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Through 14 years of Conservative rule, the UK Government has increasingly severed lines of engagement with Muslim communities amidst a rising tide of anti-Muslim hatred that is fracturing social cohesion and national unity.
But the precedent for this process began under the Labour Party in when Gordon Brown abruptly banned the government from engaging with the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) – the umbrella body representing some mosques and Muslim community organisations nationwide.
At the time, MCB’s deputy leader, Daud Abdalah, had signed a controversial document in Istanbul calling for violence against Israel and condoning attacks on British troops.
The Government lifted the ban the following year after the MCB denounced the Istanbul declaration, made clear that Abdalah had acted in a personal capacity, and confirmed its commitment to ensuring members remained true to council policies opposing antisemitism and attacks on British defence interests.
A decade later in March , under Boris Johnson’s premiership, the MCB made a fatal politica
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How much of a problem is speaking English for some Muslim women?
Nigar Hakim, also of London, said the issue of lacking English language skills was not just in the Muslim community.
"It's good that he's putting money into the language schemes but he should be putting money into all parts of society, not just one part, and helping everybody to speak English.
"It's not just Muslim women who can't speak English - there are also other cultures who can't."
Elsewhere, Humera Khan, of the An-Nisa Society based in north London, says there has always been a "significant percentage" of migrants who do not speak English living in the UK - whether or not they are Muslim.
"I know from 30 years ago, the percentage was about 16%. So 22% is not that much of an increase.
She also describes the issue of gender segregation among Muslims as "the real sweetheart of the media", regularly surfacing as a talking point.
"There are other communities equally suffering from chauvinism, misogyny and other kinds of domestic violence.
"So I don't think [Muslims] are unique in that respect."