Research, links and academic information on Islam and Muslims in Britain. Part of virtuallyislamic.com
Thursday, 27 April 2017
Ongoing case
BBC News, Teen admits planning 'London bomb attack' "In legal papers prepared for his defence, Syed was described as "highly vulnerable due to family history, lack of education, addiction to violent online games and the arrest and imprisonment of his brother"."
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London
Monday, 24 April 2017
Ukip to campaign to ban burqa and sharia courts, says Paul Nuttall
Guardian, Ukip to campaign to ban burqa and sharia courts, says Paul Nuttall, 23 Apr 2017 "Ukip will push to ban the burqa and sharia courts, Paul Nuttall has said, although he denied the Eurosceptic party was reinventing itself as an anti-Islam party."
Labels:
dress codes,
politics,
UKIP
Ahmadi Muslims 'facing discrimination' in Cardiff
BBC News, Ahmadi Muslims 'facing discrimination' in Cardiff, 21 Apr 2017 "Worshippers at the Ahmadiyya mosque in Canton said other Muslims had shunned them, with one claiming he was sacked from a restaurant and another that he was accosted for selling Islamic books."
Monday, 10 April 2017
Birmingham protests
Vice.com, Checking in with Saffiyah Khan, the Woman Who Faced Down the EDL
BBC News, EDL Birmingham protest photo woman 'surprised' by viral reaction
Birmingham Mail, Behind the scenes at Birmingham Central Mosque's British Tea Party on the day one powerful photo went viral
BBC News, EDL Birmingham protest photo woman 'surprised' by viral reaction
Birmingham Mail, Behind the scenes at Birmingham Central Mosque's British Tea Party on the day one powerful photo went viral
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Birmingham
Wednesday, 5 April 2017
Discussion on "halala" marriages
Athar Ahmad, BBC News, The women who sleep with a stranger to save their marriage, 5 Apr 2017 "A number of online services are charging "divorced" Muslim women thousands of pounds to take part in "halala" Islamic marriages, a BBC investigation has found. Women pay to marry, have sex with and then divorce a stranger, so they can get back with their first husbands."
Labels:
divorce,
family law,
marriage
Monday, 3 April 2017
Jailed terrorists to be held in 'Jihadi unit' to stop inmates being radicalised
Mirror, Jailed terrorists to be held in 'Jihadi unit' to stop inmates being radicalised "High-security HMP Frankland in Durham will be our first prison to isolate Islamist terrorists from other criminals."
'Moslems in Britain - Places' - 1964 film
BFI, Watch Moslems in Britain - Places online From 1964: "Visit the places important to London's Muslim community - both those born in the city and those newly arrived - in this informative short documentary, sponsored by the Foreign Office and the Central Office of Information. The film offers the Arabic-speaking viewer information and reassurance about where they can find community and resources. Among the locations visited are the Islamic Cultural Centre in Regent's Park, the Shah Jehan Mosque in Woking, and the British Museum's oriental room, for a glimpse at its collection of rare copies of the Qur'an."
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British Museum,
cinema,
London,
Woking
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