Section: News
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18,000 Home Office immigration staff still haven’t done Windrush training
It is six years since the department accepted a recommendation from the Windrush Lessons Learned review that ‘all immigration officials’ be trained
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Labour and Greens vie for Gorton and Denton’s large Muslim vote
The Greens are deploying Urdu and Punjabi speakers while Labour calls in its national big guns. We asked local Muslims if any of it has cut through
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How IV drip trend targets women of colour with ‘skin lightening’ claims
IV glutathione drips are booming on UK high streets. But behind vague promises of ‘radiance’ and ‘wellness’ lies a more sinister marketing tactic
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Nadiya Hussain to join guests at one of UK’s ‘biggest iftars’ in Milton Keynes
Great British Bake Off winner will meet and greet some of the estimated 2,500 attendees at the Grand Iftar, to be held at Stadium MK
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Who is Anas Sarwar, Scottish Labour leader who called for Starmer to quit?
One of Britain’s most prominent Muslim politicians, Sarwar had previously been close to the prime minister Keir Starmer
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‘Salt of the earth’: the Newcastle shopkeeper who gives bread to his neighbours in need
Sheraz Awan donates thousands of free items each year from his cornershop knowing that many of his Westerhope community are food impoverished
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Campaigners push for permanent sickle cell day unit after centre’s closure
Emergency treatment centre attached to Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel closed in January despite a 42,000-strong petition to save it
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Can Fily Keita-Gassama become her town’s first Black Muslim mayor?
France votes in mayoral elections in March. In Champigny-sur-Marne, this local candidate is fighting disaffection and the right for a historic win in the Paris suburbs
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Plaid Cymru leader: We’ll protect communities if Reform UK wins in England
Speaking to Hyphen, Rhun ap Iorwerth appealed for Welsh Muslims to join ‘coalition’ against ‘negative politics’ of Nigel Farage’s party
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Social media helped us learn about our faith — don’t ban it, say young Muslims
The Muslim Council of Britain has backed a proposal to bar under-16s from social media. But for some, it was a source of support on their Islamic journey
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‘Lots of people are trying to build Muslim cemeteries. Only we have succeeded’
Muslims are at the sharp end of the UK’s burial crisis but building new cemeteries has proved impossible — until now
