Section: Politics

The Cypriots united in hope for reunification

After 50 years of division and conflict, the election of pro-European moderate as president of Turkish-occupied Cyprus has raised hopes that island’s long-running dispute may finally be resolved

Helena Smith
Why would Portugal ban burqas?

Few of the country's small Muslim community wear the full-body covering and they find the passing of a law to prohibit them baffling — as do political pundits

Larry Ryan
155,000 more Muslim kids affected by two-child benefit cap than thought

Labour MPs and party’s Muslim network add to pressure on ministers to axe two-child benefit cap in light of Hyphen’s findings

Lucas Cumiskey

‘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
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
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
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
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
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’