WHO’D HAVE THOUGHT there’d be money in a dating agency for Muslims. Dating? As entrepreneur Shahzad Younas says, “Muslims don’t date, they marry”. Yet
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Trump Muslim ban prompts a press release from Hackney’s Assembly rep praising a Labour motion
THE REFUGEE CRISIS has led to a lot of talk among Londoners but, in Hackney, little action, despite the eagerness of local people to
Read MoreStratford will stage a Muslim-Jewish musical by comic-writer Baddiel at groundbreaking theatre
UPDATE: The musical had a short run CROWDFUNDERS have coughed up the £55,110 required to stage The Infidel, a musical based on the movie of the
Read MoreWomen and gays welcome, say these Muslims
THE YOUNG Londoners gathered above do not stand out from the many others who like to picnic near the great mosque in Regent’s Park. But in their quiet
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Hostile-environment policy has led ethnic minorities to disdain vax clinics, says Hackney MP
A HACKNEY HEALTH CENTRE shut its door early because not enough people turned up for Covid-19 vaccinations. The Cedar Practice’s John Scott Centre in Green
Read MoreOut of horror, help: a group sets up in Hackney to aid the needy through the pandemic
BEFORE COVID-19, the help group Haggerston Plates did not exist. By June it had 180 volunteers, delivering hundreds of hot meals to
Read MoreThe sounds of Whitechapel almost a century ago v the supposed silences of lockdown today
CLATTERING HOOVES, clanging tram bells and the revving of motor vehicles… East London streets were a riot of sounds in the Roaring Twenties. And
Read MoreCoronavirus worries for ultra-traditional faith minority communities in Hackney
FEARS ARE GROWING for traditional religious communities in Hackney that social-distancing failures are putting followers at coronavirus risk. Celebrations of the Purim festival by Orthodox
Read MoreHackney quietly takes luxury limo off the road after this site’s campaign against council excess
• UPDATE JANUARY 2021: Loving Dalston’s revelations about the Hackney limo benefit for a lucky councillor have had a result: Hackney has ended the costly
Read MoreI’m from northeast London and I’m pledging allegiance to the caliphate
EVERY YEAR FOR ONE WEEKEND, and usually it happens to be one of the hottest of the summer, I leave my Ilford home for
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