THANKS TO generous donations, the Island Network has been able to continue distributing food packs and hot meals to needy folk on the Isle of Dogs. The initial round of deliveries was funded by the Canary Wharf Group and One ...
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Demonising Probashis won’t contain coronavirus in Bangladesh
Demonising Probashis has damaged Bangladesh’s efforts to contain coronavirus and more explains NAJRUL KHASRU. ON 14th MARCH a group of Probashis, arriving from Italy were transferred to a local facility to go through the Government‘s newly initiated coronavirus screening procedures. At ...
Read More »Corona & class: Part 1 – how a virus divided society
THE UK GOVERNMENT’S response to the Corona pandemic has been ridden with all the establishment prejudice and discrimination of normal times – but the crisis has made it all just a little bit more obvious. The virus doesn’t discriminate: the ...
Read More »East London Mosque issues new funeral guidance
CORONAVIRUS is still causing a several hundred deaths a day in the UK – and that figure includes a number of Muslims, whose lives the virus has brought to an end. The East London Mosque has now brought together a ...
Read More »East London Mosque services go online
WALK THROUGH Whitechapel any day of the week, and you’ll be walking alongside people going to or from the East London Mosque. At least, that was the situation before the Lockdown. These days, footfall through Whitechapel has been reduced to ...
Read More »Mosque appeals for volunteers to help with burials
THE EAST LONDON MOSQUE has asked for volunteers from across London to come forward to help with the funerals of those who have died from COVID-19. The appeal is made in partnership with the Muslim Community Association. The request for ...
Read More »Muslim charities work together to combat Coronavirus
A GROUP OF leading Muslim organisations have come together to co-ordinate a collective response to the Coronavirus lockdown. The constituent organisations include charities, mosques, community centres. The group, the Muslim Charities Forum (MCF), has launched an emergency financial appeal so ...
Read More »From clapping to campaigning for a fairer NHS
HEALTH WORKERS across the UK have thanked people for the “Clap for the NHS” show of appreciation last night, 26th March. And now the medics’ campaign Medact has issued a list of actions which the public can do to help ...
Read More »Community Coalition launches Corona-busting meals service
Emdad Rahman A COALITION OF volunteer groups has come together to support East London communities as the Coronavirus continues to bring hardship and misery to the lives of the most vulnerable community members. At the launch of the project today ...
Read More »Corona Chronicles: the homeless hostel
Emdad Rahman ON PLANET Covid-19 the homeless are most vulnerable because of constant exposure and dangerously unacceptable living conditions. It’s not surprising that many authorities are in a frenzied mad dash to house them. Many of the shelters offering accommodation ...
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