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  • 1 week ago | hyphenonline.com | Saman Javed

    Muslim Liverpool fans who attended the club’s Premier League victory parade on Monday have described their shock and sadness after a car ploughed through a crowd of pedestrians, injuring 50 people. Merseyside police have arrested a 53-year-old man on suspicion of attempted murder, dangerous driving and driving while unfit through drugs. Police said they are not treating the incident, which occurred just after 6pm, as terror-related.

  • 2 weeks ago | hyphenonline.com | Saman Javed

    Tucked a few minutes’ walk behind the bustling Poplar High Street in Tower Hamlets, the Will Crooks estate appears as a time capsule of east London history. Four yellow and red brick buildings, built in the 1930s with the aim of housing working-class families, now sit in the shadow of the towering wealth of Canary Wharf. By the turn of the 21st century, the estate had become home to successive immigrant communities: from Ireland, the Caribbean, and later Bangladesh.

  • 1 month ago | hyphenonline.com | Saman Javed

    British Muslim leaders have paid tribute to Pope Francis, the leader of the global Roman Catholic Church, who died on Monday aged 88. The Vatican said the pope, who was elected to the position in 2013, had died following a stroke and cardiac arrest. His final appearance was at the Vatican’s St Peter’s Square on Sunday, where he gave an Easter address.

  • 1 month ago | hyphenonline.com | Saman Javed

    Families, business owners and local councillors in Slough are battling to save two libraries ahead of a crunch meeting that will decide their future next month. Chandra Muvvala, an independent councillor for Langley Marish, who is leading the campaign to save Langley and Cippenham libraries, is asking local families and politicians to join a protest outside council offices on 24 April.

  • 2 months ago | hyphenonline.com | Saman Javed

    Charities and senior education professionals have hailed the appointment of Sir Hamid Patel as the interim chair of Ofsted as a “landmark moment showcasing the incredible contributions British Muslims make to society”. The education regulatory body recently announced that Patel, who has been an Ofsted board member since 2019, will take up the role for five months after Dame Christine Ryan steps down at the end of March.

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