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UK government proposes legal recognition of Islamic weddings
Biggest revamp of marriage law for centuries would let couples express consent through established faith practices rather than standard civil wording
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London needs city-wide burial strategy, Lib Dems urge
Call comes from London Assembly Lib Dem leader Hina Bokhari — who battled to get her father, Sadiq Khan’s old headteacher, buried in Merton
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‘The World Cup proved that, no matter the religion, we can represent France’
France’s football team brought the nation together. But when the flags come down, can the ‘vivre-ensemble’ — social cohesion — last?
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Campaign for Muslim war memorial in London to shut and back West Mids bid
National Muslim War Memorial Trust will close down and transfer its £19,000 balance to the Staffordshire-focused World Wars Muslim Memorial Trust
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Three Luton schoolgirls become self-published novelists: ‘You can do it’
Hamidah Odunuga, Ghania Kashaff and Iqrah Imaan Imran from Challney High School for Girls want to show other Muslim girls what’s possible
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Why Marseille’s Muslims are funding their own mosques
Muslim associations in Marseille are trying to build new mosques — but fundraising remains a major obstacle
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Faith leaders welcome King’s new ‘protector of multi-faith nation’ title
Christian, Muslim and Jewish figures praise pluralist rewrite of King’s traditional ‘protector of the faith’ job description
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Mosques spend thousands on security as government scheme fails to cough up
The £40m Home Office fund for security at mosques has been called ‘not fit for purpose’ with places of worship waiting months without contact
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7 black holes in public data about Muslims
Policymakers know very little about Muslims’ experiences in healthcare, justice and education. That’s a problem when it comes to tackling inequality
