A Muslim woman has expressed her outrage after she was allegedly told to remove her headscarf or leave a McDonald’s restaurant because it was a security threat. The 19-year-old student, who asked that her name not be used, said she was stopped in a north London McDonald’s by a security ...
Read More »British-Pakistani woman becomes detective superintendent in Scotland Yard
LONDON: Scotland Yard has appointed its first Muslim and Asian woman Shabnam Chaudhri as a detective superintendent of police, a private media outlet reported on Tuesday. British-Pakistani Chaudhry, hailing from Karachi, moved to London with her family when she was two years old. In recognition of her “outstanding contribution” to fighting ...
Read More »British woman detained at airport for reading Syrian art book takes court action
LONDON: Faizah Shaheen, a Muslim woman, is taking her holiday company to court after she was detained and questioned at a UK airport for reading a Syrian art book on board her honeymoon flight. According to Independent, Shaheen was travelling back from Turkey on August 3, 2016, when she was ...
Read More »British Muslim woman dragged on sidewalk in London
LONDON: A British Muslim woman has been dragged by her hijab along the sidewalk in what is said to be a “sickening” hate crime. The 27-year-old woman was grabbed from behind and knocked down by two white males in a busy high street, police said. The woman just finished a ...
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