News A few months ago, the UK government schools inspection body, Ofsted, carried out much publicised school inspections in Birmingham as part of the so called ‘Trojan horse' affair. After much hysteria, the findings focussed not on the academic attainment of the children, but on the mainstream Islamic practices in these schools which have an overwhelming number of students from Muslim homes. Trips to Umrah, adhan (Muslim call to prayer),…

News: Nearly 36 million men, women and children are living in modern slavery worldwide in 2014, according to the second edition of Walk Free's Global Slavery Index (GSI) describing modern slavery as a "hidden crime" and "big business." The organisation defined modern slavery as the deprivation of individual liberty for the purpose of exploitation. This broad definition includes many slavery-related practices such as human trafficking, forced labor, debt bondage, forced…

News The Minister in the Prime Minister Department of Malaysia, Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom, has recently announced the formation of a special unit task force with the help of Department of Islamic Development, Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission as well as the respective State's Department in Islamic Affairs to address and combat the increasing trend of horrendous slander, defamation and humiliating act directed towards Islam. [Source: Berita Harian, 20th…

News: The Nation has reported three women shot dead in far South Thailand on 15th November, including the 179th teacher killed in a decade. Two women were shot dead in Yala's Betong district, while a female teacher was also fatally shot in Pattani's Khok Pho district. The schoolteacher - Isara Chairitchok was shot at her house's gasoline pump shop in Khok Pho, her death made Isara the 179th teacher to…