Section: Politics

The UK’s use of its Cyprus airbases to engage in Middle East conflicts is sparking angry protest

Reports that the British military is arming Israel’s war in Gaza from its Cypriot hubs have prompted calls for its bases to be closed permanently

Helena Smith
The issue of immigration will be a battleground in the next UK election

Both parties have pledged to crack down on illegal arrivals. Minority groups are understandably concerned about what any new policy says about how welcoming our country is

Shehab Khan
What Russia’s treatment of Crimea’s Muslim minority reveals about its plans for the rest of Ukraine

Activists and leaders from the Tatar minority believe any opposition to Russian occupation will be met with the same repression they have suffered

Lily Hyde

Portugal’s new anti-Islam Chega party is soaring in the polls, so why aren’t Muslim leaders worried?

The well-integrated Muslim community is confident that racist policies thriving elsewhere in Europe will not appeal to Portuguese voters
A creative community in Germany speaks out for Gaza

Amid a rash of event cancellations, Muslim and Jewish artists and intellectuals are struggling to be heard
The Israel-Gaza war cannot make us lose our humanity

As the war in the Middle East continues, everyone must support Jewish and Muslim leaders working to maintain dialogue in the UK
Uyghur Muslims exiled in the UK dream of returning to Xinjiang

Activists call on the British government to step up measures against the Chinese state
Tensions from Israel-Palestine conflict must not be allowed to spill into UK communities, say interfaith leaders

Rising incidences of both Islamophobia and antisemitism have been reported in recent days
UK Muslim leaders call for restraint by Israel and condemn Hamas attacks

Prominent clerics have released a statement about the worsening crisis in Israel and Palestine, highlighting rising antisemitism and Islamophobia in Britain