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...
Newspapers re-print controversial Muhammad cartoon
A NUMBER of Danish newspapers have reprinted cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad which caused Muslim outrage over two years ago.
The caricatures, which spurred deadly protests in the Muslim world in 2005, were reprinted just hours after the police...
Pakistan duo pulled up on central contract remarks
Akhtar and Kaneria asked to explain commentsPAKISTAN bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Danish Kaneria have been pulled up over remarks they made in the media over the Pakistan Cricket Boards allocation of central contracts.
Both players were notable casualties when...
Crimewatch appeal in Shafilea Murder
THE MURDER of teenager Shafilea Ahmed will feature on BBC’s Crimewatch next week.
The decomposed body of the 17-year-old was found in Sedgwick, Cumbria by the River Kent five months after she went missing from her home in Warrington....
FA announce new Race advisory group
Asians urged to get involved in footballTELEVISION football pundit, Robbie Earle, is just one of the names to feature on a brand new FA Advisory Group which will help spearhead Soho Square’s Get into Football campaign for ethnic communities.
The...
Martial Arts youngster hoping for award glory
Nine-year-old Maira Malik gunning for gloryA BUDDING young martial arts star is hoping to kick her way to stardom this weekend at the annual British Asian Sports Awards.
Nine-year-old Maira Malik has been chosen as one of three nominees...
‘Inbreeding’ comments attacked
A BRITISH MP is facing growing calls to step down after his claims that Muslim ‘inbreeding’ in Britain is causing massive birth defects were met with heavy criticism.
Environment Minister Phil Woolas was accused of ‘Islamphobia’ after he warned...
‘Dracula’ – transformed with an Eastern twist
WE don’t often go beyond the typical portrayal of Dracula in popular culture - all teeth and blood with a dash of grim seduction.
Is there really a need for another reworking of the popular text, or has it yielded...
Benazir died from bomb blast, say Brit police
FORMER Pakistan leader Benazir Bhutto was not killed from a bullet wound, Scotland Yard have dramatically revealed.
British Police called in to help with the investigation amid speculation as to how the former Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader was...
Calls for increase in minority organ donation
A HEALTH expert has today given evidence to a House of Lords’ Inquiry to highlight the need to increase organ donation rates in black and Asian communities.
Professor Gurch Randhawa, Director of the Institute for Health Research at the University...
Taxi driver sought over assault
DETECTIVES have released an e-fit of a taxi driver wanted in connection with an indecent assault on a young woman in Leicester.
The victim, who police said was left “extremely shocked” by the incident, was assaulted in the early...
Abused wife jailed for killing husband
A WOMAN who stabbed her husband to death has been sentenced to four years in jail.
33-year-old Rina Begum accused her husband, Anhar Miah, of making her life hell saying she feared for her life.
The Old Bailey heard Begum,...
