Days after protests organised by many in the Muslim community against the release of the film The Lady of Heaven after deeming it as ‘blasphemous’, Cineworld decided to cancel screenings of the film based on Prophet Muhammad’s daughter. Asif Patel, Chairman of the Bolton Council of Mosques, wrote a letter to Cineworld stating that the film is […]
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Three-year-old Diyan Hirani has become the face of a campaign launched by Cancer Research UK across the country. He will feature on poster appeal for Children & Young People which will be put up across 600 of the charity’s shops in the UK. The young boy was once battling cancer himself after being diagnosed with
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Dubbed as “The Kenmure Street Three”, three people including a 23-year-old woman and two men, aged 31 and 32, were arrested and charged in May 2021 for public order offences during the protests against two Indian men being deported by the Home Office. Now, they face prosecution and are still fighting charges. Police Scotland had
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Image by TJ Pirzada An initiative to promote more inclusivity and address under-representation of Pakistani and British Pakistani students was launched last week at the Lady Margaret Hall (LMH) of the University of Oxford. The Oxford Pakistan Programme (OPP) took place in the presence of senior academics, administrators and some esteemed guests including Pakistani education
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A recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Dundee in collaboration with Dr Mohan’s Diabetes Specialities Centres, has found that South Asians – especially Asian Indians – are at a higher risk of developing young onset type-2 diabetes as compared to white Europeans. The research is one of its kind as mostly research
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(Far Left) Dr Kuldip Kaur Bharj OBE, President of Ramgarhia Gurdwara with members of the community helping feed the hungry Ramgarhia Gurdwara on Bolton road is providing relief to members of the community facing issues as a result of the ongoing cost-of-living crisis in the UK, by providing free food. The Gurdwara’s Sikh community members
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Image by Belfast Asian Women’s Academy A community Fusion Day was organized recently by the Belfast Asian Women\’s Academy (BAWA) and St Malachy\’s Youth Centre in South Belfast to promote interaction among people of various backgrounds in a fun, shared and safe space. The event was appreciated by many local people belonging to all ages
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English retired footballer and current Football Association Council member has become the first British South Asian footballer ever to receive an MBE as part of the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. No other British Asian footballer has received the honour until now. Uddin, is one of the four people in the sport to receive the award
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Image by Urban-Air Port Indian-origin entrepreneur Ricky Sandhu who is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Urban-Air Port has set up the first Vertiport for flying taxis in England. The government-backed project will see the use of Electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) vehicles such as air taxis and autonomous cargo drones at Air-One in
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Nottinghamshire-based non-governmental organisation, Muslim Charity, has tied up with United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) to provide over 630 diabetic Palestinian patients living in Gaza with insulin that will last for two months. The charity has donated $75000 for the insulin supplies which will treat those suffering
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