The National Muslim Women’s Advisory group (NMWAG) was formally launched today by the Prime Minister. The group attended the Prime Minister’s Eid reception at Downing Street. NMWAG will be led by 19 Muslim women representing a wide spectrum of communities, professions and traditions. They will discuss issues and concerns that affect Muslim women, for example…
The relationship between Turkey and Islam is examined in a report compiled by the Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR). The Turkish translation of the report was published in October and makes a strong case for the country’s European Union accession bid at a time when the words “Turkey” and ”identity crisis” often appear…
This month, The Muslim News successfully launched the first ever series of dialogues between British political leaders and British Muslims. The first meeting, organized jointly with Sadiq Khan, MP, Minister in HM Government Whips Department, was held in the House of Commons on October 18. Ahmed J Versi
The government said last Thursday that school heads may ban Muslim veils in schools if they so wish. Recent guidelines by the UK Department of Education and Skills state that heads “may be justified” in outlawing religious dress that covers pupils’ faces. But ministers stopped short of issuing an outright ban on full-face Islamic veils,…
A record number of fingerprints – over 100,000 a month – are now being collected from foreign nationals overseas applying to come the UK, the Government announced last Friday. Visa applicants in 100 countries worldwide are required to provide fingerprints if they want to visit to the UK for work, study or tourism. The Government…
