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The global skateboarding crew reshaping Muslim sisterhood

Skater Uktis — Founded in London in 2020, the crew has ballooned across the world, with meetups and members in Pakistan, Palestine and beyond. Zahra Onsori tracks its rise and the powerful community it has created.

  • Sport
  • Zahra Onsori

British Muslims are being demonised for voting

As Muslims exercise their democratic rights alongside millions of other Brits, the rise in Islamophobia has reached an intolerable cacophany writes Dr Shabna Begum.

  • Activism
  • Shabna Begum

The devastating impact of Prevent in schools

‘I felt interrogated’ — As the government reviews its ‘anti-terror’ programme, the plight of young Muslims suffering as a result of racist policy only looks set to worsen.

  • Activism
  • Nadeine Asbali

As a Muslim, Labour no longer feels like the party for me

Taken for granted — After a councillor accused of Islamophobia was allowed to stand for Labour, many Muslims are left questioning if they can stand by a party that is failing to tackle racism.

  • Activism
  • Nadeine Asbali

In India, Muslim students are resisting the hijab ban

‘My dreams are shattered‘ — Following a court ruling upholding a ban on Muslim students wearing head coverings in schools, girls who’ve been denied their fundamental rights are fighting back, reports Akshata Kapoor.

  • Activism
  • Akshata Kapoor

Why Islamophobia is a threat to all people

Tangled in Terror — Author Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan discusses her new book exploring the way that Islamophobia is woven into our everyday lives.

  • Activism
  • Shahed Ezaydi

Young UK Muslims on growing up in the shadow of 9/11

20 years on — To mark the 20th anniversary of 9/11, Gen Z Muslims reflect on how the tragedy spurred on Islamophobia in Britain, and the impact it’s had on their lives.

  • Activism
  • Mishti Ali

‘Are women too emotional to hold positions of leadership?’

Meet the Judge — In 2009, Kholoud Al-Faqih became the first female judge to be appointed to the Shari’a courts in Palestine’s West Bank. A new documentary shares her incredible story.

  • Film
  • Hannah Clugston

Capturing the spirit of London’s young Muslim women

The sisterhood — Photographer Lamisa Khan teams up with artists Zeinab Saleh and Sara Gulamali to show off the everyday lives of London’s ‘Muslim Sisterhood.’

  • Photography
  • Salma Haidrani

Living in England as a new Muslim convert

The quest for meaning — Photographer Matteo Congregalli travels from London to Manchester for his new series The House of the Prophet – a project examining the lives of new Muslims in modern-day Britain.

  • Photography
  • Matteo Congregalli

Khidr is the zine giving a voice to young British Muslims

Zine Scene — At a time when Islamophobia runs rampant, a London collective are offering their own counter-narrative instead of letting racism take the headline.

  • Zine Scene
  • Biju Belinky

The crisis of masculinity facing young British Muslims

You Get Me? — Photographer Mahtab Hussain has spent years exploring what it means to be a young British Muslim, looking at race and representation, respect and cultural difference in a community under attack.

  • Photography
  • Michael Segalov

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