Section: News
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No, a doctor didn’t get struck off for asking a woman to remove her niqab
Dr Keith Wolverson’s case has triggered outrage in the rightwing media. But the tribunal that banned him from practising paints a different picture
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I can fix him: 600 candidates line up to try and make Birmingham normal again
Voters in the UK’s largest local authority are angry. But between bin strikes, tax rises and incendiary national politics, can anyone save it?
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‘We’re more akin to the 1930s’: Asad Rehman on the far-right threat to the climate
Rightwing groups are weaponising inequality against migrants, Muslims and achieving sustainability, says the Friends of the Earth head as he reflects on his life of activism
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Plans announced for UK’s first Muslim women’s rugby team
Richmond's Zainab Alema, the first visibly Muslim woman to play in the Premiership, hopes to launch Muslimah Rugby in the summer
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Muslim Council of Britain signs up thousands of new voters for local elections
The organisation visited mosques and community groups in key cities to help people register via the government website
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Here’s what experts say should be in midwives’ new anti-racism training
Black and Asian women and babies are more likely to die during delivery. The Nursing and Midwifery Council hopes to change that
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Ex-Tory councillor speaks after judge finds colleagues discriminated against him
Tories must ‘stand up to discrimination’, says Mohammed Arif, after court rules his Muslim faith was ‘weaponised’ against him by Walsall Conservatives
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Campaigners welcome £750,000 burials pledge but warn it is ‘temporary fix’
Newham Muslim Burial Association is calling for a permanent site in the east London borough, but says spending commitment is a positive step
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What a mosque fire shows about Muslim life in Pedro Sánchez’s Spain
Spain positions itself as a progressive outlier in Europe. But the authorities’ response to a suspected arson attack has highlighted gaps in justice
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How Vox made halal school meals into a culture war in Spain
A new decree aims to guarantee dietary alternatives for students. But the far right has framed halal food as a threat to national identity
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Young Muslims often don’t seek mental health support. A report found out why
Thinktank Equi found 44% of Muslim youngsters who had accessed help with mental health might have done so sooner had they felt services understood their faith
