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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The Muslim Times’ Editor’s comment: Marks & Spencer has revisited their stance, since this news. Source: The Telegraph, UK: Muslim staff working for Marks & Spencer have been given permission to […]
OnIslam & Newspapers Thursday, 19 December 2013 00:00 CAIRO – A London bus driver has managed to save the life of a woman in labor, rushing her to the hospital […]
BY Matthew Norman THE INDEPENDENT Tuesday 17 December 2013 When making a seasonal visit to British troops in Afghanistan, there were many things that the Prime Minister could not conceivably […]
BY ROBERT FISK, THE INDEPENDENT I first met Fatima Khan in the Syrian embassy in Beirut early this year. She was pleading for a visa so that she and her daughter Sara could visit Damascus and seek news of her missing son. I knew nothing of Abbas Khan, but – […]
Ifthekar Jaman left his home in Portsmouth to fight for Al Qaeda in Syria Details have not revealed exactly how the 23-year-old died Jaman boasted on BBC’s Newsnight he was […]
Source: yourlocalguardian.co.uk Young Muslim volunteers helped plant more than 5,000 trees after teaming up with a wildlife charity. Volunteers from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA) joined up with the Woodland Trust last Sunday as part of the association’s national tree planting campaign. The group travelled to Heartwood Forest near Sandridge […]
Source: getreading.co.uk More than 65 members of the youth wing of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association joined in with volunteers from Reading, Oxford, Aldershot and Camberley Volunteers from a Muslim organisation picked […]
Those who cling on to the man with a beard in the sky are usually overly fearful of reality will kill belief By Giles Fraser The Guardian, Friday 13 December 2013 09.00 […]
Source: ahmadiyyatimes.blogspot.in It is a sworn article of faith for every Muslim to respect the laws and governments of whatever country they are living in.” A Keighley mosque found itself at […]
Rajeev Syal and Matthew Weaver The Guardian, Friday 13 December 2013 Rajeev Syal and Matthew Weaver The body that represents Britain’s universities has withdrawn guidance on the gender segregation of […]
A student campaign has been launched against ‘Student Rights,’ a UK-based group that has attracted criticism for its failure to speak up for Muslim students’ rights as well as controversy over its funding and associations. Students have launched a campaign against the pressure group ‘Student Rights’, which appears to have […]
A student campaign has been launched against ‘Student Rights,’ a UK-based group that has attracted criticism for its failure to speak up for Muslim students’ rights as well as controversy over its funding and associations. Students have launched a campaign against the pressure group ‘Student Rights’, which appears to have […]