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Parsons Green: Aladdins takeaway and Yahyah Farroukh abused and threatened online

Posted on September 22, 2017 By Religious Reader

Staff at a fried chicken shop received threats and abuse after an employee was arrested and then released without further action during the Parsons Green […]

This Year Sees Alignment of the Jewish & Muslim Calendars

Posted on September 21, 2017 By Faith Matters

This year sees the alignment of main holy days in the Jewish and Islamic calendars – Rosh Hashanah, which translates as the ‘beginning of the […]

Far-right party likened to Nazis to shake up German parliament

Posted on September 21, 2017 By Faith Matters

The first far-right party set to enter Germany’s parliament for more than a half a century says it will press for Chancellor Angela Merkel to […]

Pakistan army pushed political role for militant-linked groups

Posted on September 21, 2017 By Faith Matters

A new Pakistani political party controlled by an Islamist with a $10 million U.S. bounty on his head is backing a candidate in a by-election […]

Inspired by ‘blasphemy killer’, new Pakistani party eyes 2018 vote

Posted on September 21, 2017 By Faith Matters

The head of a new Pakistani Islamist party that lionizes the killer of a provincial governor said it would take its rallying cry of “death […]

Extremists change narrative to attract vulnerable youths to cause

Posted on September 5, 2017 By Faith Matters

LONDON: The latest wave of terror attacks across Europe has drawn the spotlight on popular platforms being used as a recruiting tool for groups like […]