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Whoever becomes the country’s next prime minister, it is certainly not the way to start by backtracking on pledges. This applies to the commitment all the leading candidates made to carry out an independent investigation into the extent of Islamophobia within the ruling Tory party. Going back on their word even before taking up the […]

29th Mar 2019

May accused of ‘burying head in sand’ over Islamophobia

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 […]

25th Jan 2019

Brexit: two-and-a-half years wasted

(Photo:UK Parliament/ Mark Duffy) It is two-and-a-half years since Prime Minister, David Cameron, made the fateful decision to hold an entirely unnecessary referendum on whether the UK should leave the EU. Its primary aim was a vain attempt to heal the rifts over Europe within the Conservative Party. Yet it has only widened the rifts […]

30th Nov 2018

Six arrested over Grenfell Tower bonfire

Aqila Mumthaz Bobbi Connell, 19, and dad Clifford Smith, 49, and neighbour Paul Bussetti, 46, handed themselves in to south London police on November 5, after the horrific footage showed the men mocking the deadly Grenfell Tower blaze by burning an effigy of the building as part of Guy Fawkes’ Night celebrations. Three others were […]

24th Aug 2018

Opt-out organ donation law is being considered in England

A change in the law on organ donation is being considered by Parliament, under the proposed system adults will be presumed organ donors unless they have specifically recorded their decision not to be. The Government has said an ‘opt-out system’ would mean as many as 700 lives a year could be saved. If Parliament approves […]

24th Aug 2018

Johnson opens floodgates for more anti-Muslim hate crimes

(Photo: Pixabay.com/CC0 Creative Commons) Boris Johnson is expected to get off scot-free after his latest Islamophobic outburst against Muslim women who wear the veil. Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Cressida Dick, has already, perhaps rather rashly, prejudged that the former Foreign Secretary was unlikely to be prosecuted for hate crime. And even if an inquiry is established, […]

26th Jul 2018

Mentoring scheme to tackle racial disparity launched

Minister for the Cabinet Office, David Lidington has launched the Rochdale Mentoring Scheme on July 3. (Photo: FCO/Creative Commons) Hamed Chapman A Mentoring Scheme has been launched in Britain to tackle race disparity suffered by ethnic minorities in employment. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, David Lidington, said that […]

29th Jun 2018

PM praises mosque support Grenfell Tower fire survivors

PM, Theresa May hosts an Eid reception (Photo: Downing Street) Ahmed J Versi Prime Minster, Theresa May, thanked Muslims at Al-Manaar Mosque situated short distance from Grenfell Tower, for opening up the mosque to the survivors of the fire. “Everything they did following the horrific fire at Grenfell Tower when they – along with other […]

8th Jun 2018

UK gives Israel virtual licence to massacre Palestinians

(Photo: Ashraf Amra – Anadolu Agency ) If any country warranted the odious description of being labelled as a pariah state none is more deserving than Israel. Since its creation 70 years ago, its behaviour has been distinctive and out of line with civilised norms. Successive regimes ruling its seized territories have not only constantly […]

8th Jun 2018

Palestinians mowed down by Israel as world just watched

Grandmum of 8-month-old Palestinian Leila Anwar Ghandoour mourns with her family. The baby died from tear gas inhalation in Gaza on May 15. (Photo: Mustafa Hassona/AA) Hamed Chapman The British Government had the ignominy of being among countries refusing to support an independent investigation into Israel’s latest massacre of Palestinians protesting against being denied to […]

23rd Feb 2018

Closure of Sharia councils not viable option, review finds

Hamed Chapman Sharia councils are not quite the ogre they are as presented by sections of the media, certain agenda groups and even some politicians, according to a year-long review into the application of Sharia law in England and Wales. “It is clear from all the evidence that Sharia councils are fulfilling a need in […]

23rd Feb 2018

Stop using Muslim women as political football

The British Government is weighing up its options with regard to the future of Sharia councils after a review was unable to find any reason to ban them, only to rule instead that their closure is “not a viable option.” The voluntary tribunals were found to fulfil a need for Muslims as Nikkah marriages are […]

24th Nov 2017

Rohingya Muslim survives after playing dead for days

Rohingya Musilm refugees fleeing Myanmar military attack in Rakhine state reach Bangladesh border of Palongkhali of Coxs Bazaar on October 17 (Photo: Stringer/AA) Büşra Nur Özcan, Fatih Erel and Kubra Chuhan The 25-year-old teacher hid among the bodies of his family members killed by Myanmar’s military and Buddhist mobs, last month.He is among the 617,500 […]

24th Nov 2017

Priti Patel’s resignation fails to lift veil over secret Israeli meetings

Priti Patel was forced to resign as UK International Development Secretary after holding 12 unauthorised meetings in Israel including one with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Photo: Commons) Hamed Chapman Development Secretary, Priti Patel, was forced out of Theresa May’s cabinet for covering up the extent of her clandestine meetings with Israeli officials despite initial attempts […]

26th Oct 2017

Audit only partly exposes scale of UK’s racial discrimination

PM Theresa May’s pledge to publish Race disparity in the UK exposes scale of race discrimination. Photographer: Kate Green/AA It may have been long overdue but the publication this month of Race Disparity Audit pledged by Prime Minister, Theresa May, must be welcomed despite the shortcomings. The picture remains partial and comes without any […]

29th Sep 2017

EXCLUSIVE: Internet companies need to go ‘further and faster in automating detection and removal of terrorist content online’

Lord Ahmad at the UN meeting (Photo: Foreign & Commonwealth Office) Ahmed J Versi Prime Minister, Theresa May, told the United Nations General Assembly on September 20 that tech firms needed to develop the capacity to take down terrorist-related material in two hours. However, tech and social media companies responded by saying that they already […]

28th Jul 2017

Finsbury Park terror attack victim was alive when he was struck by van ploughing worshippers

Father of six Makram Ali died of “multiple injuries” (Photo: Metropolitan Police) Elham Asaad Buaras The autopsy on Makram Ali, the only person killed in the Finsbury Park terror attack – has revealed that he died from “multiple injuries” and not from the “medical episode” he had endured shortly before he was struck by the […]

23rd Jun 2017

Best of British democracy

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 […]

23rd Jun 2017

Worst of insidious terrorism

(Photo: Ardfern Creative Commons) Two heinous terrorist attacks were carried out during the general election campaign but politicians from all parties did not let it derail the political process. A suicide bomber insidiously detonated an improvised explosive device, packed with nuts and bolts to act as shrapnel, at a teenage concert in Manchester and aimed […]

23rd Jun 2017

Entire families wiped out in London tower block fire

Photographs of the missing (Pic/ Twitter) Elham Asaad Buaras Thirty people have died and 12 are in critical condition, in a West London tower block fire that started just after 1 am in the early hours of June 14. With entire families from Grenfell Tower in North Kensington unaccounted for, the death toll is expected […]

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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.