Muslim women's group launches 'jihad against violence'

Muslim women's group launches 'jihad against violence'

By uzzie on from www.guardian.co.uk

A British Muslim women's group has launched a "jihad against violence", in a bid to reclaim the term jihad from extremists.
Muslim Brits (Including the Ladies!) Win Gig in General Election

Muslim Brits (Including the Ladies!) Win Gig in General Election

By elan on from www.elanthemag.com

I know I complain a lot about the treatment of Muslims in the United States. While I stand by all my criticisms of this country’s race relations, at least it’s not as bad as tensions in Europe - yet. Ultra-right wing nationalist parties like the English Defense League and the British National Party have been expanding across the continent, especially in Britain, waving the banner of “indigenous” Brits, a.k.a white Brits.
Muslim population in Britain 'rising 10 times faster than rest of British society'

Muslim population in Britain 'rising 10 times faster than rest of British society'

By l0gikal on from www.timesonline.co.uk

The Muslim population in Britain has grown by more than 500,000 to 2.4 million in just four years, according to official research collated for The Times.

The population multiplied 10 times faster than the rest of society, the research by the Office for National Statistics reveals. In the same period the number of Christians in the country fell by more than 2 million.
Campaign set up to to get Muslims to vote

Campaign set up to to get Muslims to vote

By cricketguru on from news.bbc.co.uk

Leading Muslim scholars have given their backing to a campaign to try to get more people from their community to vote in the general election.

A Get out and Vote website has been put together in a strategy to encourage Muslims to make it to the ballot box.
France Readies Burqa Law, UK Urges Ban

France Readies Burqa Law, UK Urges Ban

By IslamOnline on from www.islamonline.net

CAIRO — While France is preparing a law to ban the wearing of face-veil in the European country by spring, the anti-veil camp is gaining new backers in neighboring Britain.
Europe's First Halal Industrial Park

Europe's First Halal Industrial Park

By IslamOnline on from www.islamonline.net

A British venture capital firm plans to launch Europe's first halal industrial park, tapping an under-served market worth up to $6.27 billion a year.
Torture Brings MI5 Into Storm

Torture Brings MI5 Into Storm

By IslamOnline on from www.islamonline.net

Britain’s intelligence service MI5 is in the eye of storm over revelations that its current chief Jonathan Evans was the senior spy involved in the torture of several Britons in foreign jails..
Britain's Muslim Marriages Chaos

Britain's Muslim Marriages Chaos

By IslamOnline on from www.islamonline.net

Many Muslims who tie the knot in Britain do not register their nikah, Islamic marriage, with the authorities, creating a legal loophole that comes to surface in the case of divorce or death of one of the spouses....
UK Press Slam Blair’s ‘No Iraq Regret’

UK Press Slam Blair’s ‘No Iraq Regret’

By IslamOnline on from www.islamonline.net

CAIRO – Britain’s newspapers expressed shock Saturday, January 30, over former prime minister Tony Blair’s defiant insistence he had no regret for the 2003 Iraq invasion..
Burqa Ban Call Upsets Britain

Burqa Ban Call Upsets Britain

By IslamOnline on from www.islamonline.net

CAIRO — A call by a right-wing party for a blanket ban on the wearing of burqa, a loose outfit covering the whole body, drew immediate rebuke from politicians and officials who said such a ban would violate religious freedom rights..

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