Dispelling myths about British Muslims
Two excellent and timely books, The Muslims are Coming! and Inside British Islam, correct ugly attitudes to Islam in the West, Many people have come to regard Muslims as a […]
Education is the key to combating fundamentalism
Free speech, religious tolerance, an understanding of the dignity of others, the liberty of the individual, the freedom to make the most of one’s talents, and respect for the institutions of our democracy are what make Britain great. Given all the facts, it is now impossible to deny that Britain […]
A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: A conqueror shows his respect for the holy city
BY ROBERT FISK, THE INDEPENDENT “Today, I entered Jerusalem, on foot…” Edmund Allenby wrote home to his wife Mabel on 11 December 1917. “We entered at the Jaffa Gate; and, […]
Thousands of UK Muslims Hold Mass Peace Rally
Ibtimes.co.uk: Thousands of British Muslims are gathering in Surrey this weekend at a mass peace rally aimed at rejecting religious extremism. Some 5,000 members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association […]
Sharp rise in babies born with fetal alcohol syndrome
Epigraph: They ask thee concerning wine and the game of hazard. Say: ‘In both there is great sin and also some advantages for men; but their sin is greater than […]
5,000 British Muslims wage jihad for Britain
Alt altanglenews — AROUND 5,000 Muslim men have gathered at Britain’s largest Muslim youth rally pledging allegiance to Queen, Country, Qur’an and Gary Cahill. Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA) will spend three days in the Surrey countryside studying holy texts, discussing their faith and praying communally. But […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Association launches bus advertising campaign in Devon to tackle Islamophobia
Source: Express & Echo Buses displaying messages of peace will be rolled out across Devon in the next week as part of a campaign aimed at preventing the spread of […]
Ahmadiyya Muslims pledge loyalty to Queen and country
Source: LONDON, June 19, 2014 /PRNewswire/ Ahmadiyya Muslims pledge loyalty to Queen and country As the British Government considers steps to stem radicalisation, one of Britain’s oldest established Muslim communities drives […]
Fatal Attack Victim Was Wearing Muslim Dress
A woman has died after being attacked in Colchester – and police say her full Muslim dress and veil may have been a factor. The woman, who has not yet been identified, was walking on the town’s Salary Brook Trail at 10.40am on Tuesday when she was violently beaten and […]
UK: Khalifa returns to London
Source: pressahmadiyya.com Khalifatul Maseeh the Vth, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (aba) returns after 15 day tour of Germany. The World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa, His Holiness, […]
UK to reopen embassy in Tehran
LONDON: British Foreign Secretary William Hague said Tuesday that “circumstances are right” to reopen Britain’s embassy in Iran, which was closed in 2011 after hard-liners overran the building and ransacked it. The announcement, which had been in the works for months as part of a slow rapprochement between the two […]
Robert Fisk: Now we see how his doctrine turns enemies into ‘allies’ Assad’s enemies, whom Blair’s bombing of Damascus would have helped, now threaten Iraq
How do they get away with these lies? Now Tony Blair tells us that Western “inaction” in Syria has produced the Iraq crisis. But since bombing Syria would have brought to power in Damascus the very Islamists who are now threatening Baghdad, it must therefore be a mercy that Barack […]
‘Trojan Horse’ a UK Muslim school witch-hunt? Islamophobia?
Aljazeerq: London, UK – The UK government faces accusations of demonising Muslims and playing politics with children’s futures over its tough response to reports of an alleged Islamist plot, dubbed “Trojan […]
'Trojan Horse' a UK Muslim school witch-hunt? Islamophobia?
Aljazeerq: London, UK – The UK government faces accusations of demonising Muslims and playing politics with children’s futures over its tough response to reports of an alleged Islamist plot, dubbed “Trojan […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim International Cricket Tournament brings Victory for England
Source: croydonguardian.co.uk If England’s footballers come up short in Brazil, they can rest assured there is a national team already celebrating some silverware this summer. An England team triumphed recently at […]
There’s no such thing as an atheist baby
Source: The Guardian By Andrew Brown Richard Dawkins’ implication that babies have a default theological position of atheism is as silly as assuming a default language or nationality Richard Dawkins’s […]
There's no such thing as an atheist baby
Source: The Guardian By Andrew Brown Richard Dawkins’ implication that babies have a default theological position of atheism is as silly as assuming a default language or nationality Richard Dawkins’s […]
Ethnic minorities face barriers to social mobility and job opportunities
theguardian: by Ami Sedghi — Britain’s ethnic minorities still face significant barriers to social mobility despite many having better qualifications than their white counterparts, according to researchers at the University of Manchester. Chinese, Indian, Irish, Bangladeshi and black African students are now outperforming their white British peers in obtaining five […]
British Ahmadi Muslims Ride4Peace
Source: rabwah.net A group of 25 cyclists from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community took part in a 600-mile charity cycle from Glasgow to London. They reached London last Sunday where they were […]
In Britain, School Report Cites Division Over Islam
LONDON — A report released on Monday concluded that pressure from fundamentalist Islamic school board governors had created a culture of “fear and intimidation” among senior staff members in a number of British schools said to have been the targets of a campaign to impose Islamist views on parts of […]