The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
There have been calls for a Marks & Spencer boycott following the alleged discovery of the word “Allah” on the supermarket’s own brand toilet paper. In a video circulating on social media, a unidentified man – who is believed to be Muslim – urges fellow followers of the faith to halt shopping at the high street…
Internationally renowned singer Sinead O’Connor has revealed she has converted to Islam and changed her name. In a recent tweet to fans, the 51-year-old Irish singer announced she had become a Muslim and changed her name to Shuhada Davitt. The news comes after O’Connor legally changed her name to Magda Davitt only last year.
Funeral arrangements have been announced for the victims of the double murder which took place in Solihull last week. A daughter and her mother were stabbed to death in Solihull in the early hours of Bank Holiday Monday.
British comedian Rowan Atkinson has been severely criticised by fans and former colleagues after coming out in support of Boris Johnson’s recent remarks on women wearing burkas, which have been described as inflammatory and “Islamophobic”. The 63-year-old actor, known for his comedy performances in Mr Bean and Blackadder, said Johnson’s political remarks were “funny”.
A group of Muslims who fed the city’s homeless and hungry over the Christmas period are doing the same again, this time throughout Ramadan. Volunteers with The Birmingham Outreach Foundation have been meeting in the city centre every week throughout the Islamic holy month to distribute food and drink to those in need.
Young children at a school in Birmingham have been sharing their love of books today by dressing up as their favourite fictional characters. Celebrating World Book Day with hundreds of other schools across the country, pupils at The Wisdom Academy donned outfits paying tribute to storybook and comic characters; from pirates, wizards and superheroes to princesses, queens and…
A gathering claiming to be Birmingham’s “first ever” Muslim focused International Women’s Day event is set to take place in Moseley next month. Aiming to bring together inspirational female speakers for an evening of networking and motivational talks, the six-hour public showcase hopes to highlight the the achievements of Muslim women from Birmingham and provide career advice…
Ramadan, a month of religious spirituality and fasting for Muslims, has begun. For many, it started on Sunday 5th June this year as evening prayer services began before the first day of fasting took place on Monday 6th June. For others, it began a day later. Ramadan (sometimes stylised as Ramadhan), is the ninth month…
People are getting majorly ticked off after discovering a traditional British road sign in gloriously British Yorkshire has suddenly been adorned with Arabic translations for the names of several destinations. A photo circulating on social media which shows a road sign – believed to be in Yorkshire – with distance directions to Harrogate, Leeds, Shipley…
Birmingham’s Muslim population will come together this weekend to celebrate the Islamic festival of Eid; as the faithful from across the world complete the religious pilgrimage, known as Hajj, in Mecca in Saudi Arabia. Beginning on the evening of of Saturday 5th November, the three-day festival known as Eid al-Adha, or ‘celebration of sacrifice’, is to commemorate the…