Topic: UK

British Islamic Medical Association celebrates Muslim healthcare heroes

Winners at BIMA’s inaugural awards included a doctor whose cancer classes help Black women spot signs of the disease

Zahra Onsori
The best music of 2025

From new releases to rediscovered treasures, the past year has been filled with innovative, exciting and emotive work by artists of Muslim heritage and beyond

Ammar Kalia
Streeting’s fight with doctors could win him headlines but cost him his legacy

The health secretary accused the doctors’ union of ‘juvenile delinquency’. But he’ll need striking medics on side if he wants to fix the NHS

Shehab Khan

Can the UK really define Islamophobia without using the word Islamophobia?

Experts weigh in on the UK’s attempt to codify a problem some call anti-Muslim racism or anti-Muslim hatred. Here’s what you need to know
Halal food fraud reports hit five-year high, data shows

Meat being misrepresented or mislabelled as halal and document fraud are among the 44 allegations made to the watchdog in recent years
The best reads of 2025

Short stories, family histories and a supernatural satire on millennial renting all feature on this year’s list
Muslims often don’t trust palliative care. A new charity aims to change that

Al-Amal, founded by a doctor and a chaplain, is informed by the Muslim view of a good death — something they say is lacking in mainstream care
New network for British Muslim creators launched in parliament

Inside the Muslim Creators Network uniting British Muslim creatives setting out to reshape how their stories are told
Farage’s opponents are desperate for racism claims to stick. Will they matter?

Reform UK’s leader faces dozens of allegations that he racially abused classmates at Dulwich College, which he denies. Yet he keeps chalking up wins