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Tuesday June 23, 2009
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Friday February 13, 2009
Hebron: A bloody history
Day 7: THE city of Hebron was our last visit during the trip.
It is the largest city in the West Bank located 30 kilometres south of Jerusalem and the second holiest city in Judaism after Jerusalem.
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Peace process top priority
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Thursday February 12, 2009
Blackburn imam leads prayers at Islam's third holiest mosque
It’s not everyday when you get to lead the congregation at Islam’s third holiest mosque but that’s exactly what happened when a Blackburn imam went to pray at the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem.
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Tuesday February 10, 2009
Palestine's 'Berlin Wall'
Day 5:
TODAY we had our first experience at a checkpoint on our way to Bethlehem.
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'Buried alive'
Day5:
IN BETHLEHEM, the director of the Arab Educational Institute, Toine Van Teeffelen took us to meet two women who have been affected by the separations walls.
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Monday February 09, 2009
Jerusalem diary: It's not what you know, it's who you know
Day 4
THIS morning the Building Bridges group enjoyed a very special moment. The Christian members along with the Muslim members set off early to visit the Haram esh-Sharif, the “Noble Sanctuary” or Temple Mount, which now houses The Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa mosque.
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Sunday February 08, 2009
Jerusalem diary: Sisters at work
Day 3 - Ecce Homo Convent:
WE WERE given a detailed talk about the work of the convent in Jerusalem.
It is based in the Via Dolorosa, the route taken by Christ as he carried the cross to where he was crucified.
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Jerusalem diary: Connecting faiths
Day 4
THE main reason for this trip has been to get a deeper respect and understanding of each other’s faith. This is the reason Building Bridges was set up in the first place following the Burnley riots in 2001.
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Jerusalem diary: No ordinary city
Day 3
SCRATCH the surface and you’ll find the past. This is how I’ve come to view this lovely city.
Exploring this kaleidoscope of land, I don’t feel like a tourist or a stranger to this ‘Kingdom of Heaven.’
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Saturday February 07, 2009
Jerusalem diary - A city steeped in history
Day two - Morning:
I WOKE up this morning to the sound of the Azahn coming from the Al-Aqsa mosque.
It was pretty impressive and I was almost tempted to ring my mum so she can listen too.
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Jerusalem diary: Chicken tikka at Tel Aviv airport
Day One
WE arrived at Tel Aviv airport on schedule from Manchester at 7.30 Israeli time. The group from Building Bridges which included 12 Muslims and nine Christians were really excited, that’s until I found myself with nine other members of our group being told to wait aside by the passport checking staff.
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Wednesday February 04, 2009
Jerusalem inter-faith visit will help break barriers
ASIAN News editor Shelina Begum is joining an interfaith group from Burnley for an eight-day trip to Jerusalem.
The group of Muslims and Christians from the Building Bridges organisation hope to strengthen relationships and build better understanding of the different faith communities in Lancashire by visiting the Holy City, also known as Al Quds in Arabic and home to the three Abrahamic faiths, Jews, Christians and Muslims.
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Monday October 08, 2007
Open day at the Golden Mosque
I had the privilege of opening my fast in a mosque yesterday.
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Thursday September 13, 2007
Ramadan Mubarak
Today is the start of the holy month of Ramadan for Muslims across the UK who have begun their time of fasting, prayer and religious contemplations.
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Monday September 03, 2007
LOTTERY LAYS FOUNDATIONS FOR NORTH WEST HEALTH KICK
Communities throughout the North West are set to reap the healthy benefits of a massive £8.8 million investment from the Big Lottery Fund.
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LOTTERY LAYS FOUNDATIONS FOR NORTH WEST HEALTH KICK
Communities throughout the North West are set to reap the healthy benefits of a massive £8.8 million investment from the Big Lottery Fund.
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Stars back HIV and AIDS awareness campaign at ICC World Twenty20 in South Africa
Cricket stars from across the world will support the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) partnership with UNAIDS and UNICEF at the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 2007, which takes place in South Africa from 11 to 24 September, to highlight the situation of children and young people living with and affected by HIV.
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POLICE CUT VEHICLE CRIME IN SALFORD
Vehicle crime has been cut in Irlam and Cadishead thanks to a police operation run throughout August.
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HOW CLEAN IS YOUR CAR?
Drivers in Oldham will tomorrow be checked to see if they meet emissions targets, anyone caught “fuming” will face another M.O.T.
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Friday August 31, 2007
ASIAN WRITERS FLOCK TO ART GALLERY
If you like novels set in India or about the East - you’re in luck! The Noble Sage Art Gallery is holding an exciting Asian Literary Evening as part of the Mayor of London’s India Now Festival.
