Manchester United Muslim fans group calls on co-owner Jim Ratcliffe to quit

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Supporters’ club says billionaire should stand down after ‘completely unacceptable’ comments on the UK and empire

Manchester United’s Muslim supporters’ Club (MUMSC) has called for the Premier League side’s co-owner to step down after he made “completely unacceptable” comments during a BBC interview.

Sir Jim Ratcliffe described the UK as being a country “on the slide” from the days when it had “the greatest empire in the world”.

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The Stirring Of A Muslim Population In Japan: The Story Of Yusuke Fujitani

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Seeing Rural Japan Through a Single Prefecture: Hyōgo Rural Japan is living through two forms of population decline at once, and Hyōgo Prefecture distills the whole structure into a single frame. The first is the aging of business owners. Across Japan, hundreds of thousands of small firms are run by owners over seventy who have […]

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US Approved $24B Saudi F-35 Deal. Pentagon is Concerned

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Le Pen Says Ukraine Conflict Risks Becoming WWIII

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US House Passes Sweeping Russia Sanctions Bill

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The House approved the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act by 262-159, clearing legislation targeting Russian energy, defense and sanctions evasion while granting Trump authority to impose tariffs of up to 100% on major buyers of Russian oil and gas.