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Hyphen is a distinctive online platform dedicated to topics that matter to Muslims in the UK and Europe. With both long-standing and new communities increasingly influencing our cultural, political, and economic environments, Hyphen seeks to foster a space for both Muslims and non-Muslims to come together. Here, people can share ideas and build connections.

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Relationship between Labour and Muslims ‘at breaking point’ — internal survey

2 days ago | hyphenonline.com | Lucas Cumiskey

A major survey of Muslim Labour politicians has warned that the “historic ties” between Muslims and the party are at “breaking point”, with more than half of those surveyed saying Keir Starmer’s government has represented their communities badly. The Labour Muslim Network (LMN), which calls itself the voice of British Muslims in the party, asked all 477 Muslim Labour MPs, councillors and elected mayors about their views and experiences.
Leeds councillor who tried to break up riots enters Green deputy leader race

3 days ago | hyphenonline.com | Aisha Rimi

Mothin Ali, the Leeds councillor who made national headlines for his efforts to de-escalate tensions during unrest last summer, has announced his candidacy for deputy leader of the Green party of England and Wales. Ali told Hyphen he wanted to change the party’s perception as “southern-focused” and “middle class”. “The party needs someone who can have that conversation with people on their doorstep, someone with the same experiences who speaks the same way as their community,” he said.
Halal meets tayib: how an Oxfordshire farm prepares for qurbani

4 days ago | hyphenonline.com | Nylah Salam

Tucked within the rolling hills of Oxfordshire sits Willowbrook Farm, the UK’s first halal and tayib farm. It’s a humid May day, just over a week before Eid al-Adha, and 62-year-old Lufti Radwan is busy prepping animals for qurbani, putting together the final touches for the celebration. Gripping a power saw with practised ease, he carves into a fresh length of wood.
Safiya Saeed: Meet Sheffield’s proud new lord mayor

4 days ago | hyphenonline.com | Aisha Rimi

Sheffield’s first Black Muslim woman to be appointed lord mayor has said she wants to inspire young people and change perceptions of what leadership can look like. Speaking to Hyphen after her first week in the job, Safiya Saeed said she had yet to finish reading all the messages of congratulations. “The most memorable reactions are always the girls who say: ‘Now I can be a leader,’ or mothers saying: ‘You’ve inspired my daughters.
155,000 more Muslim kids affected by two-child benefit cap than thought

5 days ago | hyphenonline.com | Lucas Cumiskey

Data obtained exclusively by Hyphen has revealed that 155,000 more Muslim children are affected by the “cruel and immoral” two-child benefit cap than was previously thought. Labour MPs and the party’s Muslim network have heaped pressure on ministers to axe the controversial policy in light of our findings. Hyphen commissioned the Office for National Statistics to crunch data about the policy’s impact on different faith groups.
The Phoenician Scheme: existential crises in the Middle East

1 week ago | hyphenonline.com | Leila Latif

Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme opens with a plane crash and a pitch-black punchline. An unsuspecting passenger is blown in two, the panicking pilot is fired mid-air, and Zsa-zsa Korda (Benicio del Toro), a puppet-master industrialist, calmly survives his sixth assassination attempt. He walks through a cornfield with a nasty black eye and a bloodied vestigial organ protruding from his torso, informing the press that reports of his death have been greatly exaggerated.
The online support group for Muslims dealing with miscarriage

1 week ago | hyphenonline.com | Hannah Fearn

Asiya Dawood married her husband in 2007. It was 12 years before the couple welcomed their first child — yet Dawood says that she became a mother just a year after her wedding. Her first pregnancy, which ended at 18 weeks, was the first of four miscarriages and late-stage losses. It also marked the start of a long journey confronting both her ability to have children and her own culture. “I had another loss in 2009 at nine weeks and another at 23 weeks in 2016,” she says.
Muslim leaders express hope that Pope Leo will be a peacemaker

1 week ago | hyphenonline.com | Cecilia Butini

On Sunday 18 May, Pope Leo XIV held his first official mass in St Peter’s Square, attended by some of the world’s most powerful figures including US vice-president JD Vance, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen. The next day, he met leaders from the other major religions, including Islam, Judaism, Hinduism and Buddhism.
The history of garlic: a true underground hit

1 week ago | hyphenonline.com | Samir Jeraj

One of my dad’s favourite snacks is something he calls a garlic ladwa, also known as lasan ja ladu. They are made from leftover rotlo — millet flatbreads — crumbled into a hot oil or ghee and mixed into a paste with young green garlic, then cooled and shaped into balls. Traditionally served with yoghurt or mashed aubergine, they are usually eaten for breakfast.
Will the government U-turn on the two-child benefit cap?

1 week ago | hyphenonline.com | Shehab Khan

The two-child benefit cap has lingered in British politics for almost a decade. What was once seen as a settled legacy of austerity is now at the centre of an intensifying debate that could reshape the welfare state. The Conservative-era policy that parents can only claim child tax credit — a means-tested benefit to help with the cost of raising a child — for their first two children affects the lives of hundreds of thousands of families.