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07/07/2010
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Let us Honour the Victims of 7/7 by Keeping Our Society Open
JULY 7th 2010 marks the fifth anniversary of the London bombings which claimed the lives of 52 people.
Today a delegation of British Muslims will offer their condolences to the families affected by laying a wreath at the 7/7 Memorial Site in Hyde Park, erected to remember the v...
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05/07/2010
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Cruel Summer
IT is a warm, sticky but lovely summer’s day when I meet Olaf Henricson-Bell at the Foreign Office in Central London.
He is the Joint Head of the Forced Marriage Unit (FMU), set up in September 2005 to help UK nationals who have been victims of forced marriages.
I was i...
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16/03/2010
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To Vote or not to Vote? An Islamic Perspective
PARTICIPATING in the British electoral system has frequently been a bone of contention amongst many within the Muslim community. Whilst many mosques actively promote voting and consider participation in the democratic process as an Islamically desirable and necessary action,...
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11/03/2010
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Let’s Not Save the BBC Asian Network
THE BBC’s intention to close their Asian Network Radio, earlier this week, was met by a hideously escalating, and it my opinion, somewhat unnecessary backlash of anger and negativity.
Indeed, Facebook petitions were being launched ten to the dozen, bloggers claimed Asian ...
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05/03/2010
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£1000 CASH RELOCATION GRANT
SINCE 2002, under the VARRP (Voluntary Assisted Return and Reintegration Programme) IOM has offered Reintegration Assistance to anyone who has been in the asylum system – applied, appealing, refused – who wishes to return to their home country.
This is in addit...
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