"We should not allow the murder of Lee Rigby to come between Londoners. The unified response we have seen to his death across all communities will triumph over those who seek to divide us", Met Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe matched his determination with a decision to increase 24 hour...

The horrendous murder of Drummer Lee Rigby, a soldier of the 2nd Battalion the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, has put Britain's near-three million Muslims in the dock again.

That the murder happened in broad daylight in a peaceful suburban road in Woolwich, south East London, was shocking enough....

Another deadly fire in a Bangladeshi garments factory, this time in the Mirpur industrial district of the capital Dhaka, has killed at least eight people. This has added to the trauma of the Rana Plaza collapse on 24th April that has already killed 1,021 people and...

The latest tragedy that hit Bangladesh's ready-made garments industry on 24th April has shocked the international community. Scores have died, many more are missing. The news has been given extensive coverage by major TV channels and in print media across the world, contrary to the generally indifferent media...

President Obama's sobriety after the Boston marathon bombings reassured America. His words were measured and statesmanlike. He told Americans that the perpetrators would be hounded and held accountable, justice would be pursued and they, the Americans, would not be terrorised. Most importantly, he urged his listeners not to...

On 7 February the Department for Education (DfE) launched a consultation on Reform of the National Curriculum in England. It ends today (16 April). The DfE has already published a draft curriculum specification for 12 school subjects. In History, the Islamic contribution to this country remains almost entirely...

The Syrian crisis is brewing a proxy war that is taking sectarian shape, with the Sunni-majority countries on one side and the Shiite-majority countries on the other. The recent loss of minority power, e.g. in neighbouring Lebanon (in the 1980s) and Iraq (after the US invasion in 2003) has terrified...

As the new Government-backed anti-Muslim hatred body, 'Tell MAMA' has just reported a rising level of anti-Muslim hatred and sentiment is creeping into British life. We appear to have passed the point where Baroness Warsi referred to Islamophobia 'passing the dinner party test'.

Since the terrible events...

Muhammad Abdul Bari asks why so much social and political turmoil is taking place in South Asia.

Is the historic Indian subcontinent, that was once a cradle of civilisation, facing another disaster along the lines of Indian Partition in 1947 or Bangladesh's bloody birth in 1971?...

The recent murder of a prominent human rights campaigner and opposition leader in Tunisia has rocked the country and opened up a serious crack in its fledgling democratic process. Far away from North Africa, the political upheaval in Bangladesh - over a flawed international tribunal trying Islamic leaders...

Religion and science seem to be at loggerheads again. This time it is evolution that takes centre stage - the creation of our species on Earth - and it appears aggressive atheism is desperate to turn a theory into 'fact'.

Recently there have been impassioned debate on this area on...

Our children are our future, our hope. We all want them to be good human beings and better citizens. However, with changing nature of our society many of us are worried. Positive parenting is at the core of raising responsible children.

Strong family, confident children

Parenting starts...

Egypt, the historic leader of the Arab World, has been locked in post-revolutionary turmoil for over a month following President Morsi's decree seizing a great deal of executive power on 22 November 2012. His decree included stripping the judiciary of the power to challenge his decisions. Although he revoked much...

The new Census figures from the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales reveal some startling, if perhaps unsurprising, changes over the last decade. For a start, we are mixing more, getting married less, religious affiliation is falling and the growth of immigration has altered the demographic makeup of...

Lord Leveson has delivered a damning verdict on the state of Britain's 'Fourth Estate', its hitherto powerful newspaper business. In his report An Inquiry into the Culture, Practices and Ethics of the Press, the newspapers and their proprietors have been found guilty of "wreaking havoc in the lives...

Controversy has arisen around end-of-life care. In recent time questions were raised on the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) system, which is intended to ease the last hours of a dying patient. But critics are saying that LCP is a way of hastening patients' deaths. Some in the media...

Last March in an article titled Time for an Inclusive politics I wrote of my optimism surrounding the impending demise of the War on Terror. President Barack Obama himself had declared the war finished in 2010. Here in Britain we were looking forward to the Queen's Diamond Jubilee...

It has been just one week since the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy. Already at least seven people have been killed and scores more injured or arrested during protests against an anti-Muslim film which has gone viral on the internet.

'The Innocence of Muslims' was released by, it seems,...

With the ceremonial cauldron lit in London's Trafalgar Square by Claire Lomas, who was paralysed in a horse riding accident, the nation will once again be gripped with another spectacular sports event from 29 August to 9 September. Her remarks, "I think the Paralympics will show what kind...

A spectacular success!

It started with passion, and ended with inspiration. London 2012 has delivered a stunningly successful Olympic Games and is now preparing for the Paralympic Games. The theme 'Inspire a generation' has captured the mood of the nation with high spirit and euphoria. From organisers to volunteers to...