Topic: Long reads
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Is Labour trying to split the Muslim vote in Dewsbury and Batley?
Independent candidate Iqbal Mohamed hopes to send Labour packing in this northern seat. But Starmer’s party has selected its own Muslim, pro-Gaza candidate — and some are sceptical
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Has Labour thrown away Britain’s most marginal seat?
A few months ago, Burnley seemed like a shoo-in for Keir Starmer’s party. But Labour’s position on Gaza cost it control of the local council — and now it has a fight on its hands
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‘Why are we a country of billionaires and food banks?’: Jeremy Corbyn talks Labour, Gaza and Islington North
Former Labour leader slams “cynical calculation” by party HQ that disaffected voters will still back Starmer as they have nowhere else to go
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‘We’ve become a borough that’s resilient’
Despite a chronic shortage of housing and the UK's highest rate of child poverty, Tower Hamlets is home to hundreds of community groups in keeping with the area’s long history of activism
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The enduring myth of the no-go zone
The idea of urban areas where law, order and state power have broken down has long been used against marginalised groups — but in recent years it has taken on a powerful anti-Muslim quality
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House guests, hospitality and the hijab
In Namesake, a new collection of essays, the British-Palestinian author NS Nuseibeh examines modern life, identity and her family links to a formidable figure from early Islamic history
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British Muslims and the battle against long Covid
The pandemic has had a disproportionate effect on working-class and ethnic minority communities in the UK. For some, its consequences show no sign of ever going away
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The fight-back against anti-mosque campaigners
How one anti-extremist researcher developed a counter-misinformation strategy to oppose campaigns against new Muslim places of worship
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Critics question the backstory of one of Germany’s leading counter-extremists
Ahmad Mansour is a prominent voice in a national movement against antisemitism, known for his strident positions against political Islam — but what is his real story?