Topic: Wales

Fund specialist Muslim domestic abuse services, charities urge government

Plea comes as chancellor pledges £55m to tackle violence against women and girls amid backdrop of rising suicide figures

Faisa Mohamed
10 of the most important Islamic heritage sites in Britain and Ireland

Historian and travel writer Tharik Hussain picks his favourite sites from his new guidebook Muslim Britain & Ireland

Tharik Hussain
Reports of religious hate crime against Muslims up 15%, Home Office says

Government statistics for England and Wales published as British Muslim Trust reveals that attacks on mosques are getting worse in severity

Aisha Rimi

Sadiq Khan urged to investigate police role in referring babies to Prevent

Most referrals of young children to Home Office’s counter-terror scheme in England and Wales were made by police, with stark regional differences
Seven mosques to check out for Visit My Mosque weekend

This year, more than 115 mosques will be welcoming members of the wider community as part of the annual initiative. Here are just a few of them
Hamed Amiri on his new book The Other Boy: ‘There is light at the end of the tunnel’

The author has turned his journey fleeing from Afghanistan to Wales into a book for young readers. He hopes the story will help children understand what it means to be a refugee
The best hiking trips in the UK for Muslims

Here are some beautiful spots across the country with excursions led by organisations working to make outdoor spaces more inclusive
Government dashes social housing hopes by ruling out mandatory targets

Andy Burnham’s government accused of ‘caving to developers’ in response to National Planning Policy Framework consultation
No clear evidence non-stun slaughter causes more welfare breaches, FSA finds

Finding from UK Food Standards Agency comes amid charged debate over banning the practice, which is allowed in the production of halal and kosher meat