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‘Life in the UK’ test not fit for purpose, says former resettlement minister
Speaking at inaugural Hyphen Festival, Labour peer Lord Wajid Khan adds that government must do more to tackle cost of living crisis
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Votes at 16 will enfranchise 156,000 young Muslims — 10% of new voters
Analysis of 2021 census data also finds young Muslim voters could have biggest impact in urban areas such as Birmingham, Bradford and east London
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Austrian Muslim groups plan legal challenge if latest hijab ban becomes law
Leading lawyers and educators tell Hyphen they will appeal to Austria’s constitutional court if its parliament passes legislation prohibiting headscarves in schools
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Can the Greens and Your Party take Labour’s remaining Muslim vote?
With Green membership surging under Polanski, and Corbyn and Sultana seemingly having buried the hatchet, hesitant Labour backers have new choices
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Sacked faith minister: government must tackle hate against Muslims
Wajid Khan said Britain needed to celebrate the contributions of migrants and warned against scrapping anti-Islamophobia work
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German voters show us what happens when anti-migrant rhetoric is banned
The far right made gains across Germany’s largest state on Sunday, except in Cologne where most politicians had agreed not to campaign ‘at the expense of immigrants’
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The Hyphen guide to Shabana Mahmood
The MP for Birmingham Ladywood is the first Muslim woman to hold the post of home secretary
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Mothin Ali elected co-deputy leader of the Green party
Leeds councillor who made national headlines last year becomes the only Muslim in England and Wales in mainstream political party leadership role
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Why the upcoming Norwegian election matters
When Norway votes in a new government on 8 September, the country’s growing Muslim minority fear the far right will make significant gains
