UK: Sharp rise in fatal road accidents involving animals
There has been a sharp rise in the number of fatal road accidents involving animals according to the latest figures released by the Department for Transport. The DfT said eight […]
UK: Defining Good & Free Speech and Media
Epigraph: When Hillel, a first century Jewish scholar, was challenged by a Gentile that the Torah be explained to him, while Hillel stood on one foot, Hillel replied, “What is […]
What a Fortune?
Source: Spiegel Muhammad Shahid Nazir who came to London just one year back in search of reasonable job got a unique fortune. More than 4 millions hits to his one pound fish selling song has earned him a cd recording contract with renowned firm Warner Music. Very soon might be […]
Viewpoint: Poverty is a state of mind
What is poverty? Can it be measured by income – or the lack of it – or is it a state of mind, asks social worker-turned-writer Bernard Hare, who grew up in a Yorkshire mining family. I was born into poverty in 1958. My father worked as a coal miner […]
A church divided against itself cannot stand
Reuters: by John Loyd: The Church of England voted not to ordain female bishops last week, a move widely seen as defying the modern world. Much justification was given for […]
London Mayor: Boris Johnson calls on easing of foreign student visa restrictions
Speaking ahead of an address to Indian students in Delhi, the London Mayor said new rules introduced last year by ministers to slash the number of bogus colleges sent out […]
HEALTHY HEART IS KEY TO FIGHTING DEMENTIA
KEEPING your heart healthy and blood pressure under control is the key to avoiding Alzheimer’s disease, scientists have found. People who take simple steps from the age of 50 to reduce their risk of heart disease and stroke can hold off the crippling symptoms of dementia. Eating a healthy diet, […]
UK Lord for using neutron bomb on Pak-Afghan border
Source: The News.com.pk via YASMEEN AFTAB LONDON: Britain’s House of Lords member Lord Gilbert on Friday stunned peers by suggesting that a neutron bomb could be used to create a “cordon sanitaire” in troubled border regions such as the one between Afghanistan and Pakistan. According to media reports, the member […]
Malala, 15, is set to make Britain her permanent home
Taliban shooting victim Malala, 15, is set to make Britain her permanent home after having a bullet removed from her spine Teenager’s father offered job by consulate in Birmingham Everyone in the Yousufzai family is currently on a tourist visa She has been treated at UK hospital after a bullet […]
Hijab first in British parliament
Express Tribune: LONDON: A 16-year-old girl is thought to have become the first person to speak from the House of Commons despatch box in the British parliament while wearing a hijab, The […]
Noor Inayat Khan: remembering Britain’s Muslim war heroine
theguardian: The British spy, captured in France and executed by the Germans in the second world war, is finally being honoured with a statue. But it has been a long and hard campaign A statue commemorating Britain’s only female Muslim war heroine will become the first stand-alone memorial to an […]
David Cameron’s Risky EU Showdown
Source: Spiegel: All eyes are on British Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday as European Union leaders gather in Brussels for talks aimed at passing the bloc’s next budget. His pre-summit blustering leaves him with little wiggle room, and he could emerge as the debate’s biggest loser. More:
UK: Crisis as Church of England votes against women bishops
By John Bingham, Religious Affairs Editor of The Telegraph The Church of England has been plunged into its biggest crisis for decades after the General Synod rejected women bishops despite […]
Mayor of London invites Khalifa of Islam to City Hall
Source: Press Release On 19 November 2012, Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, welcomed Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Fifth Khalifa and World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat, to City Hall. During the […]
Country Guidance on Ahmadis from Pakistan
Source: Free Movement via Wasim Sroya: The Baitul Futuh Mosque in London The Upper Tribunal has issued a new Country Guidance case on Ahmadis from Pakistan, the case of MN and others (Ahmadis – country conditions – risk) Pakistan CG [2012] UKUT 00389 (IAC). Shivani Jegarajah and Colin Yeo of […]
UK: Outcry as MP attacks ‘sexist’ Muslim culture
MUSLIM leaders have described comments from a Yorkshire MP as “insulting” and “deeply offensive” after he targeted the Muslim community for criticism over recent child grooming scandals. Kris Hopkins, Conservative […]
BBC: A Journalistic Disaster Waiting to Happen
Source: Jakarta-Globe. Christopher Patten, chairman of the BBC Trust, claims he will be able to find a new director-general for the beleaguered broadcaster within weeks. London. Christopher Patten, the chairman of the BBC, Britain’s state-funded broadcaster, claims he will need “weeks rather than months” to find a replacement for the […]
Humanists attempt to halt ‘back-door’ spread of state-funded religious schools
theguardian: A potentially landmark high court case begins today, which could halt what campaigners call the “back-door” spread of new state religious schoolsthrough England, approved by councils without residents being given a choice of alternative. The British Humanist Association (BHA), which has launched the action with a local campaign group, is applying for […]
Abu Qatada and Poppies: Let Islam be Defined by Ahmadiyya Muslims
The Daily Telegraph: by Ed West: Angry at Abu Qatada? Imagine how some Muslims feel There’s Omar Bakri Muhammad, the “Tottenham Ayatollah” who raged against the Spice Girls and other […]