UK Minister and MP for Poplar and Canning Town Jim Fitzpatrick has condemned the Islamic tradition of separating men and women at weddings. Mr Fitzpatrick went public with his decision telling the press, "It's a disappointment. We are trying to build social cohesion in a community but this is not the way forward."

Thousands of delegates attended Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain's national Conference: The Struggle for Islam and the call for Khilafah "Caliphate" in London today, on 26th July 2009.

Contrary to claims in today's Sunday Times [British Islamists plot against Pakistan], it is the British and American governments that are plotting against Pakistan. Their disastrous intervention - in Afghanistan and then in Pakistan - has spread terror and killed many through continuous missile strikes and they have propped up the corrupt and despised Zardari regime in the name of democracy.

In a speech to the French parliament last Monday, President Nicolas Sarkozy made clear his views towards the burqa describing it an unacceptable symbol of women's enslavement. He said "The burqa is not a religious sign; it is a sign of the subjugation,