Bradford

Ishtiaq Ahmed  Bradford: The 23rd meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), held in Islamabad from October 15-16, 2024, brought together a diverse group of regional powers, including China, India, Iran, Pakistan, and Russia,…

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 AhmedLondon: Professor Adeeba Malik CBE DL has added another milestone to her long record of public service after becoming the first Asian Muslim woman of Pakistani heritage to serve as High Sheriff of West Yorkshire for…

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…