Tag: Britain

Legoland gave into pressure.

The press release on their site MRDF FAMILY FUN DAY – SUNDAY 9TH MARCH The LEGOLAND Windsor Resort prides itself on welcoming everyone to our wonderful attraction, therefore the decision to cancel this private event was incredibly difficult. This outcome comes after discussions with the organisers and local Thames Valley Police and follows the receipt… Read More ›

Jewish-Muslim group wins top interfaith award

 Rosa Doherty An organisation which works to foster links between Jews and Muslims has won a national interfaith award. The Muslim Jewish Forum of Greater Manchester was named as winners of the Spirit of Britain prize at the British Muslim Awards 2014 last night. The Forum’s company secretary Heather Fletcher, who accepted the award at… Read More ›

British Muslims Condemn Anti-Muslim Bigotry Printed in the Daily Mail

20 February 2014 British Muslims Condemn Anti-Muslim Bigotry Printed in the Daily Mail   Leading British Muslim and interfaith organisations today wrote to Paul Dacre, the Editor of the Daily Mail condemning an article by columnist Richard Littlejohn that deployed hateful Muslim stereotypes. The column purports to criticise an individual but instead uses slurs commonly… Read More ›

“It seemed appropriate to use JW3 as a venue to launch Islam Awareness Week this year,” Julie Siddiqui said.

London Jews Host Islam Awareness Week

By OnIslam & News Agencies LONDON – Joining hands to help poor and needy, a London Jewish group announced plans to host Islam awareness week to showcase some of the social action projects taking place across the country. “It seemed appropriate to use JW3 as a venue to launch Islam Awareness Week this year,” Julie Siddiqui,… Read More ›

plan of the proposed new Cambridge Mosque

Fascists threaten to ‘burn’ planned Cambridge mosque as city shows its support for the £17m project

By RAYMOND BROWN Outraged anti-fascists have hit back at a threat to “burn” a planned mosque in Cambridge’s Mill Road.Cambridge Unite Against Fascism (CUAF) was reacting to a 1,600-signature petition against the £17.5 million mosque in another attack by the English Defence League (EDL).And a protest group was also criticised for a legal application to block… Read More ›

On February 13, Voice of Libyan Women (VLW), is calling on everyone to wear a purple hijab to show their support for International Purple Hijab Day.

UK Muslims speak out against marital abuse

By: Catherine Shakdam   Criticizing the UK Muslim community for lagging in its activism and opposition to marital abuse, Muslim scholars and social workers insist that social stigma and fear of associating the phenomenon with Islam are still acting as powerful deterrents for anyone to wants to address the repressing issue. “Muslim community leaders need… Read More ›

Far-Rightists Threaten UK Muslims Fun Day [Legoland]

By OnIslam & Newspapers CAIRO – A family event planned to offer British Muslim children a day of fun at famous Legoland has been targeted by far right and neo-Nazi extremists, planning demonstrations against young Muslim children and attacking the park’s pages on social websites. “It’s just a fun day, this is for children,” one Muslim… Read More ›

Meet the Categories of Anti-Muslim Hate Deniers

By tellmama We thought it was about time to categorise some of the groups of people out there who deny anti-Muslim hate or who become ‘activists’ against Muslim communities. So here we go, meet the anti-Muslim hate deniers and those geniuses out there whose life revolves around denying the undeniable. Meet the (i) aggressive denier (ii) the mosque… Read More ›

The school officials praised the recognition as a “great credit” to the spirit of the school.

Islamic school among UK’s top 100

By: OnIslam & Newspapers   After quarter a century of hard work, a British Islamic high school has been recognized as one of the top 100 schools in UK after achieving excellent GCSE results in summer. “We were very pleased with our GCSE results in the summer which had gone up by 19 per cent from… Read More ›

UK: Non-Muslim customers believe that Islamic Finance is relevant to all Faiths

By Zawya.com Islamic Bank of Britain celebrates 10 year anniversary and reveals findings from UK’s first survey into attitudes towards and usage of Islamic finance 6thFebruary 2014 – As celebrations for its 10 year anniversary begin,Islamic Bank of Britain plc ( IBB , www.islamic-bank.com) the UK’s only wholly Sharia compliant retail bank, has revealed findings from the first national survey to… Read More ›

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