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Fashion&Style: Living the high life...

11:28am Thursday 11th March 2010

With the recession just behind us (we hope!), we thought we’d sprinkle a little luxury into the lives of our fashionable readers.

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Terror hotline may increase finger of suspicion on whole community

9:30am Monday 8th March 2010

Any initiative that aims to increase national security must be welcomed. But exactly how will the anti-terror hotline unveiled by the North West Counter-terrorism unit be perceived by Muslims.

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Infiltrating or just integrating?

11:08pm Monday 1st March 2010

Dispatches: Britain’s Islamic Republic review: Muslims are constantly being told to integrate and use democratic means to air their opinions. It seem now even that is out of bounds.

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The Hijaab: Twenty years later

2:23pm Thursday 18th February 2010

Twenty years after winning the right to wear the hijaab at school, barrister Aisha Alvi sees similar prejudices prevalent in the parts of the wider community.

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Is this the most stage-managed offensive in recent times?

5:37pm Monday 15th February 2010

It seems the media planning for ‘Operation Moshtarak’ was as carefully managed as the offensive itself.

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Join the BNP? I'd rather not thank you

4:34pm Monday 15th February 2010

Wonderful, I can now join the BNP. But why on earth would I want too?

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Body scanners: Intrusive or essential?

3:39pm Thursday 11th February 2010

Here Saima Afzal looks at the use of body scanners, whether they are an intrusive act that goes against civil liberties or whether they are an effective tool in the fight against terrorism.

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We Asians know a thing or two about romance

12:44pm Thursday 11th February 2010

there is nothing finer than getting a bunch of roses from a man with salan (curry) stains on his Shalwaar kameez.

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Do more? What else do you want us to do?

7:10pm Tuesday 9th February 2010

Do more to combat extremism? Well, most Muslims will state ‘what else do you want us to do?’.

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A good exercise in PR for Northwest anti-terror police

5:54pm Tuesday 9th February 2010

The recent programme on the BBC entitled ‘Terror on the Doorstep’ may have raised a few eyebrows.

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Why David Davies is the easy target

6:28pm Thursday 28th January 2010

It has become common practice in recent years to link dangerous actions of a few individuals to Muslims.

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Mansha Sweet Centre

4:10pm Friday 22nd January 2010

How can a simple sweet centre end-up in a food column like this? Well, the secret is all in the kebab roll and masala fish.

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I think it's time to admit we have a BIG problem

1:19pm Friday 22nd January 2010

Is it me or is the Asian community becoming fatter? You only have to look around to see a marked increase in the number of larger Asians.

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Being a Muslim more important than being Pakistani

4:50pm Tuesday 19th January 2010

Only 15 per cent of the youth in Pakistan see the country heading in the right direction according to a new report.

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What is it with all the conspiracy theories?

4:10pm Tuesday 19th January 2010

On my travels around the local shops and garages I always come across Asians sat around discussing conspiracy theories relating to the bombings, occupation and the sugar drought in Muslim countries.

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Why everyone needs an Anjem Choudary

5:50pm Tuesday 5th January 2010

Anjem Choudary is public enemy number once again.

Come on BBC...at least get the Eastenders wedding right!

4:17pm Saturday 2nd January 2010

I must admit the Muslim wedding in Eastenders had me stitches.

Help! Muslim extremists are using mobiles in prison

8:00am Wednesday 30th December 2009

Mobile phones could be used by Islamic extremists in prisons? The very thought of it had me calling for help.

Should you be singled out because you are Muslim?

3:05pm Tuesday 29th December 2009

If the reality has not hit home it will in the coming months.

BOOKS: The Many Conditions of Love by Farahad Zama

12:57pm Tuesday 29th December 2009

Described as the Indian mills and boon, The Many Conditions of Love is touching, amusing, entertaining and insightful, it continues where The Marriage Bureau for Rich People ended.