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The evening seminar on Friday, November 20, is organised by the Blackburn working group of national organisation Muslim Engagement and Development, know as MEND. Attending will be a cross-section of influential East Lancashire Muslims, community leaders, local businesses, women’s groups, cohesion groups and other significant community figures. It marks November …

When Aïcha Tabbakhe, a French nurse, went to fill out the forms for her children’s school dinners in her small town outside Paris, she was puzzled. The box she would usually tick to say that her Muslim children didn’t eat pork wasn’t there. “Confused, I called the town hall and …