Tag: TURKISH
Britain’s first ever Turkish mosque at risk of closing
Do you know about the London mosque that has links to an Ottoman princess? Masjid Ramadan in Hackney is fighting for its survival.
Do you know Europe’s forgotten Muslim-majority country?
The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus may not be a familiar name, but it is home to nearly 400,000 Muslims.
‘War on Kurds’ Myth Debunked – Turkey’s Operation Peace Spring
Inconvenient facts for those manufacturing the Turk vs Kurd or Arab vs Kurd false binaries
Three Important Things Turkish Elections Prove Every Time
While many of us in the UK only realise there’s a local election when rummaging through our take-away menus, Turkey’s local democracy teaches us all a lesson.
Shamima Begum – all of a sudden not British
Should brown people's Britishness be dependent on good behaviour?
Trump’s economic attack on Turkey has only sparked mass support from Muslims
“But they plot, and Allāh plans. And Allāh is the best of planners.”
Unprecedented Show of National Unity Remembering Turkey’s Failed Coup
Contrary to prominent western media narratives, hundreds of thousands of Turks from all over Turkey and from every political persuasion gathered in nationwide rallies marking one year since the failed coup, under…
Turkey Ranked Second in the World for Most Humanitarian Aid
The Global Humanitarian Assistance Report 2017 reveals that, as well as being the provider of the second largest amount of humanitarian assistance, Turkey provides the most humanitarian assistance as percentage of gross…
Turkish Scholars: “We are with the Qatari state and scholars like Qaradawi”
Prominent Islamic scholars from Turkey published a statement in support of Qatar and the Egyptian born and Qatar-based Shaikh, Prof Dr Yusuf Al-Qaradawi...
St George: more like a “radical Islamist” than an English nationalist!
In a delightful irony, if he were alive today the far right groups in the UK venerating him as a saint would reject him, call him a foreigner, and tell him to…