Qari Asim

Government & Politics

Muslim Council of Britain denies endorsing British Muslim Network Sayeeda Warsi told launch event that the MCB was among community organisations which had expressed support for the new network

February 26, 2025 and   

(Middle East Eye) The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) has distanced itself from the British Muslim Network (BMN) after Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, a former government minister, suggested that the new organisation had the MCB’s support at a launch event on Tuesday. Addressing remarks made by […]

Clerics & Preachers

Senior UK Muslim clerics condemn Hamas attacks on Israel in landmark statement 15 Muslim clerics also condemn ‘excessive force’ by Israel but don’t apportion blame for hospital strike

October 18, 2023   

(Jewish News) Some of Britain’s most senior Muslim leaders have said they “denounce Hamas’s killing and abduction of innocent people” on 7 October and have steered clear of apportioning blame for the Gaza hospital killings. In a significant intervention by leading Muslim […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

‘UK leadership candidates not held to account over Islamophobia’ Addressing anti-Muslim hatred is not government’s priority, says former head of Conservative Muslim Forum

August 9, 2022   

(Anadolu) The UK leadership candidates must address Islamophobia within the Conservative Party, according to the head of the country’s largest and most diverse Muslim umbrella organization. That has triggered demands that the next prime minister takes Islamophobia within the Tory party seriously […]