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Rarely has it been so crucial for the population to exercise their right to vote than in this month’s general election. So much was at stake after the snap election called by Prime Minister, Theresa May. She called the election with the hope that it would turn her party’s lead in the opinion polls into […]

1st Jul 2016

Muslim councillors

Sir, A good number of councillors were elected across the country in May according to your report. But it isn’t enough. It does not reflect the population of the Muslim community. Less than 50% of the candidates were elected. Majority of those elected were from Labour Party. Very few Conservatives were elected. It seems the […]

1st Jul 2016

Labour inquiry into Islamophobia

Sir, Great to see the Labour Party setting up not only anti-Semitism inquiry but also has included Islamophobia. It would be interesting to see how much Islamophobia there is in the Labour Party. Yasmin Qureshi MP is right. The Conservative Party should set up inquiry into Islamophobia which was highlighted during the London Mayor election […]

27th May 2016

Khan, Mayor for all Londoners

Flanked by Conservative candidate Zac Goldsmith, newly elected Mayor of London Sadiq Khan delivers his victory speech at City Hall having won the biggest personal mandate in the history of British politics on May 6 (Photo: Ray Tang /AA) Hamed Chapman The newly elected Mayor of London spoke of how proud he was and yet […]

27th May 2016

Labour’s anti-Semitism inquiry extended to include Islamophobia

Former Director of human rights group Liberty, Shami Chakrabarti to head inquiry into anti-Semitism in the Labour Party (Photo: Creative Commons) Ahmed J Versi Former Director of human rights group Liberty, Shami Chakrabarti, launched an independent inquiry into anti-Semitism in the Labour Party on May 16. Chakrabarti, who was asked by the Leader of the […]

24th Mar 2016

Khan out to disprove mainstream Islamophobes

As difficult as it may be, London mayoral candidate, Sadiq Khan MP, is right not to be baited by Islamophobes in his campaign to replace Boris Johnson. There is already more than enough negativity associated with politics to avoid the real issues. It has become even worse when Muslims are smeared with insinuations just because […]

Over 120 people attended a landmark conference on the media reporting of Islam and Muslims. It was held jointly by The Muslim News and Society of Editors in London on September 15.

The Muslim News Awards for Excellence 2015 was held on March in London to acknowledge British Muslim and non-Muslim contributions to the society.

The Muslim News Awards for Excellence 2015 was held on March in London to acknowledge British Muslim and non-Muslim contributions to the society.

The Muslim News Awards for Excellence event is to acknowledge British Muslim and non-Muslim contributions to society. Over 850 people from diverse background, Muslim and non-Muslim, attended the gala dinner.