PM accused of creating ‘negative’ Muslim images
THE UK'S first Muslim Miss England has hit out at Prime Minister Tony Blair accusing him of creating a negative image of Islam following the 7/7 London bombings.
19-year-old Hammasa Kohistani said Mr Blair was guilty of fuelling hostility towards...
Hundreds turn out in memory of Ricky Bhalla
A FUNDRAISING fun day in memory of a Midlands firefighter who died in 2003 from a brain tumour has raised over £7,000.
Ricky Bhalla, from Stirchley, Birmingham, died in July 2003. The event at the Tally Ho Police Training Centre,...
Former Gandhi tea-boy meets Lord Attenborough
WHEN Dipak Joshi bent upon his knees and paid homage to Lord Attenborough at the University of Leicester- it was a dream come true.
For the former teaboy on the sets of Gandhi was able to renew acquaintance with...
Midlands to remember Pak Quake Victims
AS THE one-year anniversary of the Pakistan earthquake approaches, an exhibition of photographs of the aftermath of the disaster, Nature’s Fury, is set to open in Birmingham.
The photographs have been taken by award-winning Bangladeshi photographer Shahidul Alam; former...
Media giants in Picture storm
FOUR major media organisations face paying damages to a London council worker after wrongly identifying her as a suspect in the alleged terror bomb plot to blow up passenger planes.
ITV News, the Sun, the Daily Mirror and Daily...
British Asian Murder – Eight appear in Court
EIGHT people have appeared in court in India charged with the brutal murder of a Leicester businessman in the Punjab last August.
59-year-old father of two Mohan Singh Biring, was in the Punjab on business in August 2005 when...
University terrorist recruitment slammed
There is no widespread recruitment of Muslim students by terrorist organisations on university campuses in the UK, an Islamic student body has said.
The Federation of Student Islamic Societies (FOSIS), which represents over 90,000 Muslim students in the UK and...
Funds raised for Middle East Victims
A CHARITY dinner organised to celebrate Pakistan Independence Day has raised much needed funds for the victims of the Middle East conflict.
Organised by the Pakistani Community Centre in Burton upon Trent, the event was attended by a number of...
Sham Marriage Ringleader Jailed
AN ASIAN man who mastermined more than 80 scam marriages involving men from India has been jailed after he was rumbled by the police.
39-year-old Paul Singh was sentenced to five years imprisonment and recommended for deportation for his involvement...
