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Coffee Afrik: the east London community group ‘rooted in joy, Islam and love’
Keeping unhoused people warm in winter, and supporting local women and young people, a grassroots organisation is bringing its own vision of community to the UK capital
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Tories spent £1.9m on ‘dehumanising’ immigration tagging that didn’t work
Labour’s own evaluation of the programme, published in January, found that GPS tagging had not made people less likely to go awol
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‘My hijab is my strength. I see it as a crown on my head’
For World Hijab Day on 1 February, five women reflect on how Islamic attire can be a symbol of empowerment and identity
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Poet Yasmin Ali: ‘We shouldn’t have to justify who we are’
The spoken word artist on using lyricism and poetry to challenge stereotypes of underrepresented communities
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Bangladeshi and Pakistani families worst affected by poverty in UK
Joseph Rowntree Foundation also found the West Midlands is the only region where poverty rates have risen since the mid-1990s
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Muslim-led projects to beat loneliness saved Britain £56m last year
Study links health problems including depression and even heart attacks to loneliness — but finds groups like Sisters4Islam are reaching those in need
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Luton’s Muslim Vauxhall workers ‘devastated’ by plant closure
The Bedfordshire town is home to one of Britain’s largest Muslim communities, and many have worked at the factory for years. They want the government to step in
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An accountant hit his wife. Why did their community take his side?
Hassan Uddin was found guilty of battery. But the road to justice for Jamila Ali was tough — and thousands face the same obstacles
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Muslim former police watchdog chief says he was used for ‘performative diversity’
Sal Naseem, who was London regional director at the Independent Office for Police Conduct, felt like an ‘outsider’
