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Emraan Hashmi gears up for release of AwarapanTalented and confident, he has carved an enviable niche for himself with his unusual looks and unique style of acting in romantic blockbusters like Murder and Gangster. But now Emraan Hashmi is...

THE INDEPENDENT Police Complaints Commission is to probe whether police could have saved ‘honour’ victim Banaz Mahmod. The 20-year-old was murdered by her father and uncle last year after falling in love with the wrong man. Her father Mahmod...

THE Muslim world has reacted with anger at the knighthood of controversial author Salman Rushdie. Effigies of the author and the Queen were burned in Pakistan as protestors took to the streets to vent their anger. More than 100...

Supermodel Mrinalini Sharma gets the Bollywood bugHot and photogenic, Mrinalini Sharma is not new to the world of showbiz.  A popular model, she has been the face of several prestigious campaigns. But like many other models she’s made the...

A BRITISH Muslim man accused of running terrorist related websites has been offered a reprieve in his fight against extradition to the United States after the European Court of Human Rights warned the UK they could breach his human...

BBC's DJ Nerm on mud, tents and brown facesIt's June 2007 and it's that time again, it's time for Glastonbury! One of the world's greatest festivals is back and the BBC Asian Network are going to make sure the...

Norwegian star on being an outspoken Muslim womanShe is often referred to as the ‘Muslim Madonna’ but for Norwegian singer Deeyah speaking up for suppressed women across the globe holds more weight than coveted number 1 singles. After spending...

From Birmingham to the Bronx Graffiti – art or crime? While the debate over graffiti as the contemporary man’s Picasso or Da Vinci rages, in Birmingham one man is laying his own claim to the suburban art craze. Mohammed Ali,...

TWO MEN who racially abused and attacked a man on the Midland Metro tram service have been jailed for 18 months. Jagpal Pritam, 22, from Wednesbury and Balvinder Hunjan, 20, from Smethwick launched into the unprovoked attack on their...

A FATHER who murdered his daughter, put her body in a suitcase and buried it in the garden of a Birmingham house has been found guilty of her murder. 20-year-old Banaz Mahmod was killed in what police described as...

THE Independent Police Complaints Commission has upheld a complaint from an Asian store manager who said officers failed to deal with a complaint of racial abuse following an altercation with another man. The incident took place in March 2006...

FOUR members of the same family will appear in court next week charged with the murder of a Pakistani girl who was beaten to death by her husband. 19-year-old Sabia Rani was beaten to death by her husband, Shahzad...