Islamic research

Dr Mohammed Naseem, the founder and chairman of Birmingham Central Mosque, has passed away aged 90 at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham. Dr Naseem was one of the most outspoken and sometimes controversial leaders of the British Muslim community over many decades. In a statement The Muslim Council of Britain …

Debate heats up as UAE considers new law requiring mothers, to nurse their children until the age of two  Dubai, United Arab Emirates – It is one of the most personal decisions facing any new mother. But in the UAE, the question of whether or not to breastfeed has in recent months, …

A man who beheaded his teenage girlfriend with a kitchen knife has been found guilty of her murder. Pizza delivery driver Aras Hussein decapitated 18-year-old student Reema Ramzan at his flat in Sheffield in June before stabbing himself in the chest. The 21-year-old was jailed for life at Sheffield Crown …

LONDON: Members of the racist English Defence League (EDL) staged a protest outside Regent’s Park Mosque here during Jummah prayers, attempting to spark confrontation between the worshippers and the EDL but the Metropolitan police intervened to stop the break out of violence. Dozens of EDL members arrived outside London’s historic …

UK citizens make up the largest proportion of foreign mercenaries in Syria, according to a new report published by the International Centre for the Study of Radicalization. The ICSR stated that 17.9% of gunmen in Syria were from the UK, based on their database of fighters identified from their social …

Five Muslim community workers have accused MI5 of waging a campaign of blackmail and harassment in an attempt to recruit them as informants. The men claim they were given a choice of working for the Security Service or face detention and harassment in the UK and overseas. They have made …

A former EDL member who stormed a mosque in Essex in a revenge attack for the murder of British soldier, Lee Rigby in Woolwich says he’s sorry. Geoff Ryan, 44, embraced the Imam of Braintree Mosque and said: “I’m sorry.” Last year Mr Ryan entered Al Falah Centre armed with …

A grieving Luton family have appealed to the British ambassador in Islamabad for help in bringing their father’s killer to justice. Mahmood Hussain Shah, 62, of Claremont Road was shot in the back on March 10 as he went out for a pint of milk in the village of Dhamali …

Once a preserve of Christian charities, Muslim-run food banks are now catering for diverse communities in need. The Sufra food bank, run from a small community centre on a north-west London housing estate, is in high demand. The Muslim charity’s Wednesday afternoon session sees a constant stream of people coming to …

A group of Iranians, including a nine-year-old girl, have taken three British banks to court, saying their accounts were closed based on ethnic reasons. About twenty Iranians are suing the three high-street UK banks, RBS, NatWest and Lloyds for what they call misreading the sanctions policy in closing their accounts …