Next week’s election promises a swathe of new faces in the House of Commons. Not only are we witnessing the largest number of MPs to retire in 60 years but, with a record number of Asian women also standing, Britain could have its first female Muslim MP. This breakthrough moment in politics has already happened for Muslim men with Mohammad Sarwar voted in Glasgow Central in … [Read more...] about Birmingham could see Britain’s first female Muslim MP
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Respect Party candidate Salma Yaqoob spearheads quiet revolution to get Muslim women involved in politics
Salma Yaqoob is one of the most prominent Muslim woman in British public life. She wears a headscarf, a powerful symbol of a faith she has accommodated with her passionate left-wing politics. She is standing as a candidate for the tiny and fractured Respect Party. In some streets around the new constituency of Hall Green in Birmingham, her poster is on every window. Since … [Read more...] about Respect Party candidate Salma Yaqoob spearheads quiet revolution to get Muslim women involved in politics
Protesters to converge on central London to demand Gaza ceasefire
Thousands of demonstrators are expected to converge on central London tomorrow to demand a ceasefire in Gaza amid growing international anger over Israel's week-long bombardment. The singer Annie Lennox, the former mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, comedian Alexei Sayle, Palestinian solidarity groups, Muslim organisations, the Stop the War Coalition and several MPs are among … [Read more...] about Protesters to converge on central London to demand Gaza ceasefire
After Last Week’s Raid, Yvonne Ridley Says Muslims ‘Should Stop Helping Police’
LONDON - Yvonne Ridley, the former journalist who was kidnapped by the Taliban, has said that Muslims in east London should stop co-operating with the police after last week's terror raid in which a man was shot. Miss Ridley, who is now an activist with George Galloway's Respect Party, said the community was being "terrorised" by the Metropolitan Police and should end all … [Read more...] about After Last Week’s Raid, Yvonne Ridley Says Muslims ‘Should Stop Helping Police’