Matters of finance, especially personal banking, can be a minefield for Muslims mindful of Islamic rules and jurisprudence concerning their money.

Musc-Pay founders Chérif Mostefi and Rubens Tinel talk halal #fintech . ➡️hyphenonline.com/2024/05/01/mus…

The alimah and medical researcher Cerysh Sadiq spoke to Saman Javed about her involvement in a life-saving scheme to improve cancer screening uptake among Muslim women.
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In February عائشة spoke to younger people questioning the age-old practice of sending remittances.
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Campaigners are targeting major music festivals – including Latitude and Camp Bestival – theatres and art galleries across the UK and Europe this summer in solidarity with #Palestine .

✍🏼Saman Javed
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As hundreds of police in riot gear clash with student protesters in the US Neelam Tailor reports on how UK students are speaking out against the assault on Gaza too. ➡️hyphenonline.com/2024/05/01/stu…

'Tucking into a colossal platter of thick noodles topped with vegetables, chicken pieces and fondant potatoes, glazed in a piquant red sauce was both comforting and unanticipated.'

Zahra Al Asaadi on the #Uyghur food scene in the UK. ➡️hyphenonline.com/2024/04/30/a-w…

As hundreds of protesters are violently arrested on US college campuses, in the UK students are staging lengthy sit-ins in solidarity with #Gaza .

✍🏼Neelam Tailor reports.
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Halal fintech service @MuscPay has signed up 10,000 European customers in six months. Kim Willsher spoke to the founders about their ambition to provide an alternative to mainstream banks based on Islamic finance principles.
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'Maybe this no-go zone stuff is ridiculous, but the underlying message is that it’s threatening to the mainstream for you to practise your religion and look the way you look.'

Samira Shackle on how such scare stories demonise marginalised groups. ➡️hyphenonline.com/2024/04/29/the…

A small but growing number of restaurants are building outsized reputations for serving up a unique blend of hearty Central Asian and Chinese flavours.

Zahra A on Uyghur restaurants.
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Award-winning writer and producer Hannah Abdule Hannah set up her own theatre company, Side eYe, in 2019 after deciding to do something about the lack of plays being created by Black Muslim women.

Here's her full interview ↓
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UK politicians point to fictional Muslim no-go areas as a sign of national decay. They once said the same thing about white working class or Black communities. Great reporting by Samira Shackle

The idea of urban areas where law, order and state power have broken down has long been used against marginalised groups — but in recent years it has taken on a powerful anti-Muslim quality.

Samira Shackle on the myth of no-go areas.
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With mayoral elections this week, Diyora Shadijanova examines how #Ulez – a scheme initially touted by Boris Johnson when he was London's mayor – has become the most divisive policy of Sadiq Khan’s eight years in the role.
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'Clients can contact the salon to request a hijabi-friendly appointment, be assigned a specially trained female stylist who is aware of their specific needs, and allocated a private room.'

lil funeral eyes on the hairdressers catering for Muslim women.💇🏾‍♀️
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'The hometown I know is a place where people pull together in times of need — and on the football terraces.'

Revisit @taj_ali1's essay on #Luton 's multiculturalism
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'As Muslim women, we face far more ridicule and criticism. We want the group to be a place where we can shut that out and be each other’s support system,' says Hannah of her theatre production company Side eYe. ➡️hyphenonline.com/2024/04/26/han…

Research shows London’s clean air policies have helped it cut road pollution faster than the rest of the country.

Read Diyora Shadijanova's piece on how the #Ulez scheme has become tied to the rise of #Islamophobia against Sadiq Khan. ➡️hyphenonline.com/2024/04/25/how…

Muslims make up fewer than 1% of the population in most rural areas of the UK. But Muhsen Hassanin bucked this trend, moving from north London to #Wales to set up a halal farm.

Saman Javed reports from Harmony Farm on #agriculture with Islamic values.
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