Topic: Demographics
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‘Essential to the community’: Slough fights back against library closures
The town, home to one of Britain’s biggest Muslim populations, went bankrupt in 2021. But councillors and families say cutting libraries is a step too far
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Inside the BBC’s first ever live Eid broadcast
The Eid al-Fitr service at Bradford Central Mosque is set to be streamed live as part of the BBC’s faith coverage
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European leaders are failing Muslims, EU Islamophobia chief tells Hyphen
The European Commission’s coordinator for combating anti-Muslim hatred describes a ‘witch hunt’ against people speaking up for Muslim rights
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A workforce timebomb despite rising numbers — Labour’s migration conundrum
Asylum claims have hit a 46-year high, but health and higher education are suffering as successive governments try to cut UK immigration figures
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Muslim Council of Britain elects Mohammed Wajid Akhter as secretary general
Akhter, a doctor from Essex, had run on a platform of modernising the MCB and beat Dr Muhammad Adrees to succeed Zara Mohammed
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Kazim Ali: ‘I don’t stake a claim to being Muslim with a capital M, but it’s what I will always be’
The author and poet on his relationship with writing and religious identity
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Shift to e-visa scheme could strand people abroad after 31 December 2024
Most UK biometric residence permits expire in December. But some are struggling to apply for digital replacements — with the less tech-literate particularly at risk
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In focus: the roots of Cardiff’s thriving Somali community
In a new series, Hyphen visits the cities, towns and neighbourhoods across the country that British Muslims call home
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Live facial recognition used by Met police is ineffective, says monitoring group
Keir Starmer has promised a wider deployment of facial recognition technology, but critics have raised concerns about the lack of transparency surrounding the surveillance
