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Interfaith
Chief executive of MEND wrote: ‘Israel’s generosity is like that of Hitler’ Exclusive: Azhar Qayum, head of Muslim Engagement and Development (MEND), tells Jewish News his incendiary comment on Facebook from 2014 was 'not meant as an insult to any people.'
(Jewish News) The chief executive of Islamic advocacy group Muslim Engagement and Development (MEND) wrote that “Israel’s generosity is like the ‘generosity’ of Hitler” in an incendiary social media post. Azhar Qayum made the claim during a heated online debate sparked by […]
Clothing
Boris Johnson’s Muslim comments ‘really ill-judged,’ says Caroline Nokes
(BBC) Boris Johnson’s controversial comments on Muslim women were “really ill judged,” says a former Tory minister. The PM came under fire in 2018 after he wrote an article comparing women in burkas to letterboxes and bank robbers. Caroline Nokes — who […]
Immigration
Barber who shared IS video of beheadings jailed
(BBC) A barber who admitted sending propaganda videos from the organisation calling itself Islamic State (IS) to a WhatsApp group has been jailed. Liverpool Crown Court heard one of the videos Mohammed Hamad shared in January 2023 was of three prisoners being […]