Emdad Rahman A FEW DAYS OUT OF London are always a welcome change from the hustle and bustle of living at the frenetic pace of the world’s greatest city. And so we packed the car and set off to Brighton to ...

Emdad Rahman EDEN CARE IS inviting readers to attend the Eden Care End of Life Support & Burial – “an Islamic Perspective” Conference on Thursday, 23rd February 2017 in East London.  This conference will be examining the best practice as well ...

Emdad Rahman FRIENDS FC have won the annual Sonali Othith Indoor Masters Cup for 2017.  The six team tournament for over-40s was played at the Mulberry Leisure Centre over six weeks and included Shadwell, Poplar, Shagor, Brothers and Weavers. Friends ...

Emdad Rahman I DIDN’T expect to see many regulars today. Winter is different, and our homeless friends need to keep coming just to keep the big freeze at arms length. Stratford isn’t very friendly and we have a definite need ...

Emdad Rahman A GENEROUS businessperson has donated his profits to support the humanitarian work being delivered by the Ummah Welfare Trust in Syria.  Jahirul Islam, the owner of Amma’s Kitchen in Ponders End, north London, responded to the appeal and ...

TOWER HAMLETS PARENTS are up in arms over John Biggs’s plans to target services for children and young people when he proposes a cuts budget to the Council on 22nd February. Parents – and junior service users – joined Council staff ...

TWO RIGHT WING French politicians are in trouble over their alleged misuse of EU funds. Marine Le Pen, Leader of the far-right, anti-immigrant Front National, has missed the deadline for paying back over £250,000 of EU funding claimed to employ ...

Emdad Rahman IN SUPPORT OF the long suffering Rohingya people of Burma, the pupils of Jamiatul Ummah in Whitechapel have raised over £1,000. The Rohingya are from the Rakhine State, Myanmar, and are widely considered to be among the most oppressed ...

Emdad Rahman A TEAM OF charity runners mainly from Whitechapel have completed the Marrakech Half Marathon for charity.  The team travelled to Morocco to raise awareness and funds for the Muslim Charity’s drive to provide stability in the lives of ...

RIDE FOR YOUR Mosque is back again – giving you the opportunity to adopt a healthier lifestyle while also raising money for the East London Mosque. This year’s event is on Saturday, 29th April, from 10am to 5pm. Riders will ...