Britain
British PM urges former foreign secretary to apologize for comment about Muslim women
World
August 8, 2018
British PM urges former foreign secretary to apologize for comment about Muslim women
British Prime Minister Theresa May has backed calls for Boris Johnson to apologize for saying Muslim women in burkas look…
Street attacks on Muslims rocket in UK
World
July 24, 2018
Street attacks on Muslims rocket in UK
Islamophobic street attacks are on the rise in the UK as perpetrators feel “emboldened” by terror attacks and political discourse,…
UK’s first access course in Islamic education launched at Warwick
World
July 18, 2018
UK’s first access course in Islamic education launched at Warwick
The UK’s first access course in Islamic education has been launched by the Centre for Education Studies at the University…
Council in UK bans unstunned halal meat for schools.
World
July 16, 2018
Council in UK bans unstunned halal meat for schools.
Lancashire council in the UK has voted to stop supplying schools with halal meat from animals killed without being stunned,…
A Sunni hardliner jailed after bullying & beating pupils in over 100 physical assaults during Islamic studies
World
July 10, 2018
A Sunni hardliner jailed after bullying & beating pupils in over 100 physical assaults during Islamic studies
A Sunni hardliner and seminary teacher who beat his pupils “until it became normalized” has been jailed for 17 months…
Taliban bomb-maker convicted of UK terrorism plot
World
June 27, 2018
Taliban bomb-maker convicted of UK terrorism plot
A British man who had made bombs for the Taliban in Afghanistan and was plotting an attack near London’s parliament…
Warwick to offer 1st Islamic studies access course in Britain
World
June 18, 2018
Warwick to offer 1st Islamic studies access course in Britain
Starting next academic year, the University of Warwick will offer a one term course, the “Postgraduate Award in Islamic Education”,…
Tories chairman Brandon Lewis vows to ‘stamp out’ Islamophobia
World
June 17, 2018
Tories chairman Brandon Lewis vows to ‘stamp out’ Islamophobia
Conservative chairman Brandon Lewis has outlined plans he says will “stamp out” Islamophobia in the party. Conservative chairman…
Man arrested in Britain over ‘Punish a Muslim Day’ letters
World
June 13, 2018
Man arrested in Britain over ‘Punish a Muslim Day’ letters
British counter-terrorism police on Tuesday arrested a man on suspicion of sending letters entitled “Punish a Muslim Day” that urged…
Sayyid Muhammad Ali Shirazi visits London
Religious Authority
May 3, 2018
Sayyid Muhammad Ali Shirazi visits London
Sayyid Muhammad Ali Shirazi, the son of the late Grand Jurist Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad Shirazi has visited London, to visit…