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Emdad Rahman This week we had a special guest as Tom Parmenter from Sky News joined us at the soup kitchen at Stratford City. Apparently Owen Smith thinks he could eradicate homelessness within five years if he was to come ...

Selina Jahan came to the UK some seven years ago, from the Bagbari district of Sylhet, Bangladesh. She came with her husband, Shahin Ahmed, and their children. Initially the family joined her father in Tower Hamlets, but they then decided ...

We’ve all heard that race hate crimes have increased since the “Brexit” vote in the referendum – and now the British Transport Police have confirmed the trend. The Transport Police recorded 119 incidents which included allegations of racist abuse on ...

On 1st August, a Rotherham mosque received a bomb threat.  Less than three weeks later a man has been arrested and is being questioned. The bomb threat arrived by post in a letter – not so much a letter as ...

The East London Mosque is well known to Tower Hamlets residents as a large, busy Mosque and Islamic Centre. But did you know that two schools are housed in the London Muslim Centre and the newly completed Maryam Centre in ...

Fashion designer Rima Tadmory has joined forces with charity Islamic Relief to launch “A Tale of Two Tailors”, a fashion show that aims to provide a brighter future for women in Bangladesh.  This women-only event will take place at Edgbaston ...

Emdad Rahman As part of their social responsibility development, young people from the Splash Life Skills Project visited the Sonali Gardens old people’s home to meet the elderly, befriend them and serve delicious home cooked food. In attendance were Sadia, ...

Emdad Rahman The annual Deaf Run returned to Mile End Park this year – attracting thousands of visitors once again as the Deaf charity Al Isharah yet again delivered a spectacular showpiece event. This year promised to be even bigger ...

Just days ago, Hackney Sainsbury’s threw a gay couple out of their store – because they were holding hands. In response, the local lesbian and gay community descended on the store on Saturday – for a flash kissathon in protest. ...

Emdad Rahman The Al Isharah annual Deaf Run and family fun day saw the return of the highly anticipated Tug Of War showdown. Competing teams included reigning champions Human Aid, Al Isharah, boxing coach Abdul Hannan’s all star Brawlers Boxing ...