for the Islamic Republic of Iran. It isn’t just about economic stability and international security, though those are important. Perhaps most significantly, President Rouhani’s tweet declares […]
World Religion: A MUSLIM LEADER IN THE UK DEMANDS THAT ISLAMIST FANATICS WHO RADICALIZE CHILDREN SHOULD BE SHUNNED BY THEIR COMMUNITIES. Rafiq Hayat, president of the moderate Ahmadiyya Muslim Community […]
Source: The Guardian Thinktank report shows majority of 16 to 24-year-old UK Muslims disagree that ‘a husband’s job is to earn money, a wife’s is to look after the home […]
Source: The Guardian Anonymous I’m walking down the street and I can feel what you’re thinking when you see me. “Why is she even wearing that? Maybe he is forcing […]
Source: The Guardian We represent charities, civil society organisations and safeguarding groups from across the UK. We speak for the many religions, faiths, ethnicities, denominations, colours and creeds that make […]
theguardian: by Mustafa Kurtuldo — When I was caught up in the London bombings I was expected to explain them because of my religion. Not much has changed. If a traumatic event happens, ignore the rolling news and listen to the victims I play back that morning in my head […]
Source: thetelegraphandargus.co.uk Bradford mosque offers special prayers to remember July 7 victims As the UK marks the tenth anniversary of the atrocity of the 7/7 bombings in London, the Ahmadiyya Muslim […]
Source: BBC Flowers have been laid in memory of the 52 people killed in the 7 July bombings – 10 years to the hour since suicide bombers began the attacks. Prime Minister David Cameron and London Mayor Boris Johnson were among those who laid wreaths in Hyde Park. A service […]
Epigraph: And one of His Signs is this, that He has created wives for you from among yourselves that you may find peace of mind in them, and He has […]
Religion News Service | By Trevor Grundy Posted: 06/30/2015 1:54 pm EDT CANTERBURY, England (RNS) Headmasters and teachers at Britain’s privately owned and state-run schools have been ordered to be […]
Shashank Joshi THE GUARDIAN Michael Fallon’s suggestion would be a futile gesture in the fight against Isis, not least because of a lack of allied ground forces ‘Syrian Kurds worked closely with US airpower to push out Isis from Kobane in January. But alliance with the Kurds has its […]
Excerpt from letter from Abdul Rahim to Fatah Muhammad Syal – This is an excerpt from a letter written by an Indian Post Office clerk, Abdul Rahim, to Fatah Muhammad […]