Kulvinder Ghir and Amara Karan have joined the cast of Iqbal Khan’s production of Shakespeare’s romantic comedy Much Ado about Nothing. Joining Paul Bhattacharjee and Meera Syal as the sparring lovers, Benedick and Beatrice is a stellar cast of British
A crackdown has been ordered after worshippers were faced with revellers urinating up the side of their mosque. Congregation members at Rawtenstall’s Shah Jalal Jamia masjid and Islamic Centre arriving for services in the early hours have been
A Muslim airline pilot sacked after he was linked to two suspected terrorists has lost his case against British Airways. Samir Jamaluddin, a senior first officer who flew Boeing 747 jets, was arrested by counter terror police in 2007 before he was dropped
The body of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat may be exhumed after new evidence emerged that he might have been killed with radioactive poison. Mr Arafat’s widow, Suha, called for the autopsy in the wake of a Swiss laboratory’s findings, first
A man who ripped off a Muslim woman’s veil in a shopping centre because he thought she was “just another illegal immigrant” has been spared jail. Ian Brazier, from Shirley, Solihull, was given a six-week sentence, suspended for 18 months, and ordered
Police have issued photographs of the terrible injuries inflicted on a shopkeeper when he fought off two would-be robbers. More than six months on from the attack, 48-year-old David Basrai’s wife said he was still mentally and physically scarred by the
A model wears a creation designed by French fashion designer Frank Sorbier. It was part of his Haute Couture Fall-Winter 2013 collection presented in Paris. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)
The Muslim Jewish Forum of Greater Manchester welcomed members from the Paris Muslim Jewish organisation, Shalom Paix Salam to Manchester. The French visitors, Corine Goldberger, Beatrice Szwec and Scheherazade Feddal took in visits to the British Muslim
The case of a teenager accused of posting an offensive Facebook message about the deaths of six British soldiers in Afghanistan has been adjourned. Azhar Ahmed, 19, was due to go on trial today charged under the Communications Act 2003 with sending
One of the world’s most ancient societies has been given a legal buffer zone to guard it from the modern world. India’s Supreme Court has banned all commercial and tourism activity near their habitat in the country’s remote Andaman and Nicobar islands
Essex have pulled off a major coup after they announced the signing of veteran India spinner Harbhajan Singh for the second half of the season. Harbhajan is set to link up with the county in the next couple of weeks and is scheduled to make his first
Officials from India and Pakistan began another round of peace talks today after the recent arrest of a key suspect in the terror attack on India’s financial capital four years ago. Talks between India’s foreign secretary Ranjan Mathai and his Pakistani
Sadiq Khan MP is running the British 10k on Sunday to celebrate the re-launch of the Muslim Youth Helpline. It will also help raise much needed funds for the charity, which supports thousands of young British Muslims every year. Following the re-launch
Filmfare Award–winning actor Kalki Koechlin stars in a brand-new ad for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India. The ad reads, "Adopt, Don't Buy", and goes on to say, "Even the Little Tigers Need You", a reference to conservation groups
