News and Analysis on Islam in Europe and North America
Strathclyde Police welcomed the creation of Scotland’s first Muslim Police Association, which is aimed to tackle the rise of Islamophobia. “The formation of the Muslim Police Association is a positive step,” said the chief constable of Scotland’s biggest police force, Steve House. “These are officers who are positive about seeing the police force as a
The first Muslim mayor in the Humber region was sworn in on Wednesday. Councillor Jawaid Ishaq MBE, 62, replaced Tony Ellerby as the Mayor of North Lincolnshire in a ceremony at the Plowright Theatre in Scunthorpe. He said: “I come from a tiny village in Kashmir and I’m proud to have come this far in
Former Guant_namo detainee Murat Kurnaz launched his powerful book ‘Five Years of My Life: an Innocent Man in Guant_namo’ at an Amnesty International event in the Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival last week in Belfast. Readings from the book were followed by a question and answer session chaired by Amnesty International programme director, Patrick Corrigan. Patrick