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How proposed reforms could reshape protections for women in nikah-only marriages
Planned changes to cohabitation laws could help people in religious-only marriages, but experts warn they would remain vulnerable without civil registration
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Muslim education leaders back plans for national religious education curriculum
The government is expected to launch a consultation in September to bring RE into the national curriculum for the first time
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The shopkeeper and his cat who turned a corner shop into a community hub
Abdul Safy and Mimi have become local and social media celebrities, their companionship striking a chord with people around the world
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UK could legally recognise Islamic weddings so long as couples complete civil process
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
