The Debate Around Circumcision -MCB Letter in the Times Read the MCB’s letter in The Times, which was published on 15 April, regarding the debate around circumcision.... General News Apr 26, 2018 MCB News
The Times Corrects Misleading Picture Using Muslim School Children The Times published an article online on April 13 th with the headline: Parents ‘abusing’ rights over children’s religious education. The image used showed a school scene with a focused image of a hij... Media Media Misreporting Apr 26, 2018 MCB News
The Times issues a Front Page Note About a Correction of Yet Another Story Scapegoating Muslims 25 April 2018 The Muslim Council of Britain today welcomed the ruling of press regulator IPSO who forced The Times to correct its inaccurate third front-page story of 30 August 2017, headlined “Christ... Media Media Misreporting Muslims UK Politics Apr 24, 2018 MCB News
Statement on the Death of Four Britons in Saudi Arabia Statement from the Muslim Council of Britain, 23 April 2018 We are saddened to hear of the deaths of four British Umrah pilgrims in Saudi Arabia following a major road collision between Makkah and Mad... General News Apr 23, 2018 MCB News
Call for PhD Scholarship Applications Aziz Foundation PhD Scholarships: Developing Academics from British Muslim Communities The Foundation is offering 3 PhD scholarships starting in the 2018-19 academic year. The scholarships offer a uni... Community Stories Apr 21, 2018 MCB News
Mourning Judge Khurshid Drabu CBE 20 April 2018 The Muslim Council of Britain today mourns the passing of Judge Khurshid Drabu CBE, a pillar of the organisation and the Muslim community. To Him We Belong and to Him we Return. Khurshid... Community Stories Obituary Press Releases Apr 20, 2018 MCB News
Sunday Time’s False Claim of Asians Making up 80% of Child Groomers On 15th April 2018, The Sunday Times falsely claimed that Asians make up 80% of child groomers. After Miqdaad Versi from the MCB sent a complaint, corrected its error, albeit, without an apology.... Media Media Misreporting Apr 15, 2018 MCB News
The Times Newspaper Apologises for Yet Another Story Scapegoating Muslims 11 April 2018 The Muslim Council of Britain today welcomed the ruling of press regulator IPSO who forced The Times to apologise for its inaccurate front-page story of 28 August 2017, headlined “Christ... Media Media Misreporting Apr 12, 2018 MCB News
Sunday Times Uses Highly Inappropriate ‘Muslim Attacks’ Term On 5th April 2018, the Sunday Times corrected an article after alluding to two murders as ‘Muslim Attacks’. After, Assistant Secretary General of the MCB, Miqdaad Versi, raised this with the Sunday Ti... Media Media Misreporting Apr 5, 2018 MCB News
Islamic Relief encourages British Muslims to speak out against the worldwide abuse of women and girls Islamic Relief UK has today (Wednesday 4 April 2018) launched a major faith-inspired advocacy campaign to tackle all forms of Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG), both internationally and domestic... Community Stories Apr 4, 2018 MCB News
BBC Uses Misleading Picture Connecting Muslims to Unrelated Story On 6 March 2018, in an article on child marriages, the BBC used a picture of Muslim girls learning how to read Arabic to illustrate child marriage – when the article relates to India and sub-Saharan A... Media Media Misreporting Apr 4, 2018 MCB News