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Asia Bibi Case (Twitter)

November 25th, 2018 - 08:00 GMT

UK Premier Under Fire for Refusing to Grant Pakistani Asia Bibi Asylum

Theresa May has been accused of refusing asylum to a Christian mother who is being hunted by lynch mobs in Pakistan.

UK Financial Secretary to the Treasury Sajid Javid told reporters at the World Islamic Economic Forum that GIFIG will include members from key Islamic finance centers, such as the central bank governors from Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, the UK and Malaysia (Courtesy of the Telegraph)

November 6th, 2013 - 09:16 GMT

Is the UK the next leader in Islamic finance? British treasury establishes Islamic finance monitoring group

A student wearing a hijab takes notes in her exercise book (Image for illustrative purposes - Credit: AFP)

October 4th, 2013 - 04:32 GMT

We don't need no hijabification: Islamic U.K. school shut down

"We should do it our own way, and not like men do it. We should do it not only in a feminine way but also in a personal way," said Nazha. Courtesy of flickr.

October 2nd, 2013 - 12:27 GMT

Interview: How Nazha Hayat is striving to change Morocco's business scene

The British government has been telling porky pies over its halal food - it was riddled with pig. As a result, they are being sued by over 200 Muslim prisoners. (Shutterstock)

October 1st, 2013 - 09:19 GMT

Porky pies: UK gov't sued for serving pig in 'halal' meals to Muslim prisoners

The bodies of young children killed by a chemical weapons attack in the Damascus suburbs on August 21 are lined up in a makeshift morgue. A new report suggests the the UK government sold Assad's regime the chemical ingredients used in the attack. (AFP/File)

September 8th, 2013 - 11:05 GMT

UK companies 'sold chemical agents to Syria'

Palestinians visit the graves of loved ones at a Muslim cemetery near the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound as part of the Eid Al-Fitr holiday in the old city of Jerusalem on August 8, 2013. (AFP)

August 8th, 2013 - 09:27 GMT

UK 'concerned by Israeli settlements'

A fighter in the Islamist Jabhat al-Nusra faction (Paul Watson/Toronto Star via Getty Images)

July 20th, 2013 - 07:20 GMT

Syria's Nusra Front outlawed in UK

Radical Islamist cleric Abu Qatada boarding a privately chartered jet at the RAF Northolt base in west London, early on July 7, 2013, as he gets deported to Jordan.(AFP / MOD Crown Copyright)

July 7th, 2013 - 10:28 GMT

Islamist cleric Abu Qatada arrives in Jordan

The UK has banned the purchase of or sale of Qat, the stimulating herb filling this Yemeni man's cheek.

July 4th, 2013 - 05:57 GMT

Spit Fired: UK bans chewable herb Qat

Former Taliban fighters hand over their weapons (File photo used for illustrative purposes)

June 17th, 2013 - 12:30 GMT

Taliban Qatar office to open Tuesday in Doha

Nuclear power plant in Iran

March 20th, 2013 - 07:07 GMT

Iran bank takes legal fight over sanctions to London

Members of the Ansaru group speaking in an unverified location on Dec 24 2012 (AFP Photo)

March 11th, 2013 - 08:40 GMT

Two Lebanese hostages in Nigeria are yet to be confirmed dead