For decades, owning a home in Islam’s two holiest cities has felt like a distant dream for many British Muslims - a spiritual aspiration edged with legal and financial uncertainty.
This month, Saudi experts open the door to Makkah and Madinah home ownership, making that dream closer to reality.
Moonsighters Academy seminar at The University of Leeds.
From the left, Dr Emma Alexander, Sofia Dawoodji, Shemanara Haq and Uzma Asghar.
Every year in Britain, a quiet fracture runs through Muslim life. In one home, a mother begins fasting. In another, a city away, her sister does not. Cousins celebrate Eid on different days....
(l-r) Andleeb Hanif, Farkhanda Hussain-Butt, Nasreen Karim, MP Naz Shah and Raheela Khan
The room fell quiet as Naz Shah began to speak.
What followed was not a polished political address, nor a rehearsed speech. It was a life laid bare. An account of survival, faith and fierce resilience that...
Childhood abuse does not end when the bruises fade or the doors close. It follows people into adulthood, shaping how they think, feel, love, work and survive. For many, it becomes an unseen companion - one that quietly drives depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress, addiction, self-harm and fractured relationships.
Decades...
“If you’re of Asian ethnicity then you’re half as likely to say yes to donation, but around twice as likely to need a transplant – and that’s the health inequality we are facing.”
Mahmud Nawaz, chair of Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, speaks with the force of...
At the Barbican, Dirty Looks: Desire and Decay in Fashion confronts every assumption about beauty we bring into a gallery space. This ambitious exhibition reframes the so-called “dirty” side of fashion — from genuine mud-stained garments to pieces intentionally distressed or buried — as a radical vocabulary of resistance and reclamation.
After conquering screens and soundtracks alike, Farhan Saeed is back where his heart has always lived - in melody, storytelling, and song.
His new album Khat is a deeply personal body of work, shaped by reflection, distance, love, and the unspoken emotions that linger between people. It marks a...
When Bradford Hospitals Charity announced its first-ever official ambassador this week, the choice felt less like a new appointment and more like the formal recognition of a relationship years in the making.
Ishfaq Farooq, a Bradford-born entrepreneur and director of MyLahore and dessert brand Wunder Crumble, has been quietly...
Nazim Ali, Creating Smiles gifts initiative co-ordinator
By the time Nazim Ali reached Ward 17 at Airedale Hospital, he had already made history of a quiet, human kind.
The bags in his hands - filled with cuddly toys, play sets and baby gifts - marked the 50th time he has...
In a move being hailed as a national benchmark, Manchester City Council has become the first authority in the Greater Manchester Combined Authority to be formally accredited as a Menopause Friendly Employer – signalling a cultural shift in how large public bodies support women at work.
The accreditation, awarded...
If laughter is the best teaser, Happy Patel: Khatarnak Jasoos has just delivered a knockout punch. In a newly dropped promotional video, Aamir Khan Productions brings together Aamir Khan, Vir Das, and a scene-stealing surprise appearance by Sunil Grover - with results that are nothing short of hilarious.
Grover...
By the time most people are still debating their next city break, one avid secondary school teacher has already crossed deserts, rainforests, megacities and mountain ranges on six continents.
This year Bradford-born explorer, Imran Fazil, intends to step onto Antarctica - completing a personal ambition to set foot on...
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Inside a garment factory on the outskirts of Gaziantep, the steady rhythm of sewing machines tells a story of survival turned into renewal.
For Ghazwan, a 58-year-old Syrian entrepreneur, the workshop represents far more than commercial success - it is proof that lives and livelihoods can be...
More than 5.6 million people still need to file their self assessment tax return, with less than a month to go before the 31 January deadline, according to figures from HM Revenue & Customs.
While millions remain yet to complete their return for the 2024-25 tax year, thousands of...
Menopause care and prostate conditions are to be among the first priorities for the NHS’s new online hospital, a flagship digital reform intended to change how patients in England access specialist care.
The service, known as NHS Online, is expected to begin treating patients from 2027 and will initially...
Shanaz Gulzar and Dan Bates, who have been appointed to lead of delivery of the 2005 UK City of Culture programme for Bradford, outside Bradford City Hall. Photo by Tim Smith.
The leaders behind one of the most ambitious cultural regeneration projects in recent British history have been recognised in the King’s...
As 2025 draws to a close, many British Muslims pause not only out of fatigue, but reflection. It has been a year that tested patience, principles and our shared sense of belonging. A year marked by grief and gratitude, strain and solidarity....
British South Asian artist Hardish Virk is asking families across the UK to open their photo albums, cassette boxes and memory drawers, issuing what he calls an “urgent” appeal for ethnically diverse communities to share their stories of growing up in Britain at a moment when hate crime and divisive rhetoric are...
LOS ANGELES - DECEMBER 11: The cast of Street Fighter onstage at The Game Awards 2025 at the Peacock Theater on December 11, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/PictureGroup)
The worlds of gaming and cinema collided in spectacular fashion as the stars of Street Fighter took to the stage at...
The Indian indie music scene is having its moment - and it is loud, emotional and utterly unstoppable.
Fuelled by fan-led discovery, social media storytelling and a new generation of boundary-breaking artists, independent South Asian music is no longer knocking on the global door. It is kicking it wide...
