Section: Faith
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Video: World Hijab Day 2023
To mark World Hijab Day, we spoke to women in the UK and Europe who told us why they like wearing the hijab, the struggles they face and their favourite colours and styles
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Low pay and high demands: the UK is facing a shortage of full-time imams
Britain’s imams are among the lowest-paid clergy in the UK, causing many to leave their mosques and even change careers
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The mystery of the first English Qur’an
Questions about the identity of the translator and what their motivations were still remain, 370 years after publication
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The state-sponsored mosque dividing opinion in Greece’s Muslim community
Concerns grow as several established prayer spaces in Athens have recently been closed by police
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Mosques are becoming more welcoming to people with special needs
With over one-third of Muslims in England and Wales estimated to have a physical or mental illness or disability, awareness has never been more important
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British pilgrims left stranded by Saudi Arabia’s new hajj system
The online portal Motawif — launched just weeks before the start of the pilgrimage — has been met with criticism and deep disappointment
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Attitudes to organ donation are changing among British Muslims
Once widely viewed as forbidden, this life-saving medical procedure is becoming more accepted
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A new generation is learning Muslim burial rites
An east London community centre is offering free workshops in how to perform traditional ghusl mayyit
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Muslim chaplains tend to prisoners of all religions
Alamgeer Choudhury talks about his interfaith work, Covid-19 and changing lives
