Browse for a spouse: The online Muslim matrimony industry
Blogger Khadija Ahmed explores the growing online Muslim matrimonial industry and how seeking a spouse on the internet is replacing more traditional forms of...
Founder of Secondwife.com: Men should be honest about their polygynous nature
Azad Chaiwala recently made headlines after appearing on ITV’s Good Morning Britain to promote polygyny. The 33-year-old British entrepreneur runs a website - Secondwife.com...
Why are Scottish Muslims more comfortable with their identity than English ones?
Nafees Mahmud is a freelance writer based in Scotland
5Pillars journalist Nafees Mahmud explores why Muslims in the land of thistles and bagpipes experience life differently...
The martyrs of 1987 and the Saudi violation of Hajj
Arzu Merali is one of the founders of the Islamic Human Rights Commission
Arzu Merali argues that last year’s disaster in Mina was just more...
Louis Smith: I want to apologise directly to the Muslim community
Olympic gymnast Louis Smith has told 5Pillars that his behaviour in a video where he is shown mocking Islam was "inexcusable," and that he...
Review of the Year Jan-March 2016: David Cameron voted Islamophobe of the Year
Over the next few days 5Pillars will be looking back over the biggest Muslim stories of the year, at home and abroad. We start...
Review of the Year April-June 2016: Sadiq Khan elected London mayor
We continue our look back at the major Muslim news stories in 2016 at home and abroad. The months April-June were dominated by the...
Review: The state of the Middle East in 2016
Abdul-Latif Halimi reviews the current situation of the Middle East, discussing the most significant developments that have occurred in 2016.
2016 has been a turbulent...
Review of July-September 2016: Post-Brexit hate crime soars
We continue our review of 2016, focusing on the month’s July to September when post-Brexit hate crimes soared and Anjem Choudary was convicted of...
Review of the Year Oct-Dec 2016: Trump wins and Aleppo falls
We conclude our look back on 2016 with the months October to December, during which international news dominated with the election of the Islamophobe...
