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BRITISH Muslims will pray for the nation’s heroes battling against coronavirus today, a week before the holy month of Ramadan begins.
Thousands of young people from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA) will take a moment to pray and show their gratitude to the NHS, fire brigade, police, council and voluntary workers on the front line as 1.8 million people worldwide prepare for the Islamic holiday.
The group has been supporting front-line workers over the past month by assisting 600 NHS staff with food packages and PPE supplies, providing 2,698 households with food parcels and medicine and establishing 25 foodbanks across Britain.
As extremist movements grow on the streets and at the ballot box, the emergence of the Together Alliance points to a vital strategy: unity across trade unions, campaigners and communities, says TONY CONWAY
CJ ATKINS commemorates one of the most dramatic moments in working-class history
Once again Tower Hamlets is being targeted by anti-Islam campaigners, this time a revamped and radicalised version of Ukip — the far-right event is now banned by the police, but we’ll be assembling this Saturday to make sure they stay away, says JAYDEE SEAFORTH
KEVAN NELSON reports back from a delegation to the epic celebrations for the anniversary of Vietnam’s 1945 revolution, where British communists found a thriving, prosperous socialist country, brimming with ambition and well-earned national pride