Labour under fire for reportedly lifting suspension of Trevor Phillips

Labour is accused of breaching its regulations after reportedly lifting the membership suspension of Trevor Phillips, without the issue going to the party’s governing body and without even an apology being issued.

Canadian Muslim sisters attacked in Alberta

A Muslim woman was knocked unconscious in the western Canadian province of Alberta after she and her sister were attacked by a knife-wielding man screaming racial slurs.

Issue 387

Batley & Spen’s politically active Muslims smeared and ridiculed in by-election

The target of much of the venom during the Batley & Spen’s by-election was the decisive (20 per cent) Muslims that were used as fodder in all the acrimony.

Covid: abdication of responsibility

Allowing the deadly virus to rip through the British population is an abdication of duty, and must not be allowed to go ahead with his “free-for-all” strategy after cause the surge of the Delta variant

Double standards on Islamophobia

Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, Trevor Phillips, has been prematurely readmitted to the Labour Party following his suspension for Islamophobia, without the matter even going to a NEC disciplinary panel.

Star Academies CEO knighted in Queen’s Birthday Honours

Star Academies CEO, Mufti Hamid Patel CBE, has been knighted in recognition of his outstanding services to education, he is joined by 50 other Muslims in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list

Starmer condemns Johnson’s controversial plans to remove Covid restrictions as ‘reckless’

Keir Starmer has broken ranks with PM over his controversial decision to lift almost all remaining Covid-19 restrictions for England from July 19,

Leadbeater calls for divisions to be healed after Labour narrowly hangs on to Batley

Kim Leadbeater won Batley and Spen with a majority reduced from 3,525 to just 323 over Conservative candidate Ryan Stephenson

Eid al-Adha messages from political leaders

Eid messages from  the leaders of  the Labour and Liberal Democrats, as well as from the First Minister of Wales and the Mayor of London, exclusively to The Muslim News

Al-Khair wins second libel victory

Al-Khair charity and its chair have won a second libel victory in the courts after being falsely accused of colluding with people smugglers.

In conversation with Maisie Alexandra Byers, co-founder of the world’s first Muslim ballet school

Maisie Alexandra Byers, co-founder of the world’s first Muslim ballet school talks to The Muslim News

European nutmeg craze that drove the Dutch to commit genocide of Banda Archipelago Muslims

The conquest of the Banda Islands was achieved through imposing European-style agreements with island leaders, designed to fail and punishing them when they violated the terms.

Islamophobia ‘an everyday issue’ in Scotland

Over 83 per cent of Muslims in Scotland who took part in the Scottish Parliamentary inquiry said that they had experienced Islamophobia

Congresswoman who tried to force Muslims to take oaths on Bible assigned with protecting freedom of worship

A Republican congresswoman who once said Muslim congresswomen were not official representatives because they swore on the Qur’an has been tasked with protecting freedom of worship.

Sri Lanka troops humiliate Muslims

Sri Lanka’s military has confirmed an investigation has been launched after social media posts show soldiers forcing Muslims to kneel on the streets as punishment for flouting Covid-19 lockdown rules last month.

MP ‘amazed’ at light sentences for killers of Muslim man

A Birmingham MP has voiced his amazement at the “leniency” of sentences given to teenagers who killed a husband in a meaningless road rage attack.

New York women targeted in anti-Muslim attack spree

The New York City Police Department is searching for a suspect in connection with two anti-Muslim attacks in the city within an hour on June 20.

Meat producer settles Muslim discrimination lawsuit for $5.5 million

America’s second-largest meat producer has, on June 9, agreed to pay $5.5 million to settle a lawsuit that claimed the company discriminated against Muslim employees

Teacher suspended after showing Prophet Muhammad image can now return

The RE teacher who ignited protests at a West Yorkshire school after using an offensive image of Prophet Muhammad in class has has his suspension lifted

Students investigated by police and Prevent after Qur’an is desecrated at Fulwood Academy

Two high school students are being investigated by police and were referred to the Government’s counter-extremism programme Prevent after the Qur’an was desecrated at a high school in Preston,

Muslim child referred to counter-radicalisation programme for wanting to give ‘alms to the oppressed’

An Muslim schoolboy was referred to the Government’s controversial counter-radicalisation Prevent programme after a teacher mistook the word ‘alms’ for ‘arms’ d

Islamic institute vandalised with Islamophobic graffiti in France

An Islamic institute belonging to one of France’s largest mosques was defaced with highly Islamophobic and racist graffiti on July 4.

Punjab: Sikh man donates land for mosque

A Sikh man donated his land to construct a mosque in the newly formed Malerkotla district in the Indian state of Punjab.

Foreigners barred from hajj for second year

This year’s hajj pilgrimage will be limited to 60,000 vaccinated people from within the Kingdom because of the coronavirus pandemic, Saudi Arabia has announced.

Eight Bosnian Serbs indicted for wartime killing of 78 Bosnian Muslim civilians

The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina has indicted eight former Bosnian Serb soldiers on May 21 for crimes against humanity over the murder of at least 78 Bosnian Muslim (Bosniak) civilians during the 1992-95 war.

19 newly identified victims of Srebrenica genocide to be buried

The funeral arrangements of 19 newly identified victims of the Srebrenica genocide were organised in time for the 26th anniversary of Europe’s worst genocide since World War II.

A sanitised “Free World” struggles for credibility

The election of Ebrahim Raisi as President of the Islamic Republic of Iran provides a good vantage point to examine the differing worldviews on global affairs.

UK Government seeks alternatives to whole class isolating after positive covid tests in schools

Starting from August 16, people who have received two doses of the Covid vaccine and children under the age of 18 will no longer have to automatically self-isolate if they come in contact with someone who has tested positive for Covid-19.

Progress on Paris Climate Agreement goals

As the climate crisis becomes direr, some world leaders are pledging to meet their country’s emissions goals earlier than their Paris Agreement targets.

Legal corner: Female worker with childcare responsibilities claims that requiring her to work varying shifts amounts to indirect discrimination

Certain working arrangements and rules may disproportionately impact on groups who already face challenges in society, resulting in indirect discrimination.

Book Review: Navigating expectations and biases of Muslims and non-Muslims

My Hair is Pink Under This Veil by Rabia Khan is an unfinished autobiography.

Musings of a Mum: Valuable companions

When your child becomes a companion

Poets Corner: Palestine Dying Embers

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Tunisia’s trailblazer Ons Jabeur takes Wimbledon by storm

Tunisia’s rising star Ons Jabeur made history as the first Arab woman to compete in a Wimbledon quarter-final.

Sport brief: Netherlands’s Sifan Hassan breaks 10k world record

Dutch runner Sifan Hassan broke the women’s 10,000m world record by more than 10 seconds on June 6.

Muslim pupils excluded by supporting Palestine

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Government failed to protect Muslims in pandemic

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