Bradford

Ishtiaq Ahmed Bradford:  Islamic links to Britain date back to the colonial era, when Muslims began to settle in British cities, establishing mosques and learning centres to preserve their faith and culture. The first recorded mosque in…

Ishtiaq Ahmed Bradford: Dr Shabir Akhtar, was a British Muslim scholar, who sadly passed away just over a year ago. Friends and colleagues from the British intellectual community gathered at the University of Oxford to pay their respect to…

Ishtiaq Ahmed  Bradford: The Paralympic opening ceremony was held in Paris last evening. For the next 11 days 160 delegations of 4,000 men and women with disabilities from across the world will  be competing in a range of expanding…

Ishtiaq Ahmed  Bradford: Bradford, in West Yorkshire, is the 6th most populous district in England with a population of around 550,000. A quarter of the district’s population is of the Muslim faith predominantly living in the city of…

Ishtiaq Ahmed  Bradford: This short piece is prompted by a number of invitations to the Pakistan Independence Day celebration events in my city of Bradford, fondly referred to as the ‘little Pakistan’.  Pakistanis in Pakistan and…

Ishtiaq Ahmed  Bradford: For over one week, Britain’s towns and cities have been besieged by the mindless far-right violence. The list of towns and cities under attack is expanding on a daily basis. There are no visible signs yet of it…

Ishtiaq Ahmed  Bradford: People come and go from this world by a divine scheme of things   without leaving a trace but there are always a select few who are destined to leave an indelible legacy of servitude to illuminate our lives.…

News Desk  Bradford: A ground-breaking research and film capturing the lived experiences of Muslim women in contact with the Criminal Justice System (CJS) and their fears, anxieties and challenges of returning to their families and their…

Ishtiaq Ahmed London: Professor Adeeba Malik CBE DL is the first Asian Muslim Woman of Pakistani heritage to become  the High Sheriff of West Yorkshire for 2024-25. She was formally inaugurated into the role on Monday 25 March 2024…

News Desk  Islamabad: In Britain, 24 individuals implicated in the sexual exploitation of 8 girls have been handed a combined sentence of 346 years in prison. These egregious acts of abuse, exploitation, and trafficking took place in…