Topic: UK

Sona Jobarteh’s forward-looking vision of the kora

Sona Jobarteh's music is deeply rooted in the griot tradition of West Africa, but she has her eyes on the future

Ammar Kalia
Gaza is not a Muslim-only issue — it is the uniting moral question of our time

While last week’s local elections showed that many Muslims have broken from Labour, it is wrong to present the war in terms of religious identity

Nadeine Asbali
The scale of Tory election losses masks voter apathy towards Labour

Last week’s local election results saw some stunning triumphs for Keir Starmer — but Labour needs to engage with Muslim communities over its stance on Gaza

Shehab Khan

Cerysh Sadiq Q&A: ‘Many Muslim women neglect their health’

Alimah and medical researcher Cerysh Sadiq discusses her involvement in a life-saving scheme to improve cancer screening uptake among women
Pro-Palestine groups call for widespread cultural events boycott

Campaigners are targeting major music festivals, theatres and art galleries across the UK and Europe
French payment app for Muslims to launch in the UK

Halal fintech Musc-Pay has already signed up 10,000 European customers in six months
How the student occupy movement came back for Palestine

As hundreds of protesters are violently arrested on US college campuses, in the UK students are staging lengthy sit-ins in solidarity with Gaza
A warm and fragrant journey into Uyghur cuisine

A small but growing number of restaurants are building outsized reputations, serving up a unique blend of hearty Central Asian and Chinese flavours
Humza Yousaf resigns as first minister of Scotland

SNP leader’s decision to step down follows the collapse of coalition agreement with Scottish Greens