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This edition of The Muslim Weekly (TMW) will see the newspaper celebrating the start of its 11th year of publication since the newspaper was launched back in 2003.

And that fact, within itself, is no mean feat. UK publishing statistics will tell you that eighty five percent (85%) of all publications launched in Britain will fail within the first two years of existence. Yet, The Muslim Weekly – despite the usual minority restriction of inadequate finance – has gone from strength to strength. As an English language Islamic newspaper, TMW was launched specifically to address the real needs and issues of the Muslim community, and to become a conduit for important news and information which are not available within the pages of the indigenous newspapers who tend to disregard the community (unless they’re presenting Muslims in a negative light).

Additionally, many other Muslim newspapers have come and gone since TMW was launched, but this newspaper’s sustained ability to increase the knowledge and awareness of the community is the key to its success.

Any minority community who wish to develop and grow within their host country must first develop its own ‘voice’ within the media. And The Muslim Weekly is that voice! This new style and image of the re-launched newspaper will give the publication a radical edge, and place it at the vanguard of minority publishing.

The concept is to create a more serious and sober newspaper which will take the Muslim community into the Twenty First Century. So now that our 10th anniversary edition is behind us, we will look forward with relish to our next decade of Muslim publishing.