Section: News
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Has Labour repaired its relationship with British Muslims?
A year after Labour’s “historic break” from Muslim voters, the available data makes bleak reading for party strategists. But some see cause for optimism
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MPs banned Palestine Action while doctors told parliament of Gaza horrors
Vote to proscribe direct action group came as medics a few corridors away spoke of the Gaza healthcare system’s collapse under Israeli bombing
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How Europe failed Afghanistan’s women
When the Taliban retook Afghanistan, the EU promised to protect women. Four tell Hyphen of their experience trying to take up that offer
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Kinship stops thousands of Muslim kids from entering the care system each year
Muslims who step in to take care of children in their wider family save the UK government at least £223m annually, according to the thinktank Equi
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Muslim emergency workers welcome new law closing loophole on abuse
Ambulance and fire workers say criminalising abuse from the public is a worthwhile step — but that more must be done to fix internal culture too
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Faith-based charities are ‘better at convincing people to accept help’
Panellists from the National Zakat Foundation and Christian, Jewish and Sikh charities discussed the role of faith in tackling poverty at a panel this week
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‘It’s not about me’: meet the Muslim community heroes celebrated by the king
Zahrah Mahmood and Njok Malik Jeng, experts in mountains and masquerades respectively, are among recipients of the king’s birthday honours
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‘If I’d been taught what endometriosis was, I’d have known sooner’
Cultural stigma and a lack of appropriate care have painful consequences for the menstrual health of Muslim women
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NHS pays ethnic minority workers from overseas less than white colleagues
Asian migrant workers are 22% less likely to be high earners than their white, UK-born colleagues, while Black migrant workers are 30% less likely
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Backed by Harry and Meghan, unique Muslim and Jewish-run food bank turns 10
In the shadow of a Reform-run council, a partnership between Muslim and Jewish charities gives guests a hot meal, a place to chat — and a bunch of flowers
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Equalities committee hamstrung by lack of Islamophobia definition, says chair
Labour MP Sarah Owen says UK’s failure to define Islamophobia and anti-Muslim hatred has led to underreporting of attacks on women
