Emdad Rahman Players, personalities and community leaders will take to the football pitch as Beanibazar Sporting Club (BSCUK) gets ready to play a charity exhibition game to raise funds for Beanibazar Cancer Hospital (BBCH). The teams will be comprised of the ...
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One Third Soup Kitchen: Befriending the homeless
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 ...
Read More »Selina gets ahead with Reading Ahead
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 ...
Read More »Race hate crime tracked on trains
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 ...
Read More »Man arrested in Mosque Bomb Threat case
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 ...
Read More »ELM school teaching jobs: two days left to apply!
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 ...
Read More »Catwalk offers hope to women in Bangladesh
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 ...
Read More »Splash kids visit elderly care home
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, ...
Read More »Al Isharah Deaf Run raises awareness of Deaf culture
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 ...
Read More »Flash kissathon challenges homophobia at Hackney Sainsbury’s
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. ...
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