WARNING: images of violence below A MUSLIM taxi driver has revealed the details of a shocking assault he suffered in early December. Shahid Iqbal, 50, who is based in the Normanton area of Derby, said that a woman passenger refused ...
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“Straight Outta Brooklyn” with Imam Siraj Wahhaj
Emdad Rahman AS PART of a festive UK tour, Muslim Aid presented “Straight Outta Brooklyn” – an evening not to be missed with the renowned Imam Siraj Wahhaj from Brooklyn, New York. The event took place at the Mayfair Venue in London. Siraj ...
Read More »Rohingya: pressure builds on Aung San Suu Kyi
A group of prominent community activists and politicians, including eleven Nobel peace prize winners, have written to the UN Security Council urging them to help end the suffering of the Rohingya Muslims living in the Rakhine province in Myanmar. The ...
Read More »Bangladesh MP assassinated
Manjurul Islam, a member of the Bangladesh Parliament for the Gaibandha Sundarganj constituency, has died after being shot by three gunmen who attacked him at his home in Bamandanga of Sundarganj in northern Bangladesh. Mr Islam was injured in the ...
Read More »Terror in Turkey
Thirty-nine people lost their lives in Istanbul as a terrorist began shooting at random in a Turkish nightclub just minutes into the New Year. As European countries laid on unprecedented levels of security following threats that ISIS/Daesh were aiming to ...
Read More »Tories in new attack on poor and BAME voters
The Tories are still obsessed with the myth that electoral fraud is rife in areas with a high number of black and Asian voters. As Tower Hamlets has shown time and again, the number of stories about possible or pretend ...
Read More »UK economy frail ahead of Brexit
The UK economy’s report card for 2016 reads “has made some progress, but could do better”. It has done well in terms of stock market performance and house prices – but these measures do not guarantee long term security or ...
Read More »“Mental torture” victims ring advice line
Domestic violence is not restricted to physical attacks: the crime of “coercive control” – where perpetrators subject their victims to mental torture – was introduced in 2015. This form of mental abuse was featured last year in The Archers, a ...
Read More »Bacon mosque assault man dead
Kevin Crehan is dead – just months after he and three accomplices left raw meat sandwiches outside the Jamia Mosque in the Totterdown area of Bristol. The four tied bacon to the door handles of the mosque and tied a ...
Read More »East London murders: conviction and charges
A majority verdict from the jury at the Old Bailey just before Christmas saw James Roberts, 32, of Ambleside Avenue, Hornchurch convicted of murdering 60-year-old Aiden O’Mahony. The guilty man will be sentenced at a further hearing at the Old ...
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