theguardian — Zoe Williams says that if you place religious belief on the human rights agenda then you have to allow atheism equal weight (Comment, 15 January). It would be better to simply place “religious belief or non-belief” on the agenda. This is because the term “atheist” is freighted with much excess […]
Source: The Telegraph By Alice Philipson Katharine Welby revealed that church is where she feels at her ‘worst’ during her battle with depression Katharine Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury’s daughter, has […]
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By Tim Stanley Religion THE TELEGRAPH A few days ago, Richard Dawkins wrote to the Times to complain that they had referred to “Muslim babies”. Because, in his view, a […]
Source: keighleynews.co.uk Women Members of a Keighley’s Ahmadiyya Muslim community visited a care home and chatted with residents of Norwood House in Greenthwaite Close. Jennifer Smouse, the manager of Norwood House, said the ladies […]
The natural ratio of boys to girls at birth is 1.05, meaning that there are about 105 boys born for every 100 girls – the small balance in favour of boys is seen as nature’s way of counteracting the slightly higher mortality of boys in early life. When the sex […]
Source: BBC An Afghan citizen has been granted asylum in the UK for religious reasons – because he is an atheist. The man fled to the UK from a conflict involving his family in Afghanistan in 2007, aged 16, and was allowed to stay in the UK until 2013. He […]
Arutz Sheva: New census figures released Friday by the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveal that one out of every 10 babies and toddlers in England and Wales are […]
Source: press@amjinternational.org The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is pleased to announce that on 11 January 2014, the second Convocation Ceremony of Jamia Ahmadiyya UK took place at the College premises in […]
Nida Ul-Naseer, 18, ‘disturbed’ when she fled South Wales home last week Pakistan-born Nida also missing her medication for anaemia Forced to give up university studies because of money problems […]
Homographs are words of like spelling but with more than one meaning. A homograph that is also pronounced differently is a heteronym. You think English is easy? I think a retired English teacher was bored. 1) The bandage was wound around the wound. 2) The farm was used to produce […]
Local authorities are calling on Muslim families to adopt Muslim children. World Bulletin / News Desk Muslims living in the UK capital London are being encouraged by the local authorities to adopt children. The local council in the east London borough of Tower Hamlets, which hosts a large Bangladeshi Muslim […]
Sunder Katwala THE INDEPENDENT It shouldn’t come as surprise that people’s anxieties about immigration aren’t eliminated by being told it’s good for the economy. The British Social Attitudes data may offer some important clues as to how those who want to defend the benefits of migration might best engage with […]
Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Thu, 01/02/2014 – 13:09 Last month, Rania Khalek wrote a piece for The Electronic Intifada asking, “Does The Nation have a problem with Palestinians?” Khalek demonstrated that the venerable American leftist magazine “habitually reinforces Israeli apartheid by privileging Jewish voices over Palestinian ones” in its […]
Detective Constable Nikki Hubbard appointed MBE in New Year Honours list A Guildford woman has become the first female Muslim police officer to be included in the Queen’s honours. Nikki Hubbard, a detective constable with the Metropolitan Police in Westminster, was appointed MBE for her services to charity in the […]
By: Trevor Grundy Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/ CANTERBURY, England — Britain’s domestic secret service — M15 — works hand in hand with informants who sometimes monitor sermons in mosques and tell the police about suspicious members. The former head of M15, Eliza Manningham-Buller, told the BBC there were many such Muslim agents […]
Annie Machon (Reuters / Stephen Hird)Annie Machon (Reuters / Stephen Hird) Annie Machon, a former MI5 operative who blew the whistle on the UK’s dubious spying activities, has started a new fund to support other whistleblowers such as former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. Called the “Courage Fund to Protect Journalistic […]
RT: The Archbishop of Canterbury, the principal leader of the Church of England, has urged bank bosses to make a “massive cultural change” in their management style. He says many […]
Britain should offer a safe haven for Syrian refugees, Nigel Farage has said THE TELEGRAPH By Christopher Hope, Senior Political Correspondent Britain should offer a safe haven for Syrian refugees, […]
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