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Lena Khan and Mehwish Hayat come together to quash stereotypes of Muslims on screen

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From left: Lena Khan and Mehwish Hayat Actor and campaigner Mehwish Hayat and acclaimed writer and director Lena Khan have joined UK Muslim Film to help the organisation challenge stereotypes of Muslims on-screen. Acclaimed writer and filmmaker Lena Khan, director of Disney’s hit original film ‘Flora & Ulysses’ and episodes of Netflix’s hit series ‘Never Have […]

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Fifty years on, Idi Amin’s expulsion of British Asians will always be marked as a life-changing event for many

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Image by The Hindu Perspective Fifty years ago, dictator Idi Amin announced his intention to expel Uganda’s thriving community of British South Asians. They were given 90 days to leave, or be rounded up in concentration camps. More than 27,000 ethnic Indian and Pakistani holders of UK passports made their way to Britain, which reluctantly

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“Our lives are paused”, says Afghan evacuee after 11 months in UK hotel

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An Afghan evacuee who lived in a hotel near Leeds for almost a year has described feeling like her family’s “lives are paused” as they await news of permanent accommodation from the Home Office. In a letter seen by the BBC, refugees minister Lord Harrington appealed to councils to help house the 10,500 Afghans currently

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England Cricket Team to tour Pakistan after 17 years

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England will tour Pakistan in September for the first time in 17 years to play seven Twenty20 and three test matches in two spells, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on Tuesday. England pulled out of their Pakistan tour last year soon after New Zealand had abandoned their tour of the South Asian country over

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UK and India welcome ‘landmark’ agreement to recognise educational qualifications

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Image by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images/Bloomberg The UK and India on Thursday 21 July signed an agreement to recognise each other’s higher education qualifications in a move welcomed by British universities. The Memorandum of Understanding, part of the UK-India Enhanced Trade Partnership (ETP) agreed by Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Prime Minister Narendra Modi last year,

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Man raises £20,000 to provide aid to people affected by Bangladesh floods

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22-year-old Milad Sarwar recently launched a fundraiser campaign and managed to collect more than £20,000 towards the ongoing flood relief effort in Bangladesh in just two days. The young man created a page on GoFundMe to collect the funds as part of his effort to do more charity work. Sarwar said, “About two years ago

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Financial fraudster Vijay Mallya sentenced to jail by the Supreme Court of India

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Image by Getty Images/BBC The Supreme Court of India has sentenced business tycoon Vijay Mallya to four months in prison for not obeying previous court orders related to the collapse of Kingfisher Airlines. The Airlines, which was the country’s second largest air carrier, collapsed over ten years ago and many of the loans given to

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UK government introduces highest number of fully-funded scholarships for Indian students

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The UK government has announced its partnership with leading businesses in India to offer 75 fully funded scholarships for Indian students to study in the UK from September this year. According to the government, this is the highest number of fully funded scholarships given for the one-year master’s programme to date. HSBC, Pearson India, Hindustan

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Mumbai Indians players set to go for a UK tour this summer

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Image by IPL Indian Premier League team Mumbai Indians is preparing to perform better in the next season of the campaign after an unsuccessful stint this year. Many ‘uncapped’ team members are gearing up for an ‘exposure tour of England’ which is going to kickstart in July. The tour will include training sessions with the

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British Asian community expresses disappointment over Roe v. Wade ruling

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The recent US Supreme Court ruling which overturned Roe v. Wade giving individual states the right to put strict restrictions on abortions for women has drawn a lot of criticism from all over the world, with many communities and countries expressing their disappointment. In the UK, many well-known British Asians came forward to speak in

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