Section: News
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Muslim families are battling to get their autistic children diagnosed
The number of children waiting for an autism assessment has reached a record high, with ethnic minorities among the hardest hit
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Muslim Council of Britain leadership hopefuls set out vision for the organisation
Dr Muhammad Adrees and Dr Mohammed Wajid Akhter are vying to become secretary general of the UK’s largest Muslim umbrella group. Here’s what you need to know
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44% of Muslim doctors ‘have faced regular discrimination since medical school’
The British Islamic Medical Association (BIMA) also found majority had made lifestyle changes to stay safe after the riots
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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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West Midlands children more likely to die with asthma than anywhere else in England
Researchers at the University of Bristol found Black, Asian, mixed race and ethnic minority kids were more at risk — and pointed the finger at housing poverty
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Concern grows for UK Syrians as government fails to commit to their rights
Britain has paused 6,500 asylum claims and would not be drawn on people’s existing leave to remain. Syrians say it has tempered their joy at Assad’s fall
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Joy and fear of Berlin’s Syrians as they consider returning after fall of Assad
A million people fled civil war in Syria and built lives in Germany. As European governments encourage refugees to return, experts warn of the economic hole they may leave behind
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GB News uses word ‘sharia’ twice as often as BBC News and Sky News combined
New study by Centre for Media Monitoring concludes that channel ‘hates Muslims’ and is obsessed with them
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IRA hunger strikers join British Army veteran in Ireland-wide fast for Palestine
Organisers see parallels between historical Irish struggle for independence and the siege of Gaza by a ‘towering oppressor’
