Eid Celebrations

Dr @fhussain73 has some advice on celebrating Eid safely this year. COVID-19 still remains a part of our lives so please:
• Remember hands, face, space, fresh air
• Get regularly tested
• Get vaccinated when offeredhttps://t.co/x41aJVHmZh #KeepNewhamSafe#EidMubarak pic.twitter.com/3NGCdzXSXk

— Newham London 💙 (@NewhamLondon) May 11, 2021

We will be celebrating #Eid on Thursday. #EidMubarak to all celebrating from us at MDC. Please continue to follow #COVID19 rules and keep yourself and your loved ones safe. #SafeEid pic.twitter.com/CswgT9zLG5

— Muslim Doctors Cymru (@muslimdoccymru) May 11, 2021

Thank you @fmwales for your kind wishes on #eid & your continued support with our work in striving to reassure all communities that the #covidvaccine is safe and effective. #wales #EidUlFitr #community https://t.co/MXTJI17alw

— Muslim Doctors Cymru (@muslimdoccymru) May 14, 2021

Covid: Eid marked in Wales' first trial event for crowds https://t.co/gEfKt9Yw0c

— Gary Bunt (@garybunt) May 14, 2021

Sunday Times 'twisted' hijab ban story to stoke debate

Middle Eastern Eye, Sunday Times 'twisted' hijab ban story to stoke debate, teachers say, 9 Feb 2018 "Teachers say newspaper's story was 'completely misleading' and journalists came to London school with 'agenda' to stir up controversy." Allegations. "The headteacher at a London primary school that was forced to back down from a ban on Islamic headscarves has accused the Sunday Times newspaper of "twisting" her words to stir up controversy around the issue, according to a recording obtained by Middle East Eye."

Mosque in east London to be demolished after high court ruling

Guardian, Mosque in east London to be demolished after high court ruling, 7 Feb 2018 "A temporary east London mosque that has been refused planning permission faces demolition after a high court ruling."

Update: East Ham school’s hijab ban

Guardian, East London primary school backs down over hijab ban, 19 Jan 2018

update on this story:

Newham Recorder, Petition against East Ham school’s hijab ban for under 8s gets 8,000 signatures in two days, 16 Jan 2018

Training camp leads to imprisonment

BBC News, Britons jailed over Syria terror camp, 26 Nov 2014 "Mohommod Nawaz, 30, and Hamza Nawaz, 24, both from Stratford, east London, were sentenced to four-and-a-half years and three years respectively."

'Islamic Democracy'

OnIslam, UK Muslims Highlight Islamic Democracy, 30 May 2014 “Muslims should take part in voting and the political process,” Shahid Mursaleen, spokesman for Minhaj-ul-Quran, told Newham Recorder on Friday, May 30.

Naturalising Newham

BBC Asian Network, Naturalising Newham - Special Report "The Mayor of Newham, Sir Robin Wales, is on a mission to make his borough British. He thinks that if you live in Newham, the UK's least white borough, you need to speak English and adopt British values and he has brought in a range of measures to this end. So, by pushing integration is he uniting people or alienating them? BBC Asian Network's Catrin Nye has this special report."

'£1 Fish Man'

 "While 31-year-old Mohamed Shahid Nazir has built a reputation in an East London market for his ultra-cheap fish, it is his catchy sales jingle that has brought him a moment of global fame.

"Fans cannot stop carping on about his "One-Pound Fish" tune, recorded on a mobile phone and uploaded to YouTube. With more than five million views, some might say you do not have to be a brain "sturgeon" to see he has a hit on his hands."

I saw him 'in action' a few months ago at Queen's Market, Green Street, Newham.  Should have recorded him myself!  The journalists are enjoying this ...

'Mega Mosque'

RT, Planned east London Islamic center sparks 'Mega Mosque No Thanks' campaign update on a long-running saga relating to a proposed mosque in east London (I wrote about this in Postcolonial Media Culture, Rinella Cere & Ros Brunt (editors), (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011))

Newham school dispute

BBC News, Muslim school dispute with Newham over 'inclusivity', 25 Jan 2012 film report

Net 'radicalization'

Telegraph, Stephen Timms stabbing: how internet sermons turned quiet student into fanatic, 2 Nov 2010 "But what makes Choudhry’s crime all the more disturbing is her transformation over a period of just six months from a moderate Muslim enjoying her English degree studies into a fully-fledged al-Qaeda operative, as a result of simply sitting in front of her computer and listening to the sermons of Anwar al-Awlaki, readily available on YouTube."