islam in uk

Britain’s Charity Commission is asking the Islamic Aid group why it invited a hardline Islamic preacher on a fundraising tour of Britain.

Father-of-two Faisal Bashir has called on police to do more to tackle hatred coming from Muslim communities after harassment drove him from his home when he left Islam.

An estimated 20,000 Muslims gathered in a park in Birmingham, UK for the funeral of Islamic TV channel founder Hazrat Shaykh Qibla Pir Alauddin Siddiqui Sahib, in what has been described as one of the largest funerals the city has ever seen.

Demand for Shariah-compliant banking reached an all-time high last year in the UK according to Al Rayan Bank, which recorded a 449 per cent rise in Islamic savings since 2012.

New mosques should be built in a more traditionally British style to help Muslims integrate with wider society, a government report has recommended. The Casey report, released on Monday, paints a stark picture of a society divided along ethnic and

Only four per cent of British Muslims believe Al Qaeda was responsible for the 9/11 attacks in the U.S., a study has found.

Amazon has removed a line of doormats dog mats featuring the Arabic word ‘Allah’ following complaints from Muslims. The mats, which were sold by third-party users, feature the word written in rainbow colours in Arabic script, and had been receiving

The British government has vetoed plans to ban Friday prayers for Muslim prisoners who may “abuse” them to spread extremism. Officials feared a proposal to force Muslims to worship alone in their cells would fuel discontent and lead to even

Demonstrators gathered outside Parliament this afternoon to protest against Islam, which they claim is detrimental to women’s rights. The ‘Islam Kills Women’ gathering was organised by Anne-Marie Waters, one of the leaders of PEGIDA UK, along with the groups Sharia

Two weeks after the sectarian murder of Asad Shah, a Facebook page was set up in praise of his self-proclaimed killer, 32-year-old taxi driver Tanveer Ahmed. Created as a “public figure” page, meaning that people can declare themselves a fan,

Muslim staff at a care home stopped residents eating pork because it was against their religion, a report has found. Staff at Wagtail Close in Buttershaw, Bradford were told to improve their service after an unannounced inspection found they had

Margaret Thatcher’s official biographer Charles Moore writes in today’s Telegraph that Islamic faith schools should be more closely monitored than Christian ones. Mr Moore is also former editor of the Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph and the Spectator, and was chairman

Parents have expressed concern at plans for an Islamic group to take over a secular school where less than two per cent of students are Muslim. The Tauheedul Education Trust (TET) is due to take over Highfield Humanities College in