Culture
OMC Has Something for Everyone
by st editor
Tuesday 26th August 2008
THE north west Muslim community is benefiting from a pioneering new community centre, which aims to build a better future for all. The multi-million pound flagship Oldham Muslim Centre has been running since February at its new base in Compass House on Neville Street. The two-storey…
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Read this articleUnveiling Muslim Youth Work
by st contributor
Saturday 23rd August 2008
Interview with Sadek Hamid Sadek Hamid is the programme leader for the new degree course in Muslim Youth Work at the University of Chester. The BA in Muslim Youth Work is a unique development in Britain and has attracted widespread interest. Shofique Ullah caught up with…
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Read this articlePoems from Our Young Readers
by st contributor
Saturday 14th June 2008
I am a Muslim I am a Muslim And God I praise For all His blessings My voice I raise In one God I believe No equal has He Lord of the Universe Compassionate to me Muhammad the Prophet Taught me the way To be honest…
Tags: Community,Culture,fraudster,holy qur,judgement day,lord of the universe,muhammad the prophet,Youth
Read this articleAuthor Tahmima Anam wins a Commonwealth Writer’s Prize
by st contributor
Thursday 12th June 2008
AUTHOR of A Golden Age, Tahmima Anam has become the first Bangladeshi to win a Commonwealth Writer’s Prize. The overall winners of the 2008 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize were announced at the Franschhoek Literary Festival in South Africa. South African Minister of Arts and Culture Z Pallo…
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Read this articleDanger! Gulaam Fatima
by st contributor
Friday 8th February 2008
Introducing Poli Begum and a tingly realisation Poli Begum who was born in Sylhet, Bangladesh came to England at the age of nine with her family, where she still lives and now works. Her mother is her inspiration; an educated woman, independent thinking, with an open…