Hanna-Mariam Chowdhury BBC Radio 4 will be commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Partition of India in 1947. This will include an exciting dramatic revival of Salman Rushdie’s award-winning Midnight’s Children, which is due to be broadcast on the birthday of Partition ...
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East Africa Crisis Appeal reaches £40 million
SALEH SAEED, head of the UK Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC), has welcomed the news that the DEC Appeal has reached £40 million. The Appeal Fund was established to deal with a famine in East Africa, caused by natural factors such ...
Read More »Muslim News Excellence Awards: winners!
The Muslim News Awards for Excellence ceremony was held in London on 27th March to acknowledge British Muslim and non-Muslim contributions to society. Among the winners was our very own Emdad Rahman, who has been volunteering with us since our ...
Read More »DEC launches Yemen Crisis Appeal
A major appeal was launched earlier this week by the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) to help people facing hunger in Yemen, with Clare Balding and Tom Hardy fronting appeals on both television and radio appeals. The UK Government will match donations ...
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 »Tragedy in Aleppo: 300,000 face slow death?
Islamic Relief – one of the only NGOs still operating inside the beleaguered Syrian city of Aleppo – has called for an immediate truce in the area. The charity fears that the 300,000 residents left in the city could be ...
Read More »Muslim Charity Run 2015 is a massive success!
Hundreds of runners fundraising for over 20 charities took part in the Muslim Charity Run 2015 at Victoria Park, Bow, East London. This year’s run evolved from the previously successful Run 4 Your Mosque. On a gloriously sunny day with ...
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Residents in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets today completed
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A Christian church minister and Muslim Imam are visiting Haiti, 12 months after the devastating earthquake
Read More »Election under siege in Pakistan: democracy on the brink in the fifth largest democracy
Mak Kunwar Amidst its nuclear arsenal and 245 million-strong populace, people of Pakistan cry out for international support to shield its democracy from its once-revered military. Politically motivated convictions of the front-runner, the former prime minister, is a mockery of ...
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