How Govt failed Black, Pakistani and Bangladeshi communities during Covid-19 pandemic

People from Black, Pakistani & Bangladeshi communities are 4 times as likely to die of Covid-19 as people from White communities. Excess deaths can be accounted that they face discrimination resulting in lower incomes etc

Issue 373: Print Form Now Available Online

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Separate rules for Tories

The EHRC decision not to investigate the Conservative Party for Islamophobia has yet again and strikingly reminded Muslims that they are but second-class citizens.

Covid-19: Disproportionate BAME deaths demands a substantive inquiry

The review will not be explicitly focusing on the disproportionately high deaths in BAME populations, instead it will generally analyse health record data impacting the outcomes of the pandemic.

Children suffer most in the Coronavirus lockdown

With families facing increasing emotional and financial pressures, we know a growing number of children are at risk of harm - isolated from the support systems they usually rely on.

Maintaining good mental health during Coronavirus lockdown

Coronavirus pandemic is having a “profound and pervasive impact” on global mental health,

Funding for charities that are helping BAME communities

The National Emergencies Trust has funds available to help those that are supporting the BAME community.

Eid messages from political leaders – 2020

Eid messages from the Prime Minister, Leader of the Labour Party, Leader of the Liberal Democrats, First Ministers of Scotland and Wales as well as the Mayor of London.

Celebrating Eid al-Fitr virtually

A few British Muslims shared their thoughts and plans on Eid-il-Fitr during the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown.

In memoriam: Muslim healthcare workers who have died fighting Covid-19

Remembering the 27 Muslim front-line health workers have died of Covid-19 in the UK.

Centenarian raises over £200k for the vulnerable

100-year-old Londoner Dabir Islam Choudhury has raised over £175,000 (and counting) for charities walking laps around his communal garden

Covid-19 proves experts right on scale of UK’s racial inequalities

For many analysts - who have for decades to one government after another of the ‘life and death’ levels of inequalities plaguing Britain’s BAME communities ‘from the cradle to the grave’ - any inquiry into why ethnic minorities disproportionately bore the brunt of the virus will not produce groundbreaking findings.

Muslim businesses rally in aid of frontline workers

Muslim-owned business across the UK have galvanized their staff donating their services and products in support of the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.

Muslim Hands begin to distribute 2,000 pieces of PPE to UK burial services

UK charity Muslim Hands have begun distributing 2,000 pieces of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) to local Muslim Burial Councils and Funeral Services.

Public Health England dilutes inquiry into disproportionate BAME Covid-19 deaths

A Government inquiry into the disproportionate impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities in the UK is being rushed through this month after being watered down

Nine mosques permitted to broadcast adhan in Waltham Forest

For the first time, nine mosques in an east London borough have been allowed to broadcast the call to prayer (adhan) publicly, due to the lockdown occurring during Ramadan.

One in five healthcare workers could quit post-Covid-19

A leading think tank has warned that one in five healthcare workers in the UK could quit after pandemic unless urgent Government action is taken.

Two Imams from same mosque die of Covid-19

Two imams from the same mosque in Blackburn died after contracting Covid-19.

Hajj scrapped for the first time since the founding of Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia has given the strongest indication that this year’s Hajj pilgrimage is to be cancelled,

Turkey helps 57 countries fight Covid-19

Turkey has helped 57 countries to combat the Covid-19 pandemic, including the worst-hit nations Italy, Spain, UK and the US.

$200k raised to support mosque staff

A crowd-funding campaign aiming to protect the livelihoods of mosque staff in the US has raised $200,010.

Australian city allows adhan

The adhan (Muslim call to prayer) rang out from two mosques in Melbourne, Australia, throughout Ramadan.

Starmer insists Labour’s Kashmir policy unchanged following backlash

Labour Leader, Sir Keir Starmer, was forced to clarify he has “not changed” the party’s policy on Kashmir after a previous statement suggested a revised pro-India policy.

Banning councils from boycotting Israel is unlawful, Supreme Court tells UK Government

The UK's Supreme Court has ruled against the British government in its attempt to curb the pro-Palestinian Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions.

Muslims killed and injured as Indian Government exploits the Coronavirus to demonise Muslims

Muslims in India are facing a fresh wave of Islamophobia during the coronavirus pandemic.

Indian police desperate to arrest and humiliate Muslim head of statutory body

The Delhi Minorities Commission Chair Dr Zafarul Islam Khan was booked for sedition after thanking the Kuwait for taking note of persecution of Muslims in India on April 30

China’s incarceration of Uyghurs and other Muslims exposed in US documentary

A harrowing undercover investigation into China’s mass incarceration of Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities was aired on April 7, on America’s PBS TV network.

Court reinstates Muslim candidates kicked out of New York elections

Queens Supreme Court ruled against the Board of Elections decision to remove two Muslim Bangladeshi-American women candidates from the ballot for Queens Primary in the New York State Assembly

Fake viral stories could spark a surge of Islamophobic attacks post-lockdown

Muslims in the UK are under fire from “dangerous” fake online stories claiming that they are spreading the Coronavirus by flouting lockdown restrictions, a report has warned.

Council chair fired for Islamophobic tweet in Canada

An Indian ex-pat living in Ontario, was fired from his job and removed from his position as chair of a school council over an Islamophobic tweet

First Muslim woman seeking New Jersey federal office receives death threat

A Muslim candidate running for a US Congress seat in central New Jersey has received a menacing death threat on her family.

Jail official placed on temporary leave over Islamophobic remark

A county jail official in Iowa, US, has been placed on temporary leave after complaints about Islamophobic and anti-gay remarks he made online.

Man arrested over Missouri Islamic centre fire

A man with a history of vandalizing mosques was arrested on April 27 for a fire that badly damaged an Islamic centre in Missouri, US. Nicholas Proffitt was arrested for the fire at the Islamic Centre of Cape Girardeau which broke out on the first day of Ramadan.

Islamophobe pleads guilty to terror offences

An Islamophobe has pleaded guilty to terrorism and explosive offences at his trial at the Old Bailey on May 5.

Book Review: Drug dealer redeems himself

The Book of Naseeb tells the story of an idealistic petty criminal who dreams of fitting the victims of Afghanistan with artificial limbs

Legal Corner: Dealing with disciplinary issues and grievances during a pandemic

The focus of this article will be on how disciplinary and grievance issues can still be continued during a time of a pandemic

Musings of a mum: In search of peace

In running after the peace of unachievable solitude, what if we redefine what it may look like. Not one based on solo pursuit but a communal one?

Poets’ Corner: Dawn of Hope

Obituary: Anti-apartheid campaigner and supporter of the Palestinian cause dies

Renowned veteran South African anti-apartheid campaigner Denis Goldberg has died aged 87.

How’s the oil industry faring during Covid-19?

For the first time in history, the price for a barrel of oil briefly went into the negatives, meaning oil producers had to pay to have the crude taken off of their hands.

Men and certain ethnic groups appear to be more at risk from Coronavirus

Men seem to be more likely to die of Covid-19 than women and also some ethnic minority groups seem to be more adversely affected too.

Assassination of Yousuf Deedat

Deaths of Muslims due to Cavid-19

Helping communities in time of need