Why London’s first Ramadan lights celebration has been so important for Muslims everywhere: On March 21 2023, the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and Hamza Taouzzale, lord mayor of Westminster, stood on Coventry Street in central London and switched on the capital’s first ever Ramadan illuminations. Every evening throughout the holy month, 30,000 coloured lights …
Kenya’s Muslims: a divided community with little political clout: Graffiti in Muslim-dominated Mombasa rallies against the 2017 election with the Kiswahili slogan "Kura ni Haramu" ("voting is haram/prohibitted"). Photo by Janer Murikira/picture alliance via Getty Images Kenyan Muslims played a part in the push to repeal repressive political laws in the country in the early …
IPSO: press regulator’s ‘guidance’ for reporting on Muslims is not fit for purpose: It shouldn’t be controversial to say journalists have failed in reporting on Muslims and Islam in the UK. Inaccurate use of terms and frequently negative constructions can make the religion seem strange, dangerous, or simply not British. Scholars have shown how journalists …
Ramadan: how a new generation of British Muslims are becoming more green: An environmental demonstration by the MADE charity. William Barylo, Author provided Muslims worldwide are about to enter the second half of Ramadan, a month widely known to the public as one for fasting. However, growing concerns around the environmental crisis and social struggles …
Who are Sri Lanka’s Muslims?: Nearly 300 people have now been confirmed killed in the Easter attacks in Sri Lanka. And several sources are now suggesting a domestic Muslim Islamist group may have been linked to the atrocity – although no group has yet claimed responsibility. Sri Lanka’s Muslim community is spread across the country, …
Job recruiters discriminate against Muslims, and it doesn’t end at the interview stage: Guess who's getting hired. adriaticfoto To mark the UN’s International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the House of Commons in the UK held a debate the other day. Among the topics covered were Islamophobia, anti-Semitism and the far right. Leading …
Sexagon: Muslims, France, and the Sexualization of National Culture. – a Africa interest event taking place on 2018-02-20 16:00:00 in United States In contemporary France, particularly in the banlieues of Paris, the figure of the young, virile, hypermasculine Muslim looms large. So large, in fact, it often supersedes liberal secular society’s understanding of gender and …
#1in5Muslims: Twitter mocks Sun front page with 'facts' about Muslims #1in5Muslims: Twitter mocks Sun front page with 'facts' about Muslims. The internet has hit back after the Sun claimed one in five Muslims has 'sympathy for jihadis'. The Sun front page. There were a record number of complaints about the Sun's front … Read more …