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A Woman’s Hour interview with the Muslim Council of Britain’s first female leader has sparked a fierce backlash at the BBC. Labour MPs Diane Abbott and Naz Shah are among more than 100 public figures who have signed an open letter to the broadcaster criticising the ‘strikingly hostile’ Radio 4 discussion with the council’s Secretary … Read more
Muslim Council of Britain chooses human rights law graduate, 29, as its first ever female leader Zara Mohammed is first woman Secretary General of Muslim Council of Britain Ms Mohammed hopes her election will ‘inspire more women and young people’ Ms Mohammed has shared pictures of her posing with London Mayor Sadiq Khan Said taking … Read more
Pakistan police drop investigation into Muslim man who ‘kidnapped Christian girl, 12, raped her and chained her up for five months’ because she ‘willingly married him’ Police dropped investigation into 3 men accused of kidnapping Christian girl Farah Shaheen, now aged 13, spent five months bound in the Muslim man’s yard Authorities say she had agreed … Read more
Pakistan police drop investigation into Muslim man who ‘kidnapped Christian girl, 12, raped her and chained her up for five months’ because she ‘willingly married him’ Police dropped investigation into 3 men accused of kidnapping Christian girl Farah Shaheen, now aged 13, spent five months bound in the Muslim man’s yard Authorities say she had agreed … Read more
A Muslim schoolgirl’s parents have been threatened with legal action for refusing to send her to school in a short skirt because it is ‘against her religious beliefs’. Siham Hamud has been wearing an ankle-length skirt to school for years, but was shocked when teachers allegedly said the attire was incorrect school uniform last month. … Read more
A Polish businessman who was accused of an anti-Islam hate crime had an assault case against him thrown out by a judge after the Muslim woman’s key witnesses gave conflicting stories in court. Aniso Abulkadir claimed that she and her friends Luxika Rajeswaran and Oyindamola Olatuyi were assaulted at Baker Street Tube station by Pawel Uczciwek … Read more
A Muslim man in Canada unable to be with his family over the holidays, and celebrating Christmas for the first time, has gone viral with a heart-warming Twitter thread of his ‘observations’. Mohammad Hussain, a special assistant for parliamentary affairs at the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Industry, on Saturday night shared his thoughts on … Read more
Police design new uniform hijab hoping that it will attract more Muslim women to join up Pc Uzma Amireddy designed a new uniform as the old one was uncomfortable The North Yorkshire police officer is a positive action coordinator with the force She believes the newly designed police uniform will help with recruitment Pc Amireddy … Read more
US Muslim fashion model Halima Aden has quit the runway ‘because she was forced to compromise her religion’ – three years after she was dubbed the world’s first hijab-wearing supermodel. Aden, 23, who fronted campaigns for Rihanna and Kanye West’s clothing labels, shot to worldwide fame at the age of 19 when she was hailed … Read more
A Muslim convert who stabbed a prayer leader in the neck in front of horrified worshippers in a London Mosque has asked for a prison sentence so he can learn the Quran ‘from start to finish.’ Daniel Horton, 30, has admitted stabbing Raafat Maglad, 70, as he held prayers at the London Central Mosque in … Read more