Wales' Schools and Discrimination

Pupils called 'monkey' and attacked with rocks as shocking scale of racism in Wales' schools. Muslim girls abused and assaulted in other shocking case studies highlighted.

Pupils say the N-word is 'normalised' in schools.https://t.co/PMz3DsTPCX

— Tell MAMA UK (@TellMamaUK) November 28, 2023

The link to the Children's Commissioner's report is here (PDF).

There's also a children's version of the report (PDF).

Bradford Muslim Communities

BBC News, Fewer cousins marrying in Bradford's Pakistani community, 18 November 2023 "The number of people in Bradford's Pakistani community who have married a cousin has fallen sharply in the past 10 years, a study suggests. Higher educational attainment, new family dynamics and changes in immigration rules are thought to be possible reasons."

Gaza Situation

There's full coverage of the Gaza situation on the Virtually Islamic blog and across my X. This includes material on the protests.

Bradford

Anila Baig, Mirror, 'Suella Braverman is wrong - we have always had Muslim neighbours and it's great', 27 Sep 2023 "The Home Secretary gave a speech declaring that ‘multiculturalism has failed’ and complaining that people from certain religious backgrounds live ‘parallel lives’ because they have failed to integrate and, alarmingly, are a threat to national security. Ms Braverman trotted out the usual myths and misinformation about ethnic minorities in the UK." Opinion/analysis

Islam Channel fined

Ofcom, £40k fine for TV channel that broadcast antisemitic content, 28 Sep 2023 "Our investigation found The Andinia Plan, a one-hour documentary that examined a conspiracy theory which originated in a neo-Nazi publication, amounted to hate speech against Jewish people. This antisemitic content was also highly offensive and not sufficiently justified by the context."

Halal Food Festival

Sammy Gecsoylerm, The Guardian, Halal rising: Muslim food marks its UK embrace with a stadium celebration, 24 Sep 2024 "Vendors and diners at the World Halal food festival agree the industry is booming with good reason"

Islamic Centre England

The Centre remains open at the time of writing. Here's some coverage of the protest.

Iranian diaspora fully support the decision of the UK @ChtyCommission to close the Islamic Centre in London.

The Islamic Centre is disguised as a place of worship when in reality it’s a London headquarters of the IRGC and Iran’s Supreme Leader.

The generality of Muslims… pic.twitter.com/8W1RzLyddR

— Omid Djalili (@omid9) July 30, 2023