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New resources released for schools to tackle Islamophobia
Muslim community and advocacy group MEND (Muslim Engagement & Development) has recently made public a wealth of high quality resources to be used in schools to teach about and tackle Islamophobia. The content is designed…
52% of women sexually harassed in UK
More than half of women have suffered sexual harassment in the workplace, including sexual assaults and comments about their bodies, research has found. Researchers from the Trades Union Congress and the Everyday…
Research reveals British press most right-wing in Europe
It's a common criticism of the British press that journalists are too biased, although it can be hard to tell which side they are supposed to favour. The BBC is a case…
6 African Muslims Who Brought Islam To America
As a Muslim of West African origin living in the United States, my Muslim-ness is always contested by Europeans, Americans, and even clueless Africans. They ask me questions like: “Are you Muslim?”…
Muslims were also banned from America 400 years ago
On Christmas Day, 1522, 20 enslaved Muslim Africans used machetes to attack their Christian masters on the island of Hispaniola, then governed by the son of Christopher Columbus. The assailants, condemned to…
Bristol Marches in Muslim Solidarity
On Saturday Bristolians marched against Trump's 'Muslim Ban' and 'Theresa the Appeaser'. Owen Lloyd-Jones reports on the sound-system demonstration in Counterfire In Saturday’s beautiful sunshine, a diverse group of protesters of all ages,…
Rohingya Muslim babies ‘being slaughtered with knives’
Babies and children have been slaughtered with knives during a military campaign on Rohingya Muslims in Burma, according to a series of accounts in a disturbing UN report. An eight-month-old, a five-year-old…