Loss of focus and failure prioritise to Taliban to blame for Afghan debacle says US policy adviser

Washington’s shift in focus and its failure to prioritise a revived Taliban is, largely, to blame for the Afghan debacle said a US policy advisor on South Asia and the Middle East.

India’s Hindu nationalists begin new phase of crippling Muslim livelihoods

A multi-million-dollar company selling packaged food across India, West Asia, the Far East and the US has become the latest target of an Islamophobic campaign.

Issue 389

Education Secretary cannot impose partisan political view on pupils

Not for the first time, Boris Johnson’s Government is provoking controversy by intervening in how children are educated on contentious issues.

Blair displays anti-Muslim sentiments again

Blair, a man found guilty of misleading a nation is now promoting his failed enforced regime change strategy and proposal of invading Iran next.

Extremism: Teachers are educators, not police officers

Teachers, who are already overburdened, should not have to contend with the conflict of interest inherent in acting both as educators and law enforcers

Afghanistan: Regional countries seek stability post messy US exit

Key countries like Pakistan, China, Iran and Russia are now left to clean the mess that the US has left behind after a post-9/11 exercise in futility.

2021 GCSE & A-Level honour roll

The Muslim News presents a sample of over 160 Muslim students from across the country who have excelled in their GCSE, A-levels and equivalent exams this year.

Schools lack resources to tackle extremism, study finds

Teachers across England are not being given the time, training or resources to teach pupils about violent and ‘hateful’ extremism

Religious groups betray children

Children in religious institutions in England and Wales, including madrasahs, Sunday schools, are vulnerable to sexual abuse as a result of cultures of victim-blaming, abuse of power, and distrust of external authorities, according to a report released on September 2.

Legal challenge against UK ban on pupils debating Israel’s “right to exist”

Cage has launched a legal challenge early to a letter written by Education Secretary providing guidance to schools about how they should handle student protests against Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip.

History: the perilous voyage of England’s once largest ship

The Muslim News presents the 17th century maritime catastrophic expedition of the Sixth Voyage of the English East India Company (EIC) and the daring escape of its General and Captain, Sir Henry Middleton, from Ottoman captivity

20 years on: 9/11 reflections of American Muslims

The Muslim News interviewed American Muslims living in New York during the time of the attacks to understand their experience and how their lives changed after that heinous attack that took almost 3,000 lives, many of them Muslims.

Blair insists “radical Islam” remains main global threat

Former disgraced Prime Minister Tony Blair used the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in the US to launch a renewed Islamophobic tirade about threats facing the West

Muslim cricketer was racially bullied but no evidence club’s institutionally racist

There is no question” Muslim Asian cricketer Azeem Rafiq suffered racial bullying during his tenure at the Yorkshire County Cricket Club (YCCC) but there is insufficient evidence to prove the club is institutionally racist

Myanmar: Anti-Muslim monk released

Anti-Muslim Buddhist monk Ashin Wirathu, who was jailed by Aung San Suu Kyi’s toppled Government on charges of sedition, has been released by Myanmar’s junta on September 6.

UK parliament finally debates definition of Islamophobia

The definition of Islamophobia was finally debated in parliament on September 9, two years after the Government initially agreed.

Republican state chair slammed for attacks on Muslim schools

Chair of the Oklahoma Republican Party, John R Bennett, has been denounced following his latest anti-Muslim racial rhetoric this time targeting Muslim schools.

Failed South African insurrection televised and tweeted

While some businesses may take years to be rebuild in South Africa, the immediate political aftermath will be felt at the upcoming municipal elections in November and general and provincial elections in 2024.

BAME and female surgeons experience severe disadvantage in promotion

Surgical doctors from ethnic minorities and women experience “significant disadvantages” as well as a “glass ceiling” when seeking top promotions, new research shows.

All 12 to 15-year-olds to be offered Covid vaccine

Covid vaccines will be offered to all 12 to 15-year-olds, following a review by the UK Chief Medical Officers of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Dire UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report and COP26’s prospects

In early August, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a scathing report that many media outlets called “code red for humanity.”

Legal Corner: Mum refused flexible working wins £180k

Thompson wanted to work shorter hours to pick her daughter up from nursery, but ended up resigning.

Musings of a Mum: A girls’ night out

As with so many things in life, I find myself being pigeonholed – not because of my inabilities – but because of an external projected expectation (of me) that I do not have a say in.

Book review: Prophet Muhammad’s encounter with Christians

A considered study of Muslim–Christian coexistence and dialogue in the time of Prophet Muhammad.

History: the perilous voyage of England’s once largest ship

The Muslim News presents the 17th century maritime catastrophic expedition of the Sixth Voyage of the English East India Company (EIC) and the daring escape of its General and Captain, Sir Henry Middleton, from Ottoman captivity

Syed Ali Shah Geelani: Axis of Kashmir Resistance

Separatist leader in Jammu and Kashmir, Syed Ali Shah Geelani is regarded as the father of the Kashmiri resistance.

Poets’ Corner: Lockdown

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Muslim Paralympic medallists

Around up of all the Muslim para medallists at the 2020 Tokyo Games.
If you know of Muslim medallists omitted from the list please email info@muslimnews.co.uk

Muslim Paralympians bag 154 medals

1,668 medals were won in the Paralympic Tokyo 2020 Games, and an estimated 180 Muslim athletes (135 men and 45 women) nabbed 154 of them (9.2 per cent), according to an exclusive analysis by The Muslim News.

Reporting the Afghanistan crisis

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