Muslims in Cheadle, Greater Manchester, sold off a huge cake to raise over £500 for BBC Children in Need. The cake, billed as the biggest in Manchester, was baked by Sanam Restaurant in collaboration with the Islamic Society of Britain (ISB) and Cheadle Muslim Association.
A Muslim youth group from Burnley has been nominated for the Prince’s Trust Community Impact Award 2008 in recognition of the group’s efforts in tackling drug issues in the Muslim community.
The Islamic Bank of Britain (IBB) has under pressure from its clearing bank, Lloyds TSB, been forced to cease all dealings with Interpal and will close the charity’s bank account as of 8 December 2008. UPDATE ADDED – 19 Nov.
ENGAGE has sent a letter to the Press Complaints Commission concerning the headline in the Daily Star on 6 November, ‘Poppies banned in terror hotspots‘. The letter states: ‘The use of the term ‘banned’ in the headline is clearly inaccurate and misleading given that there...
Another odious headline from the Daily Star this time on a video link message by Omar Bakri Mohammed that was played to a gathering of Al Muhajiroun supporters in east London this week. The Daily Star and Evening Standard focus much attention on the words of a group that is on the fringes of...
Over 1200 men and women attended the latest ENGAGE community presentation on Sunday 9th November at the 3D Centre in Bolton. The presentation was delivered in two parts, the first focusing on conditions in Britain that have created and sustained high levels of Islamophobia. The second part focused...
Islam Awareness Week in Birmingham kicks off with an official launch at the Birmingham Central Library Theatre on November 17. The week will see a range of events including a fashion show, poetry corner, cuisine from the Muslim world, meditation, archery and projects to help homeless people.
The Living Wage campaign, co-ordinated by London Citizens – a coalition of about 100 churches, mosques, labour organisations, student and community groups, is the subject of an ESRC study on ‘Work, identity and new forms of political mobilisation: An assessment of broad-based...
More journalism typical of the anti Islam prejudice that has crept into our media. Joe Riley in the Liverpool Echo remarks on the case of the Muslim chef currently involved in an employment dispute with the Metropolitan Police over the handling of pork products saying that: ‘Instead of twittering...
The New York Times carries an article on the views of Muslim students at New York University (NYU) on the US presidential election campaigns and outcome. Barack Obama’s middle name, Hussein, and his upbringing in Indonesia became the focus of attention with much hostility feeding off rumours...
