India: BJP controlled Haryana state bans Friday prayers

India’s incumbent Hindu nationalist party has stepped up its anti-Muslim campaign, this time targeting congregational Friday prayer in a city just southwest of New Delhi

Serb lawmakers vote in favour of quitting Bosnia, despite global condemnation

Serbian lawmakers in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Republika Srpska - voted to pull out of the country’s armed forces, judiciary, and tax system despite warnings against such a move from the international community and an opposition boycott.

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Editorial: Without representation, Labour has no future

Sir Keir Starmer said that his aim was that his Labour front-bench team would be balanced between various wings and “in terms of diversity”, on both counts, he has failed.

Editorial: New bill deprives citizenship while curtailing asylum rights

The new Nationality and Borders Bill is transforming citizenship into a hierarchical system of entitlements.

Editorial: Johnson becomes liability for Tory Party

Boris Johnson’s days as Prime Minister are numbered following a growing backlash towards his erratic and incompetent leadership.

In conversation with Bosnia’s former Education Minister, Dr Enes Karić on his country’s political crisis

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s former Minister of Education, Science, Culture & Sports, Dr Enes Karić, talks with The Muslim News about his country’s worst political crisis since its 1990s war, the resurgence of far-right Serbian and Croatian nationalism in the country, the ramifications of the Dayton Peace Accords, as well as the prevalence of Islamophobia in Bosnia and the region.

Virus of racism given new life

The outbreak of the latest strain, Omicron, has unleashed a healthy stream of bigotry and racist attitudes towards southern African countries – hastily imposed travel bans, pejorative nomenclatures, casting aspersions on African scientific scholarship

Islamophobia Awareness Month campaign

November marked the start of Islamophobia Awareness Month, an opportunity for us all to tackle this insidious hatred, which manifests itself in hate crimes, discrimination, and loss of opportunity.

Muslim charities report on Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis

Three leading UK-based Muslim aid agencies write for The Muslim News on the humanitarian crisis besieging Afghanistan

Dawkins Islamophobia jibe sparks backlash

Evolutionary biologist and outspoken atheist Professor Richard Dawkins has sparked online backlash with yet another anti-Islam tweet, this time ridiculing Islamophobia as a form of prejudice.

School apologises for refusing Muslim students to pray indoors

A school in Greater Manchester was forced to issue an apology after a video capturing Muslim boys praying outside in extremely cold temperatures went viral and sparked outrage.

France: Teacher suspended for alleged Islamophobic outburst

Police are investigating a teacher at a Catholic school in western France after he allegedly made Islamophobic remarks about a Muslim student on November 30.

Court unseals docs in lawsuit of police killing of Black Muslim man

A federal judge unsealed court documents in the lawsuit against the City of Phoenix over the police killing of a lack disabled Muslim man in Arizona.

Act against anti-Muslim hatred, Ilhan Omar tells Republicans as she airs latest death threat

Congresswoman Ilhan Abdullahi Omar, 39, played a chilling death threat left on her voicemail as she called on Republican (GOP) leadership to end anti-Muslim hatred in their ranks.

England becoming less Christian, whilst Muslim population is on the increase

The UK's Muslim population has grown to 5.7%, as did those expressing no religion(6.1%)in contrast the numbers identifying as Christian have fallen by 8.3% points since the official 2011 Census.

Level of trust in politicians hits an all-time low

Trust in politicians has plummeted to its lowest level on record with almost two-thirds of voters believing MPs are ‘merely out for themselves,” according to a new major study.

Muslims lose out in Labour cabinet reshuffle

Labour Muslim Members of Parliament have continued to lose out in Sir Keir Starmer’s cabinet reshuffle of 33 members that has been billed as building on changes “focused on the priorities of the country”

Up to six million British citizens, including Muslims, could be stripped of nationality

The UK Government is seeking new powers to remove citizenship without notice and could affect up to six million people in England and Wales becoming eligible to be stripped of their citizenship under Home Office plans.

UK’s outlawing of Hamas’ political wing ‘a counterproductive politically motivated move’

The UK’s outlawing of Hamas’ political wing has been slammed as a counter-productive politically motivated move, which impedes any viable peace plan, hinders humanitarian work in the besieged Gaza Strip, and overlooks Israel’s unfettered illegal occupation of Palestinian Territories.

MotorServ UK entrepreneur celebrates triple award success

Kamran Saleem, the founder of the Solihull-based MotorServ UK, was recognised for his entrepreneurship and community service with three awards in five days last month.

Pakistan: Top award for man who tried to save Sri Lankan from lynching

The Prime Minister of Pakistan announced that a man who risked his life in the effort to save a 49-year-old. Sri Lankan factory manager from a frenzied mob in Punjab province is to be given the country’s top civilian award.

Facebook sued by Rohingya refugees for $150b over Myanmar violence

Rohingya refugees are suing Facebook’s parent company, Meta Platforms Inc for $150 billion for ‘fuelling anti-Rohingya prejudice inspired and allowed Myanmar’s military government to engage in an ethnic cleansing campaign against the Rohingya.’

Apple sues Israeli spyware firm NSO Group

American software giant, Apple, has filed a lawsuit against Israeli spyware maker NSO Group and its parent company over alleged “flagrant violations” of US law stemming from efforts to target iPhone users.

377,000 Yemenis will die by end of the year, UN estimates

Yemen’s war will claim 377,000 lives by the end of this year, with 70% of those killed under age five, according to a UN report released on November 23.

Notable moments and lessons on climate and environment in 2021

The Muslim News looks at notable climate moments from 2021, what they mean, and what lessons can be drawn from them to make 2022 better.

Why boosters are needed to protect against Omicron

With Omicron cases doubling roughly every two days, the Prime Minister has announced the UK is expecting a ‘Tsunami’ of infections in the coming weeks and urged the country to get booster jabs.

Legal corner: Withdrawal of secondment offer on health grounds was not disability discrimination

When considering disability adjustments, it needs to be clear how the adjustment will remove the disadvantage created. If it cannot, as was the case here, then there is no duty to make it.

Book review: A history unseen

Hidden Heritage, Rediscovering Britain’s Lost Love of the Orient by Fatima Manji. Chatto & Windus, Pg 228, 2021. HB, £20.

Musings of mum: The potency of collective action

The importance of collective solid principles that benefit humanity beyond ourselves.

Poets Corner:  Rocks

To submit a poem for publication please email editor@muslimnews.co.uk

Weightlifting world championships: Muslim Medallists

Full list of Muslim medallists from the World Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan as well as the World Para Weighlifting Championships in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Football: African champs Algeria win Arab Cup

Reigning African champions Algeria won their maiden Arab Cup with a 2-0 win against Tunisia on December 18

United condemnation of Sir David Amess murder

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World is silent on India’s anti-Muslim violence

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