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Visitors take part in a ‘Visit My Mosque Day’ event in a mosque in east London, on February 1, 2015 (James Hanna/Asharq Al-Awsat)

Mosques around Britain open their doors to non-Muslims to ease tensions

by Mina Al-Droubi | Feb 2, 2015 | World

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Twenty-one mosques around the United Kingdom welcomed visitors from other faiths on Sunday as part of a nationwide initiative organized to ease tensions following recent terror attacks in Paris and rising anti-Muslim sentiment in the country....

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The central mosque is seen in Birmingham, England, on January 31, 2007. (Reuters/Darren Staples)

Opinion: A Partnership against Terror

by Hamad Al-Majid | Apr 21, 2014 | Opinion

Labelling the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group has caused an earthquake whose reverberations have reached Europe, particularly Britain. After targeting Al-Qaeda and like-minded groups, the British government has recently started monitoring the activities of...

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File photo of Channel 4 Muezzin Hassan Rasool.

British Muezzin: Channel 4 has given Muslims a “fantastic opportunity”

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 20, 2013 | Media

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The London-based British television network Channel 4 announced at the beginning of July that it would be broadcasting the Islamic call to prayer, or adhan, every morning of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Now in its second week—which has...