United Kingdom
David Cameron to unveil plans for £200m Islamic bond
October 28, 2013 David Cameron will pledge to make London one of the world’s “great capitals of Islamic finance” when he unveils Treasury plans to create a £200m Islamic bond by early next year. The prime minister will also unveil plans by the London Stock Exchange to launch the first Islamic Market Index. The…
UK Muslim leader Chowdhury Mueen Uddin sentenced to death in Bangladesh
November 3, 2013 A Special Court in Dhaka has sentenced two former leaders of the al-Badr killing squad to death for war crimes committed during Bangladesh’s war of liberation in 1971. Chowdhury Mueen Uddin, a Muslim leader based in London, and Ashrafuzzaman Khan, based in the US, were sentenced in absentia after the court…
Terror suspect Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed on the run after changing into burka on London mosque visit
November 3, 2013 A terror suspect who escaped surveillance by changing into a burka on a visit to a mosque was on the run on Sunday night. Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed was last seen at a west London mosque on Friday afternoon. The 27-year-old is “not considered at this time to represent a direct threat…
Report calls for female genital mutilation to be treated as child abuse
November 3, 2013 Thousands of girls in danger of genital mutilation are being failed by the health and justice systems, a coalition of health professionals has warned in a report that recommends aggressive steps to eradicate the practice in the UK. Female genital mutilation (FGM) should be treated the same as any other kind…
Veils in court: judges to be given guidance, says lord chief justice
November 5, 2013 The most senior judge in England and Wales has disclosed plans to launch a consultation on whether veils can be worn in court as he warned the issue had become highly divisive. At his first press conference since taking up his judicial post last month, the lord chief justice, Lord Thomas…