LONDON, July 4 (UPI) -- The first Muslim to serve as a government minister in Britain warns that prejudice has made many British Muslims feel like "aliens in their own country."

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WESTMINSTER, England, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- A British government minister took a decidedly unromantic slant when alerting acquaintances of his impending wedding, it was reported Sunday.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- A Muslim member of Britain's Parliament is annoyed he was detained for a second time at a Washington airport for an explosives search.

Shahid Malik has set a new world record, wiggling free from a straightjacket while dangling 160 feet above Glasgow's George Square in Scotland.