Walkers crisps are the latest things to fall foul of Muslims, after it was revealed that some varieties contain a tiny amount of alcohol as a chemical agent to extract particular flavours.
The Asian newspaper Eastern Eye carried the story after a Bradford shopkeeper said that a customer informed him that a few Walkers brands (Sensations [...]
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A company has been fined £13,500 for discharging 120million litres of raw sewage into the Firth of Forth.
Veolia Water Outsourcing, which was known as Thames Water Services, made the unauthorised discharge at a treatment plant in Leith.
After a pump failure, sewage poured into the river for 64 hours, causing a foul smell. Tests which were [...]
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The Church of England bishop who said that Islamic extremism was creating no-go areas for non-Muslims has said he was right to speak on the issue.
The Bishop of Rochester, the Rt Rev Dr Michael Nazir-Ali made the comments last month in an interview for the Sunday Telegraph newspaper.
He has now accused church leaders of not [...]
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An “attack” on YouTube, which caused the site to go down for nearly two hours, has been blamed on Pakistan.
The blackout was connected to Pakistan Telecom and ISP PCCW. ISPs had been ordered to block the site because of content deemed “offensive to Islam”. Pakistan Telecom is believed to have “hijacked” the web server address [...]
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