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ASIAN WRITERS FLOCK TO ART GALLERY
If you like novels set in India or about the East - you’re in luck! The Noble Sage Art Gallery is holding an exciting Asian Literary Evening as part of the Mayor of London’s India Now Festival.
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RAPPING SENSATION TO PERFORM AT EDINBURGH MELA LADIES NIGHT
Sakhian ladies night kick starts this year’s Edinburgh Mela in the main marquee tonight (31 August) at 6:00pm at Pilrig Park. The women only night, which features music, dance and food will be hosted for the second year in a row by TV presenter, Tasmin Lucia Khan.
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Focus on families aims to curb diabetes spread
Family lifestyles and their impact on the health of individual family members will be the focus of a new approach to preventing diabetes.
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BLACK UK FILM DIRECTORS BREAK NEW GROUND AT TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL
David Alexander, 25, grew up in Hackney – one of the poorest, most crime-affected boroughs in London *. He wanted to make films, but the grim reality of life on the housing estate meant this was a dream he had to keep secret – anything else would invite ridicule as being ‘unrealistic’ and ‘unobtainable’.
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Wednesday August 29, 2007
BRITISHNESS DEBATE ON BIRMINGHAM AGENDA
A major Birmingham event took place recently to debate whether Britain has lost its ‘Britishness’. Fuelled by Governments announcement for plans for a ‘Britain Day’- which critics dismiss it as a “gimmick” – Birmingham business professionals attended a unique interactive debate to decide What is Britishness Anyway?
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Thursday May 17, 2007
Asian timing is driving me mad
I am shattered this morning. After climbing into bed at 2am I almost feel like going back home and sleeping for the rest of the day. Of course this could have been avoided if it wasn't for Asian timing, or to be more precise Bangla timing and the fact that more than 10 people gave speeches and each one said exactly the same thing.
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Friday March 30, 2007
I want a one to one
A lot of people make many presumptions about my job. The first one is that I sit at my desk making stories up (if only it was that easy - the chances are if I chose to do this I won't be in any job), secondly many think that i'm in a very dangerous job and that my life is at risk everyday - which is one reason I pay a much higher rate on my car insurance than non-journalists - but 95 per cent of the time I am usually in safe hands though I do think how exciting it would be if that was the case. And thirdly people think I have such an exciting life because I get to meet the stars!
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Thursday March 22, 2007
Interfaith literacy project to be launched
A major new initiative to promote media literacy among women will be launched next tuesday.
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Tuesday March 20, 2007
Help Oldham group raise money
The Oldham branch of the Young Muslim Organisation UK is organising a fundraising dinner next week to raise money so they can carry on providing activiites to local people.
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Muslim contribution to the abolishment of slavery
To mark the 200th anniversary of the legal abolishment of the slave trade in Britain an event has been
organised to understand the implications & legacy of the slave trade, its relationship to poverty, and
the positive unique role Muslims played in its abolishment.
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Schools given powers to ban face veil
THE education secretary Alan Johnson will announce today that under a new uniform policy headteachers can ban children from wearing the niqab on "safety, security and teaching" grounds and that effective teaching must be paramount, coming ahead of the tolerance of religious and cultural beliefs of children.
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Friday March 16, 2007
Bangladeshi journalists UK visit
AS a Journalist I get to meet many interesting people and last night I met with three Bangladeshi journalists who came to visit Oldham as part of a week long tour organised by the Foreign Office to discover more about the UK Bangladeshi community.
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Thursday January 18, 2007
Just how tolerant are we?
THE nightly racist abuse of Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty must be a shocking lesson to all fair minded people. The bawling, obscene, insults hurled at the serene star is an abrupt reminder of just how far some areas of British society must go before they can be described as tolerant.
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Tuesday October 24, 2006
A divided Eid
Imagine in the run up to Christmas, two groups of Christians can't make their mind on which day to celebrate.
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Monday October 09, 2006
Britain is for EVERYBODY
FOLLOWING my veil feature our website, the Asian News office has been inundated with letters and emails and I too have been getting calls from the national media to comment on the veil debate.
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Friday October 06, 2006
Don't blame the veil
YET again Muslims have been brought into the spotlight but this time the attention has been tuned to women after Jack Straw pointed out that women who cover their faces are detrimental to building better community cohesion.
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Thursday October 05, 2006
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WELCOME to the new Asian News blog. Here you'll find some completely new views on life, through the eyes of some of the area's Asian community, as they go about their everyday lives in the North West.
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