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April - issue 288

·          Muslim politicians and The Muslim News discuss Thatcher's legacy

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Thatcher's Legacy: divided views present by…

 

Baroness Warsi, Snr FCO Minister & Minister for Faith & Communities

 

Rehman Chishti, MP, Gillingham & Rainham

 

Sajid Javid, MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury

 

 

Rushanara Ali, MP for Bethnal Green and Bow, Shadow Minister for Intl Development

 

Rt Hon Sadiq Khan, MP, Shadow London Minister, Justice Secretary & Lord Chancellor

 

Anas Sarwar, MP for Glasgow Ctl, Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour

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BRIEF WORLD  

 

 

Palestine PM resigns

Mubarak retrial collapses

Iraq Many dead in serial blasts

30 killed in Somali bombings

Afghanistan anti-US demos

Turkey warns Israel against dirty bargaining

read: www.muslimnews.co.uk/newspaper/world-news/brief-world/

 

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 sPORT news   

 

Athletics Olympic legend Michael Johnson has warned Mo Farah he risks ruining his reputation by running only half the London Marathon

 

Boxing Haroon Khan has vowed to learn from his older brother Amir's mistakes

 

Cricket Misbah-ul-Haq and Mohammad Hafeez dismissed reports of a rift

 

Football Galatasaray produced a stirring second half to win but Madrid held on to reach the Champions League semi-final. Samir Nasri has claimed Arsène Wenger was forced to sell him to Man City

 

Hockey Pakistan will face rising Malaysian hockey team as the teams have been placed in Pool A with Japan and Chinese Taipei in the Men's Asia Cup

 

Motorsport FIA President has no regrets about ensuring the Bahrain Grand Prix went ahead despite unrest in the country

 

Squash Marwan El Shorbagy defeated Briton Chris Simpson becoming the first Egyptian to hold the title.

 

Tennis Bernard Tomic clinched victory over Uzbekistan to earn Australia another shot at returning to the Davis Cup top tier. Sania Mirza has joined Indian Tennis Players Association as one of its VPs

 

Wrestling US wrestlers will take on Iran and Russia in New York's Grand Central Terminal. read: www.muslimnews.co.uk/newspaper/sport/sport-brief/

 

 

 

editorial  

 

Ahmed J Versi

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Legacy of 'The Iron Lady'

Despite what one says about Margaret Thatcher, her place in history has already been written as one of the most influential British leaders in recent times. Some, like David Cameron, considers her as the greatest peacetime Prime Minister, someone who saved the country. read: www.muslimnews.co.uk/newspaper/editorials/legacy-of-the-iron-lady/

 

Home news 

 

100,000 call for the release of last British resident in Guantánamo 

Over 100,000 people have signed an official e-petition urging the Government to demand the release of the last British resident held in Guantánamo Bay detainee Shaker Aamer.

read: www.muslimnews.co.uk/newspaper/home-news/100000-call-for-the-release-of-last-british-resident-in-guantanamo/

 

Bolton campaigners raise awareness on plight of Rohingya Muslims

Members of Bolton United for Peace and Burma Action Group held a silent vigil in Victoria Square on April 6 to raise awareness on persecution of in Muslims in Myanmar [Burma].

read: www.muslimnews.co.uk/newspaper/home-news/bolton-campaigners-raise-awareness-on-plight-of-rohingya-muslims/

 

Manchester Islamic High twins with local Jewish school

Manchester Islamic High School for Girls has twinned with a local Jewish school to advance interfaith understanding and relations. Manchester Islamic High will have regular joint lessons and assemblies with students from Manchester's King David High.

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world news 

 

France's first Muslim secondary school tops national league

France's first Muslim secondary school located in the rundown part of Lille has topped the country's league table with a 100 per cent pass rate in the baccalaureate, the French equivalent of A Levels. read: www.muslimnews.co.uk/newspaper/world-news/frances-first-muslim-secondary-school-tops-national-league/

 

G8 endorses support to combat sexual violence in conflict

The G8 has announced that it will be contributing almost £23 million to combat sexual violence in conflict and violence against women and girls. read: www.muslimnews.co.uk/newspaper/world-news/g8-endorses-support-to-combat-sexual-violence-in-conflict/

 

Irish teachers union adopts full boycott of 'apartheid' Israel

The Teachers' Union of Ireland (TUI) has voted unanimously for an academic boycott of Israel in its Annual Congress on April 4, making it the first educational trade union in Europe to adopt an explicit academic boycott of the state. read: www.muslimnews.co.uk/newspaper/world-news/irish-teachers-union-adopts-full-boycott-of-apartheid-israel/

 

Israel uses US company to drill for oil in Occupied Syria

Israel has given permission for an American company to drill for oil in the Occupied Golan Heights. read: www.muslimnews.co.uk/newspaper/world-news/israel-uses-us-company-to-drill-for-oil-in-occupied-syria/

 

Mum cleared over son's 9/11 'bomb' T-shirt

A French mum who sent her son to a nursery wearing T-shirt with the words 'I am a bomb' and 'Born on September 11th' has been acquitted in a court in southern France on April 10.

