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(Photo: Man vyi/Wiki Commons) Hamed Chapman The Metropolitan Police and Redbridge Council have launched separate investigations into why a boy as young as 8-year-old was subjected to questioning by two counter-terrorism police officers and a social worker about alleged radicalism at his school in east London. The parents of the child, who wish to remain […]

26th Oct 2018

Hate crimes against Muslims soar

Hamed Chapman Religious hate crime in England and Wales has soared by a massive 40 per cent in the past 12 months, with recorded offences hitting a record high and more than half committed against Muslims. Statistics released by the Home Office show that the overall number of recorded hate crimes altogether rose 17 per […]

29th Sep 2017

Mosque attendance correlates with social engagement, UK study finds

London Central Mosque (Photo: Tawelsensei/ Wikipedia Creative Commons) Hamed Chapman The more UK Muslims practise their religion and attend mosques, the more engaged they are with society and feel more British not less, according to an academic study. “Muslims who attend mosques do not live separate lives away from mainstream society,” the research found. It […]

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 […]

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.