There are people inside and outside both Hindu and Muslim communities (in the U.K.) that gain from dividing these two communities. It’s critical that we don’t fall for it. I’m heartened to see this combined effort to improve the environment and life for everyone.
When Marlowe’s British Kitchen opened in Leeds, Rabbi Gilbert asked the Muslim owners, Jenade Yamin and Arabaab “Paddy” Munir if they would consider making it kosher as well as halal. They did not have to. It meant change and cost. Paddy thought about it and said yes.
Now there are halal and kosher fryers side by side and one long queue for fish and chips. Orthodox Jews, Muslim families, neighbours from every background, ordering the same national dish.
Everyone remained unmistakably themselves, they simply widened the table and in that small act, you glimpse the country we can still choose to be.
(My grandfather was a kosher caterer, known for his fish. I inherited none of his skill!) @JewishNewsUK
🚨 BREAKING: Shabana Mahmood will tomorrow announce that asylum seekers will have their valuable assets like jewellery seized and sold to pay for their accommodation costs
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This is too far, it is performative, and it is cruel.
The vast, vast majority of asylum seekers are not coming here in Gucci hoodies, Louis Vuitton shoes, and Rolex watches.
But to confiscate personal effects, which could have sentimental attachment, is just beyond abhorrent.
@PressSec@BBCNews@GBNEWS I’m sorry, but who are you to tell us what we can and can’t watch? Because of the is I’m more convinced than ever that BBC needs to be kept alive.
they claim to care about us and our experiences but only when it was committed by a group of people they don’t like so they can turn us into a weapon for their bigotry. they can’t make it any more obvious they don’t care about us
I’ve never heard anyone from my family, friends or the rest of the Muslim community we know ever supporting an establishment of Sharia law. We like our British laws. Trump wants to start a race war, don’t fall for his lies.
The likes of Nigel Farage and Tommy Robinson don’t like that I can be both British and Muslim. They want their followers to believe that us celebrating our faith means we don’t love Britain. I was born here and I’d give my life for Britain. That scares them cause they wouldn’t.
“It is clear there is an intent to destroy the Palestinians in Gaza through acts that meet the criteria set forth in the Genocide Convention.”
UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry's report shows #Israel has committed #genocide in #Gaza.
https://t.co/UGjepPwmwo