Rayhan Ahmed Topader: This was as true during the first nationwide lockdown last year as it is on the eve of the second, discounting the recent farce of a lockdown imposed on April 5. What will happen to the poor and marginalised when the all-out, lockdown goes into effect and they are forced to stay indoors and wait ...
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STATEMENT FOLLOWING SECOND STABBING FATALITY IN NEWHAM
The Metropolitan Police have launched a murder investigation following the death of an 18-year-old man in Canning Town this afternoon (Monday 26 April 2021). The tragic incident in Coolfin Road, E16 happened at around 14:45, and is the second fatal stabbing in the borough in four days. On Friday (23 April 2021) 15-year-old Fares Maatou was fatally injured ...
Read More »As Muslims celebrate Ramadan, Islamic Relief UK reveals a new YouGov poll showing that 47 per cent of Brits do not know that charity is a major component of Islam
Almost 50 per cent of British people are not aware that charitable giving is a key component of Islam, despite Muslims donating over £150 million to charity during Ramadan 2020. 42 per cent of British people admitted to not knowing the Five Pillars of Islam And a total of 34 per cent of those surveyed incorrectly believed that establishing Shariah law, treating men as the superior gender or encouraging others to convert ...
Read More »MPF pray for victims of Covid during Virtual Iftar
The Muslim Professionals Forum (MPF) celebrated the start of the holy month of Ramadan by holding a Virtual Iftar on Saturday, 17th April. As well as reflecting on the values of Ramadan and the duties Muslims have to engage in the civil society, those present also remembered the victims of Covid during the prayers held just before the moment ...
Read More »The hard truths of climate change
Rayhan Ahmed Topader: The planet is warming, from North Pole to South Pole. Since 1906, the global average surface temperature has increased by more than 1.6 degrees Fahrenheit (0.9 degrees Celsius)-even more in sensitive polar regions. And the impacts of rising temperatures aren’t waiting for some far-flung future the effects of global warming are appearing right now. ...
Read More »UK All Party Parliamentary Group celebrates Golden Jubilee of Bangladesh
Ansar Ahmed Ullah: “Bangladesh’s bilateral relations with the United Kingdom since 1971 has been guided by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s secular, progressive, and peace-centric values and foreign policy,” said Bangladesh High Commissioner to the UK Ms Saida Muna Tasneem while speaking at a virtual meeting of the UK Parliament’s All-Party Parliamentary Group on Bangladesh (APPG) held ...
Read More »The world’s slow emergence from a global pandemic
Rayhan Ahmed Topader: We are going through what by every measure is a great crisis, so it is natural to assume that it will prove to be a turning point in modern history. In the months since the appearance of Covid-19 the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, analysts have differed over the type of world ...
Read More »Isleworth Deen Center has organised a Virtual Press Conference.
Pub purchased to convert into a mosque and center for £1m Planning permission obtained £500,000 required for refurbishment work April 21, Wednesday, LIVE TV APPEAL on Channel S Make a call to donate generously London, April 14: There are no mosques or centers in Isleworth and its surrounding areas of Richmond, Twickenham, Whitton, Hanworth and Brentford in West ...
Read More »Power Sharing Can Help to Establish the Rule of Law
Rayhan Ahmed Topader: The United States is committed to withdrawing its last 2,500 troops from Afghanistan less than 10 weeks from now, on May 1.That’s under a deal the Trump administration made last year with the Taliban.But it’s far from certain that will happen. Neither the Taliban, the Afghan government nor the United States have kept all ...
Read More »Liberal Democrat candidate Mohammed Uddin continue campaigning in his Loxford ward.
Mohammed Uddin the Liberal Democrat candidate for Loxford ward, has been working hard over the past week. On Wednesday Mohammed, whose supporters included former Lib Dem councillor Gwyneth Deakins, was out talking to local people in Loxford. He received a good response and learned a lot from the residents. Later in the evening Mohammed ION Benglai Sky TV at their invitation. He was interviewed ...
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