read: www.muslimnews.co.uk/newspaper/world-news/mum-cleared-over-sons-911-bomb-t-shirt/

 

Pakistan's youth pessimistic about the future

As Pakistan prepares for general elections on May 11, a report published earlier this month by the British Council found deep political pessimism from the country's youth. read: www.muslimnews.co.uk/newspaper/world-news/pakistans-youth-pessimistic-about-the-future/

 

Islamophobia & discrimination  

 

Bradford Council of Mosques accuses MP of deliberate misquoting

Bradford Council of Mosques (BCM) has accused a Tory MP of misrepresenting their request for better resourced Shari'a panel. Keighley MP Kris Hopkins described "Sharia courts" as "courts of convenience" which threaten the integrity of the nation's justice system. read: www.muslimnews.co.uk/newspaper/islamophobia/bradford-council-of-mosques-accuses-mp-of-deliberate-misquoting-on-sharia-council/

 

Air France fined for forcing passenger off flight to Israel because she wasn't Jewish

A French court has found Air France guilty of discrimination for removing a pro-Palestinian activist from a flight to Israel because she was not Jewish. read: www.muslimnews.co.uk/newspaper/islamophobia/air-france-fined-for-forcing-passenger-off-flight-to-israel-because-she-wasnt-jewish/

 

French 'Black and Muslim' rail workers banned during Israeli President visit

Railroad workers union SUD-Rail union revealed that the a French national rail company excluded its black and Muslim workers from working at the Gare du Nord station on March 8, as Israeli President, Shimon Peres arrived in Paris by train from Brussels. read: www.muslimnews.co.uk/newspaper/islamophobia/black-and-muslim-rail-workers-banned-during-israeli-president-visit-to-france/

 

15 arrested in Manchester as EDL members fight each other

Fifteen people were arrested on March 2 during a rally by the far right anti-Muslim group the English Defence League (EDL). read: www.muslimnews.co.uk/newspaper/islamophobia/15-arrested-in-manchester-as-edl-members-fight-each-other/

 

Illegal Israeli settlers vandalise mosques in West Bank

Two mosques in a West Bank village were defaced with racist graffiti on April 7 marking the latest hate crime by suspected illegal Israeli settlers. read: www.muslimnews.co.uk/newspaper/islamophobia/illegal-israeli-settlers-vandalise-mosques-in-west-bank/

 

 

book review  

 

About this man called Ali: The purple life of an Arab artist. By Amal Ghandour, London: Eland. pp248. HB. 2009. £18.99

read www.muslimnews.co.uk/newspaper/regular-columns/biography-of-a-colourful-arab-poet-and-artist/

 

 

Biography of a colourful Arab poet and artist

This book is a biographical account of the life of Ali al-Jabri, a talented but equally troubled Arab artist, who was born in 1942 and was murdered in 2002. Hailing from a prominent Syrian family, young Ali grew up during a challenging time in modern Arab history. Many of the Arab states were on the verge of regaining their independence from the colonial powers, inspired by an interest in a new brand of Arab nationalism. The Second World War had also just ended and soon afterwards the Arab world was to experience yet another upheaval, namely the birth of the new State of Israel which many Arabs found difficult to accept due to political, cultural and economic reasons among other things.

 

Muhammad Khan; Author of The Muslim Heritage of Bengal (forthcoming, Spring 2013)

 

 

 

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legal corner  

 

When is an employee considered to be disabled?

The case of Walker v Sita Information Networking Computing Ltd ruled that obese workers can not be defined as disable employees. The question of whether or not an employee is considered to be disabled within the meaning of The Equality Act 2010 is an important one; a disabled employee has the right not to be discriminated against on the grounds of their disability and, more significantly, has the right to require their employer to make reasonable adjustments in the workplace to therefore mitigating the effect of their disability on their ability to do their job. read: www.muslimnews.co.uk/newspaper/islamophobia/when-is-an-employee-considered-to-be-disabled/

Safia Tharoo, Barrister, 42 Bedford Row, London

 

environment  

 

The Maasai: A plight for ancestral access

There is cultural symbolism behind the way people treat those with drastically different lifestyles from their own. It is a reflection of the way that society interprets "being civilised." read: www.muslimnews.co.uk/newspaper/environment/the-maasai-a-plight-for-ancestral-access/

Sarah S Marshall, B.S. Environmental Policy

 

healtH & science  

 

Scientists hope to eradicate polio by 2018

For the past few decades international efforts have been focused on the global eradication of polio. Over a quarter of a century of polio vaccine programmes across the globe have made a huge impact on eradicating this disease from many countries.  

 

Measles outbreak continues

The measles outbreak in South Wales is continuing as doctors urge people who have not received two doses of the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) jab to come forward. Special clinics have been set up around South Wales to administer the vaccine and hundreds of people have come forward to receive the MMR jab. read:

www.muslimnews.co.uk/newspaper/health-and-science/scientists-hope-to-eradicate-polio-by-2018/

 

Rachel Kayani

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Who Am I?  read: www.muslimnews.co.uk/newspaper/regular-columns/who-am-i/

 

letters 

 

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