The Aftermath – Nick Griffin & Question Time
Muhammad Abdul Bari of the Muslim Council of Britain gives us his viewsDESPITE the best efforts of thousands of anti-fascist campaigners BNP leader Nick Griffin made it onto BBC’s Question Time last night.
Millions tuned in to see Griffin...
Paying your Zakah this Ramadan
A guide on how to calculate Zakah on contemporary assetsWE all know Ramadan is fast approaching, and to welcome the holiest month of the year, we’ve packed our freezers, dusted off our Qurans and made intentions to devote more time...
Why we must ban forced marriages
David Cameron on outlawing Forced MarriagesIN a speech in Bradford Tory Leader David Cameron said his party would consider making forced marriages a criminal offence. Here’s what he had to say.
“A FEW months ago, in a speech about rape I...
Protecting the Pilgrims
Stopping rogue firms blighting the Hajj pilgrimageFOR British Muslim Sami Minhas his pilgrimage to Mecca was supposed to be the greatest spiritual journey he would ever take.
Like millions of others he trusted a local travel firm specialising in...
Passenger to India
How Wes Anderson took India to HollywoodWes Anderson’s The Darjeeling Limited, releasing this week across the UK, tells the story of a reunion between three brothers - Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody and Jason Schwartzman – who set off on...
Violence against Women
CHAYYA SYALFrom Eliot Rogers’ killing spree in the USA to a woman being bludgeoned to death in a McDonalds restaurant in China and the brutal gang rape of two Indian Dalit sisters, it would appear that the world is...
Let us Honour the Victims of 7/7 by Keeping Our Society Open
Comment: Farooq Murad, Secretary General of The Muslim Council of BritainJULY 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...
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Erasing Female Identities Through Forced Marriages
Taran BassiOfficial statistics state that females are at greater risk of being victims of a forced marriage and those from the British Asian community are most likely to contact the Forced Marriages Unit. Not only does this highlight a...
Zee TV Gives Back
Why there is more to Zee TV than the latest Bollywood blockbusterAS ONE of the leading entertainment channels for the world’s burgeoning South Asian population, you’d be forgiven for thinking there was nothing more to Zee TV than the...
