Islam in the UK - Page 4

Authorities in Blackburn said they will “take action” over a gathering of Muslim men praying in the streets which constituted a “serious breach” of coronavirus lockdown measures.

A woman who suffered severe head injury from a past violent rape was ‘married off’ by her father for money in a deal to improve the husband’s UK immigration prospects, a judge has ruled.

A minority Islamic sect has brought in airport-style security at its mosques in the UK as the Metropolitan Police investigates death threats sent to the community by Muslims.

The government should empower NGOs and race activists to police the media to ensure ethnic minorities are not portrayed in a bad light, and the school curriculum must be changed so that every child is taught Britain has no native population, according to a new report on Islamophobia.

A council in Britain is taking action to crack down on “Islamophobia” in response to some parents refusing to send their children on mosque visits arranged by schools.

A UK-born jihadi bride who married the highest ranking American Islamic State fighter said she was driven to join the terror group by “racism” in Britain.

Qatar is spending £400,000 to promote the teaching of Arabic language and culture in British classrooms, according to reports.

Barnet Council has come under fire after deleting hundreds of comments objecting to plans for a mosque in a suburb home to one of Britain’s largest Jewish communities.

Lincolnshire Police has been slammed for using public resources to produce a 12-minute video promoting Islam in the UK.

A 14-year-old boy who was knifed in the head and neck outside a Shia mosque in Birmingham was the victim of a sectarian attack, his family have said.

More than a quarter of people in Britain hold at least one anti-Semitic view, with the figure rising to 55 per cent amongst Muslims, according to a survey of attitudes to Jewish people.

The chief inspector of schools in England is to listen to the concerns of Muslim campaigners who are calling for a hijab ban in state primaries.

Children as young as five are being allowed to wear hijabs by potentially thousands of state primary schools, alarming campaigners who say the Muslim headscarf sexualises children.

There is “no point” putting Muslims in Britain under scrutiny after three terror attacks in three months, according to Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, who argued the UK should include Islamophobia in its definition of “extremism”.

A growing number of radical Muslims are flocking to move from France to Britain, where generous welfare payments, lack of scrutiny from the authorities, and the ease with which families can practice strict Islam have earned the UK a reputation as a halal paradise for Salafists who are unable to secure visas for Saudi Arabia.

The rate of beheadings and Islamist-inspired stabbings has risen 11-fold in the last five years according to a major new report. Terror attacks in the UK also tripled during this period. The 1000-page report by the Henry Jackson Society examines all

The inaugural ‘Modest Fashion Week’ took place over the weekend, an event targeted at Muslim consumers and sponsored by a makeup brand who refuse to sell products to supporters of U.S. President Donald J. Trump. According to organisers of the event,

Analysis of National Health Service (NHS) statistics has found that a case of female genital mutilation (FGM) is either treated or discovered every hour in England.

A Muslim ‘community leader’ has criticised figures showing a fall in ‘hate crime’ cases in Lancashire, claiming that Muslims are living in “fear” in the wake of the Berlin terror attack.

The son of an imam who was murdered for his moderate beliefs has warned that Islamic State supporters are posing as charity workers to radicalise young people in Rochdale.

A British supporter of Islamic State has been found guilty of murdering an imam who had his head smashed a hammer in Rochdale last year. Mohammed Syeedy, 21, acted as a getaway driver for Mohammed Kadir, 24, who bludgeoned imam

Two Muslim students have been jailed for life after plotting to kill police, soldiers and civilians in a series of drive-by shootings inspired by Islamic State. Tarik Hassane, 22, was sentenced to a minimum of 21 years after pleading guilty

London is a more “Islamic” city than many in Muslim countries, a leading Islamic scholar has claimed. Maulana Syed Ali Raza Rizvi, a Shia cleric, said he feels “more Islamic” in Britain due to the country’s multicultural policies and his

Years of permissive multiculturalism is to blame for the rise of Sharia courts and the Rotherham rape scandal, an academic claimed yesterday. Dr Rumy Hasan, a senior lecturer at the University of Sussex’s Centre for Migration Research, said “do-what-you-want” and

A British government report due to be published today that is expected to call for greater oversight of the Muslim Brotherhood, is likely to face a legal challenge from the Islamist movement. In response to the inquiry, the government will introduce closer monitoring of