Family reunited

Daily Mirror, Mum's unimaginable joy as daughter comes home 34 years after she was kidnapped. "Jackie Saleh, 57, was left devastated after her husband fled to war-torn Yemen with their three young daughters and feared she would never see them again."

Study: "Muslims pass on faith at higher rates than Christians"

BBC News, Muslims pass on faith at higher rates than Christians says Cardiff University study, 14 Feb 2012 “Researchers found 77% of adult Muslims actively practise the faith they were brought up in, compared with 29% of Christians and 65% of other religions.”

'British Muslims reviving polygamy'

IINA, Great Britain/Islam: British Muslims reviving polygamy, 27 Sep 2011 "A growing number of young British Muslims are taking second or third wives in an unexpected revival of polygamy, according to religious leaders."

IVF & related issues

Annie Snider, Religion News Service, huffingtonpost.com, Infertile Muslim Parents Face Tough Choices, Pressure, 2 Aug 2010 as much an issue in Britain as elsewhere "As scientific advances create more choices for couples trying to build families, Muslims face religious teachings that rule out many options available to other couples."

It was 20 years ago... 'British Islam after Rushdie'

Anshuman A Mondal, Prospect Magazine, British Islam after Rushdie, April 09 "As I found out in a journey across Britain, the central conflict in Muslim communities is not between secular and Islamic values, but between the generations of the Muslim families who live here." Also available as a pdf

Also in Prospect:

Hanif Kureishi, Kureishi on the Rushdie Affair, April 09 "Kenan Malik talks to Hanif Kureishi about the Rushdie fatwa and why no one would write such a book today."

That interview is taken from Kenan Malik's "From Fatwa to Jihad: The Rushdie Affair and its Legacy" (Atlantic), which sounds like an interesting book (out this month).