The Telegraph - Izzy Lyons - 3 March 2019 When the Bishop of Loughborough was 13-years-old, her brother was murdered for being a Christian. Born and raised in Iran, she was forced to flee her homeland in 1980 on the grounds of religious persecution - a story that is all too familiar for Continue Reading
Daily Hope for Turkish Women
Gender-based violence is still one of the most prevalent issues in Turkey today. According to the Turkish Statistical Institute, 2,337 women have been murdered by husbands, fathers, or sons in the last ten years – 78 lives were claimed in February of this year. Rape and child marriages are Continue Reading
Toblerone’s halal certification outrages the far right
By Rob Picheta and Tara John, CNN Members of Europe's far right have called for a mass boycott of Toblerone, after discovering that the popular triangular chocolate bar is halal-certified. Halal is an Arabic word that denotes that a food or service is permissible according to Islamic law. It Continue Reading
Young Muslims challenge the old guard at Britain’s mosques
The Economist AT ONE O’CLOCK in the afternoon, a handful of young Muslims gather for prayers in Blackburn, Lancashire. They are not meeting in a purpose-built mosque, however, but in a couple of sparsely furnished rooms above a chemist’s shop—a kind of startup prayer room. Everyone is welcome, Continue Reading