3+ week, 4+ day ago   (1128+ words) I slid my shoes off and stepped onto the mat, where a group of about 60 new Muslims were learning how to recite Al-Fatiha, the first chapter of the Qur’an. Joining the first row of women, who were seated just behind…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (965+ words) More than 1,500 bus drivers across eight Arriva garages in north London are striking intermittently until October over what they say are unsafe working conditions amid the extreme heat that has repeatedly scorched the UK this year. Unite, the bus drivers…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (1207+ words) That’s starting to change. Driven by Europe’s growing and increasingly young Muslim population, halal food has become one of the continent’s fastest-growing food markets, with some forecasts predicting it will grow from US$432bn to more than US$1tn by 2034. Social media…...