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Cost of living: Donal Skehan helps out at Dublin food run during busy night

The celebrity cook volunteered with the Muslim Sisters of Eire at their most recent soup run and was left surprised by the long queues of people seeking out hot meals

Dublin Live · Apr 17, 2023

For years, I urged minorities to join the Tories. But now there’s Suella Braverman, I say – get out!

I thought the party could not sink lower than Boris Johnson, but the home secretary’s conduct makes it intolerable for people of colour, says former Conservative Muslim Forum leader Mohammed Amin

The Guardian - UK · Apr 17, 2023

OPINION - How we can change the world, one iftar at a time

The breaking of the Ramadan fast, the iftar meal, has become more than just an accepted part of our country’s calendar, it is celebrated as part of our British identity. But for many Muslims organising these events, they are starting to question how their positive actions of bringing communities together…

Evening Standard · Apr 17, 2023

A four-day work week could help communities of faith – and us all

For Muslims, being able to attend congregational Friday prayers stress-free would be a great boon and help counter stereotypes and prejudice

The Guardian - AU · Apr 16, 2023

Director Nida Manzoor: ‘For teenage girls, everything feels so intense it’s almost violent’

Known for We Are Lady Parts, her controversial sitcom about a Muslim punk band, the writer-director has made a feature film, Polite Society, that celebrates young female defiance with martial arts-fuelled energy

The Guardian - UK · Apr 16, 2023

Will Turkey’s inflation crisis damage Erdogan’s re-election chances?

A month before Turkey goes to the polls on May 14, the country’s inflation crisis is a major campaign theme as the six main opposition parties rally around Kemal Kilicdaroglu to create the strongest challenge yet to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. But analysts say discontent with Erdogan’s economic management will…

France 24 · Apr 16, 2023

Tesco shoppers touched by sweet detail in 'beautiful' Eid advert

Tesco shoppers have praised the supermarket giant for highlighting diversity in its recent Eid advert, which follows a Muslim family as they prepare for celebrations

Daily Mirror · Apr 15, 2023

Large Crowds for Ramadan Prayers at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa

Muslim worshippers packed Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa compound for noon prayers on the fourth Friday of the holy month of Ramadan under heightened Israeli police presence. The prayers ended peacefully amid a year-long escalation of Israeli-Palestinian violence. Israeli police raids at the sacred compound last week triggered rocket attacks from Gaza, southern…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 15, 2023

In First, Iran's President Addresses Palestinians in Gaza

Iran’s president on Friday delivered an unprecedented speech to an annual pro-Palestinian rally in the Gaza Strip — a display of Iran’s importance to the Hamas group that rules the territory. In a virtual address to hundreds of supporters of Hamas and the smaller Islamic Jihad group gathered at a…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 15, 2023

Minneapolis allows Islamic call to prayer five times per day

Local groups welcome decision to make Minneapolis the first large city in the US with year-round public call to prayer.

Al Jazeera · Apr 14, 2023