The by-election has become a battleground for far-right hoods, the hard left, the current Tories, nationalists and Labour activists Thanks and no thanks to the many Muslims who have been in touch since I tweeted this: “Muslims inciting hatred against Kim Leadbeater and LGBT people are scum. So say I, a Muslim. Other fair-minded Muslims should too”.…
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In light of the recent events that have unfolded in Gaza and Jerusalem(including Sheikh Jarrah), Members and Trustees of BMSD call for an end to violence and bloodshed in Gaza and Jerusalem; and a long-term commitment to justice and statehood for Palestinian people.
Younger Syrians see themselves more as ‘survivors’ rather than ‘victims’ Mustapha Karkouti, my close friend, was a Syrian-born British journalist, who died of a heart attack last July. We would often have coffee and talk politics. Today, we would have ruminated about the Syrian spring which led to an unending, grave winter. Ten years ago,…
‘My husband would gaslight me every day,’ 48-year-old Fatima tells Metro.co.uk. ‘He denied that I had put sugar in his tea – he would do it each time I made it. ‘He taunted that I was losing my memory as I was getting old. ‘He also hid my keys. I would look for them and…
For the author Tawseef Khan and our own writer Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, challenging Islamophobia is sadly a fact of life – but it’s vital that problems aren’t ignored within their religion You are a 14-year-old Muslim boy from Manchester, hormonal, straining at the leash, on the cusp of young adulthood. In your home, you – being…