Jane Merrick political editor THE INDEPENDENT Councils should offer their local residents cash to hold street parties with their new immigrant neighbours to foster friendship and integration, a new report […]
By STEVEN ERLANGEROCT. 23, 2014 LONDON — The young Western Muslims trying to join radical Islamist groups in Syria and Iraq now include increasing numbers of young women who are seeking to fight or to become the wives of fighters. It is a new twist on a recruitment effort that […]
A women-only event, it will include lunch and a chance to ask questions about Islamic teachings. There will also be a memorial as part of the World War centenary remembrance, to honour those who gave their lives. Source: ahmadiyyatimes.blogspot.in Stronger community bonds and understanding will be the aims of a peace […]
Source: alislam.org | 20th October 2014 | PRESS RELEASE More than 2,000 people from across the UK attend annual event On 19 October 2014, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa, […]
Home » Blog » news » The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Battersea I attended an interesting lunch event this week with the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community as they seek to develop closer ties with some charities in Battersea. They are one of the oldest Muslim communities in the UK – established over here in 1913. They built […]
Andy McSmith Sunday 19 October 2014 David Cameron’s plan to restrict the amount of time that EU migrants can spend working in Britain will never be accepted by the other EU governments, Europe’s highest ranking official, Jose Manuel Barroso, has warned. He insisted that the right of EU citizens to […]
theguardian: by Na’ima Robert — The history of Islam has impacted the history of our world in more ways than you can imagine – here Na’ima B Robert suggests some of the best books with Muslim protagonists See the trailer and read the first chapter of Na’ima’s new book, She Wore Red Trainers […]
He praised Ahsan Ahmedi, the regional president of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association, which has a mosque in Langley Green, who has spoken out against Isis. Source: crawleynews.co.uk A member of Crawley’s Muslim community has called on community leaders including Arif Syed to publicly condemn Isis. Ammer Yasir wants a strong message […]
Huff post: This Sunday will see the trial of Nabeel Rajab, the president of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights who is facing up to three years imprisonment for insulting […]
Source: The Guardian By Michael Haines and Barbara Henning, October 17, 2014 Tomorrow afternoon a memorial service will be held for David Haines, one of the three Britons kidnapped by […]
Metro UK: The National Health Service of UK is under ‘intolerable strain’ as almost 10 million admissions in England last year were related to alcohol. Treatment costs the taxpayer £2.8billion, which is why the government is being urged to tackle the ‘public health crisis’. Jackie Ballard, of Alcohol Concern, which […]
Telegraph: European Banking Authority says use of role-based allowances constitutes breach of EU rules, and orders banks to change pay policies . European regulators have launched a clampdown on banks using “role-based allowances” to sidestep an EU cap on bonuses, saying that dozens of banks have breached the cap. The […]
Telegraph: Public Health England extends ebola screening to two more terminals at Heathrow airport for passengers returning to Britain from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. Screening for ebola at Heathrow airport has been extended to terminals two and five, Public Health England said. Travellers arriving at terminal one from Liberia, […]
Source: thecomet.net Muslim leaders in Stevenage have condemned the murder of British aid worker and taxi driver Alan Henning. The local branch of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association UK has spoken out […]
By Michelle Moghtader | Reuters – Mon, Oct 13, 2014 DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran‘s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Monday blamed the United States and the “wicked” British government for creating the Islamic State in his first speech since undergoing prostate surgery last month. The sharp remarks were a reminder of Iranian suspicions […]
theguardian: The tipping point for Sayeeda Warsi came in the aftermath of one of the most notorious incidents of this year’s Gazan war: the killing of four Palestinian children by Israeli shells as they played football on the beach. Warsi hoped that David Cameron would condemn the attack as beyond […]
theguardian: by Ann Robinson — A brain ready for dissection. Photograph: Graeme Robertson/Guardian Neuroscience research got a huge boost last week with news of Professor John O’Keefe’s Nobel prize for work on the “brain’s internal GPS system”. It is an exciting new part of the giant jigsaw puzzle of our brain […]
LONDON (Reuters) – British lawmakers voted in favour of recognising Palestine as a state on Monday in a move which will not alter the government’s stance on the issue, but […]
theguardian: by Lauren Laverne — Life is a serious business. But new research shows that the way to get the most out of it is to be more playful. So get out there and have some fun Lauren Laverne: ‘Play is indispensable to human progress and good for individuals.’ […]
Source: asianimage.co.uk | by Julie Tickner LEADERS of a Bradford mosque hope to present a positive image of the city to thousands of people when it hosts a flagship national radio programme. The […]