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Can madrasahs bridge the education gap for British Muslims?

Can madrasahs bridge the education gap for British Muslims?

Studies show that poor educational attainment and professional underachievement are prevalent amongst young British Muslims.

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation, an independent development and social research charity, found that British Muslims are less upwardly mobile than their Hindu, Christian and Jewish counterparts.


Senior Saudi cleric orders the killing of Muslims who permit mixing of opposite sex

A leading Saudi hardline Wahhabi cleric issued a fatwa in which he orders the killing of Muslims who allow the sexes to mix freely in the workplace or in educational institutions.

Tribal people killed and villages burnt in army and settler attacks in Bangladesh

Tribal people killed and villages burnt in army and settler attacks in Bangladesh

At least six Jumma tribal people were killed and hundreds of houses burnt to the ground in an attack by soldiers and settlers on tribal villages in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh on Saturday.


More to Saudi women than the niqab

More to Saudi women than the niqab

Perhaps one of the most misunderstood and stereotyped countries in the world is Saudi Arabia, particularly when it comes to its women.

Can violence truly defend Islam?

Alas, it happened again. An extremist Muslim attacked a Westerner to punish him for mocking Islam.


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