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Konnie Huq stormed to victory in Radio Times’ recent Best Ever Blue Peter Presenter poll, but she’s always been appreciated by the Asian community. Konnie was the BBC children’s TV show’s longest serving female presenter, having co-hosted it from December 1st 1997 until January 23rd 2008, and she recalls: ‘When I first got the job […]
This week saw the who’s who of Muslim businesses come together for an intimate evening of networking and social repartee complemented with sumptuous canapes and refreshing mocktails from the renowned ‘Great British Cuisine’ at leading Halal fine dining restaurant HS &Co. From established heavyweights Haloodies, ISFIN and Saracens solicitors to new, up and coming SMEs […]
Penny Appeal, and other Muslim charities, who supported the people of Cumbria in the 2015 floods have created a positive image of British Muslims. Speaking ahead of the Carlisle Floods Expo, conference organisers Kerryanne Wilde and Sue Dust of CERT (UK) have said: ‘We were really touched by the support which Penny Appeal and […]
International Women’s Day on 8th March globally celebrates the economic, political and social achievements of fabulous women from the past, present and future. The national demographic census illustrates that there are 32.2 million women in the United Kingdom; all equally remarkable. Muslim women this, Muslim women that… In this article are examples of a few […]
Prominent Muslim women’s voices are generally lacking in mainstream discourse. This is particularly the case when it comes to controversial and emotional topics such as marriage and relationships. Whilst there is an array of scholars ready to give fatwas on marital relationships, advice on Muslim’s seeking spouses, and words of wisdom to those getting divorced, […]
A staggering 885,000 Muslims supported the allied cause during the first world war, recruited from far-flung parts of British empire, including the Punjab, Bengal and Kashmir. Many served on the front line of some of the deadliest theatre of the war from the north and east of Africa to the middle east with high numbers […]
