MCB’s One-day Conference on Terrorism and Extremism: How Should British Muslims Respond?   Dr. Mozammel Haque :: Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), UK’s largest Muslim umbrella body with over 500 affiliated national, regional and local organisations, mosques, charities and schools, organised a one-day conference on ‘Terrorism and Extremism: How should British Muslims respond?’ held at Regent Hall, Salvation Army, London, on Thursday, ...

Dr. Mozammel Haque Before the Daesh or the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS), as it is known, had even claimed responsibility for the shootings and explosions that killed more than 120 in Paris on Friday night, Muslims around the world took to social media to condemn the perpetrators and defend Islam as a faith of nonviolence, ...

By Fatema Miah :: We all are aware of the recent incident of Paris Attack via media news. On the evening of 13 November 2015 there in Paris a series of attacks took place.  It is very disturbing and sad that 129 people were killed and further nearly 500 reported injured in the multiple attacks.  The attacks what is understood ...

Dr Fahmida Khatun :: Paris was preparing for November 30, not November 13. Both dates reflect threats of two different natures to the human civilisation. Both have similar origins. They are the creations of developed nations manifested in two different forms. But victims are innocent people in both cases. The horrific attacks in Paris have left the people of France ...

Plans to redress differences in school funding across England are expected to be outlined in the Autumn Statement. Change will begin in 2017-18 after consultation on the details, which could happen in early 2016, George Osborne is likely to say on Wednesday. This would begin to reduce historical variations in funding per pupil between different areas of England. School budgets ...

Two 5,000-strong “strike brigades” that can be rapidly deployed are to be created by 2025 to help the UK respond to “diverse” threats, the PM is to say. David Cameron will give details of an additional £12bn of equipment spending, as he outlines the Strategic Defence and Security Review in the Commons. The extra spending will include a new fleet ...

Mojaeed walked separate gallows; jail authorities go for quick execution after president rejects clemency petitions of war criminals Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed were hanged early today for committing crimes against humanity during the country’s Liberation War. The two walked the gallows around 12:55am together at Dhaka Central Jail amid tight security, Brig Gen Syed Iftekhar Uddin, ...

20 November 2015 Three men fighting extradition from the UK are alleged to have been key members of a terror group that planned to kidnap a British ambassador. Bakr Hamad, 38, Zana Rahim, 32, and Awat Hamasalih, 33, held senior positions in Rawti Shax, Westminster Magistrates’ Court was told. The group plotted to carry out attacks across Europe, it is ...

For the number of new trainee teachers in England have been missed for the third year running, prompting concerns of an intensified recruitment crisis in schools. This year, 28,148 graduates began initial teacher training courses, representing 94% of the target figure. At secondary level, where population increases are set to hit schools next year, just 82% of the target was ...

Mayor of Tower Hamlets, John Biggs, joined the Meals on Wheels service last week to deliver hot meals to vulnerable residents. The Mayor went along to visit Andrea Pendock on November 13, as part of the celebrations around Meals on Wheels Week. Run by the National Association of Care Catering, Meals on Wheels Week is an initiative created to raise ...