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Muslim Council of Britain elects first female leader
The Muslim Council of Britain has elected its first female leader. Zara Mohammed, 29 from Glasgow, said it was an “honour” to be appointed as the new secretary general after winning the most votes in a poll of affiliate groups of the UK’s largest Muslim umbrella organisation. She succeeds Harun Khan, who completed a maximum…
Julie Burchill’s Book Contract Cancelled Over Islamophobic Tweets
The journalist Julie Burchill has had a book contract cancelled after her publisher said she “crossed a line” with her Islamophobic comments on Twitter. Burchill’s publisher, the Hachette imprint Little Brown, said it had decided not to publish Welcome to the Woke Trials because she had used indefensible language when communicating with the journalist Ash Sarkar. Sarkar said…
British Muslims Protest Macron’s Defence Of Prophet Mohamed Cartoons
HUNDREDS of British Muslims prayed before protesting against Emmanuel Macron outside the French embassy in London. The group took their noon prayers outside the building this afternoon after Macron defended cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed being published. The protesters held banners saying “don’t divide humanity” and “insult is not freedom of speech”. The French President’s…
Half of the Conservative party members in the UK believe Islam is threat, poll finds.
Almost half of Conservative party members believe Islam “a threat to the British way of life,” according to a poll which has reignited concerns over Islamophobia within Britain’s ruling party. It found that more than one-third of card-carrying Tories believed that Islamist terror attacks reflected a widespread hostility to Britain among the Muslim community, and nearly six…
Uber for Imams
A London-based entrepreneur has launched an online platform that promises to revolutionize the way Muslims access religious services. Launched in the UK and US at the height of the coronavirus pandemic, ImamConnect provides an online space for imams and scholars to offer Islamic services directly and at the click of a button. Qur’an lessons, weddings,…