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Hamed Chapman Two Muslim Conservative peers are leading calls for a fully independent inquiry into the extent Britain’s current ruling party is riddled with Islamophobia The latest repeated pleas come as 14 Tory members have been suspended for posting Muslim hate comments on the social media out of 25 that were profiled on Twitter by […]

28th Dec 2018

We are all extremists, according to Javid

(Image: Creative Commons) Home Secretary, Sajid Javid, may have ambitions to eventually replace Theresa May as the next Prime Minister after she was damaged in a party confidence vote. But it is hardly prime ministerial material to make derogatory remarks about critics of the Government’s controversial Prevent extremism programme. If critics of the divisive strategy […]

30th Nov 2018

White extremists must not escape terrorism charges

Terrorism is the use or threat of action, both in and outside of the UK, designed to influence any international government organisation or to intimidate the public, according to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). It must also be for the purpose of advancing a political, religious, racial or ideological cause, it also says. The definition […]

30th Nov 2018

The destructive forces of prejudice

Prejudices exist in a wide variety of forms that affect the everyday lives of millions and millions of people in adverse ways across the globe. They shape what the targets of prejudice think about the world and life in general. Negative opinions are formed beforehand and in advance of any knowledge, thought or reason. Like […]

23rd Feb 2018

Finsbury Park terror attack violent manifestation of rampant far-right Islamophobia

Darren Osborne has been found guilty of carrying out the Finsbury Park terror attack (Photo: Met Police) Elham Asaad Buaras Muslim leaders and anti-hate groups have called for a review of the national security threat posed by far-right extremist groups following the conviction of a Cardiff man who carried out an attack in Finsbury Park, […]

26th Jan 2018

Britain First supporter who tried to run over Muslim released after serving just 33 weeks

Marek Zakrocki (Photo: Metropolitan Police) Elham Buaras A Muslim restauranteur who narrowly escaped being run over by a van of a Britain First supporter has told The Muslim News of his dismay at the news his attacker walked free after serving just 33 weeks in prison for unrelated offences. Marek Zakrocki, who drove at Kamal […]

31st Mar 2017

Problems with proposed counter extremism bill yet to be addressed

Ala Abbas Home Secretary, Amber Rudd, admitted last month that the proposed Counter Extremism Bill the Government wants to introduce “raises complex issues relating to freedom of speech and the importance of having a clear legal definition of extremism”. She was responding to a letter from Labour MP Harriet Harman, Chair of the Parliamentary Joint […]

31st Mar 2017

Companies can ban employees from wearing the hijab, rules the European Court of Justice

Nadine Osman The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that employers can ban Muslim employees from wearing the headscarf (hijab), but only if they bar all other religious and political symbols. The landmark ruling came amid legal disputes in Belgium and France over the right for Muslim women to wear the hijab at work. […]

31st Mar 2017

Four killed, 29 injured, in terror attack in Westminster

PC Keith Palmer and Aysha Frade, two of the three people murdered by the terrorist in Westminster (Photo: Police/Facebook) Ahmed J Versi Four people were killed, two pedestrians, one police officer and the attacker, on March 22 in a terror attack in London. 29 people were injured in the attack including 3 police officers from […]

24th Feb 2017

Record number of Britons show solidarity with Muslims on Visit My Mosque Day

Portsmouth mosque was one of over 150 mosques to open their doors on February 5 the annual Visit My Mosque Day Hassan Joudi Over 150 mosques across Britain opened their doors on 5 February 2017 for the third annual Visit My Mosque Day, in what is thought to be the world’s largest mosque open day […]

24th Feb 2017

Pre-crime and Punishment: meaning of counter-terrorism measures

The Ku Klux Klan officially endorses Donald Trump for president (Photo: Martin/Flickr Creative Commons/November 21, 2009 Dr Kasia Narkowicz Counter-terrorism measures go by different names. Words such as Prevent, Contest, Channel and Pursue echo in Government briefings, the media and increasingly in Muslims community centres across Britain. While the terms might sound familiar to the […]

30th Dec 2016

Casey Review calls on Muslim communities to be more “British”

Ala Abbas The 200-page Casey Review released this month which looked into ethnic and cultural “segregation”, mainly among Muslim communities in the UK, has touted the promotion of “British values” as the best solution to the perceived problems of segregation. In July 2015, the then Prime Minister, David Cameron, and Home Secretary, Theresa May, asked […]

25th Nov 2016

Trump victory sparks widespread condemnation

Not long after the US presidential election results were announced on November 9, thousands of students in Los Angeles and San Francisco staged walkouts to express their dislike for the new President-elect, Donald Trump.

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.