Friday 14th August 2020
Friday 14th August 2020
Friday, July 24th, 2020
A new report compiled by a group of academics has produced surprising results on the perceptions of Islam on campus. Academics from Durham, SOAS, Coventry and Lancaster universities have examined the ways in which Islam and Muslims are understood on campus.
Friday, July 24th, 2020
In an auction on 15 July, Sotheby’s sold the document that ordered the expulsion of Muslims from Granada for 52,500 pounds. The document signed by King Ferdinand V and Queen Isabella marked a key moment in the history of Europe.
Friday, July 24th, 2020
The government lost its appeal on 16 July on Shamima Begum’s right to return to the United Kingdom after she left Britain to join ISIL in 2015. The Court of Appeal partially overturned an earlier ruling by the Special Immigration Appeals Commission from earlier this year.
Friday, July 24th, 2020
11 July 2020 was designated as Srebenica Memorial Day and Waqar Azmi, the founder and chairperson for Remembering Srebenica, said ‘Srebrenica has become a world symbol of the horrific consequences that can result from inaction, and therefore, taking action, however small, matters”.
Friday, July 3rd, 2020
The Aziz Foundation has applied for a prayer space after constantly being reminded of the lack of such a prayer space for Muslims in the Piccadilly area.
Thursday, July 2nd, 2020
British Muslim women have been calling for progress on issues of gender equality, but change is too slow.
Thursday, July 2nd, 2020
Protests were held on Saturday 27 June in London, Birmingham, Cardiff, Manchester, London, Sheffield, Toronto and Los Angeles over the death of Shukri Abdi. Shukri was 12 when she drowned in the River Irwell, near Manchester.
Thursday, July 2nd, 2020
Researchers found that 62% of Londoners identify as religious whereas only 53% of the population in Great Britain identify as religious. It is an intensive form of religiosity as 30% of Christians in London attend services and pray regularly. Only 13% do the same in Britain as a whole.
Saturday, June 27th, 2020
Christie’s has broken the record for a fee paid for the acquisition of a copy of the Qur’an when it sold a Timurid era copy on Thursday 25 June for six million pounds in London. The auction price went for ten times the original starting price which was set at 600,000 – 900,000 pounds.
Thursday, June 18th, 2020
The British government has spent 200 million pounds on prevent in the past five years.
Monday, June 15th, 2020
What is emerging is that those mosques that have better systems in place have been best suited to tackle the financial shortfall.
Thursday, March 30th, 2017
London Learning Consortium and The Media Society have joined forces to run a London Citizen Journalism Competition in 2017 to support aspiring citizen journalists. If you’ve ever wanted to give this a go, now is the opportunity!
Thursday, October 20th, 2016
The Bucks County Museum’s Art of Islam Exhibition and Festival had been in full flight since April this year and finished with a flourish at the end of September. Dr Siobhan Bygate recalls some of the key highlights of the event.
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016
Coroners must send bodies for scans rather than autopsies if religion demands they stay intact, High Court rules. The ruling is a landmark legal victory for the religious rights of Jews and Muslims
Monday, August 1st, 2016
On their blog, the Charity Commission mentioned that it is estimated that British Muslims give approximately £100 million to charitable causes during the month of Ramadan this year, which equates to about £38 every second. The blog also reports that the sheer scale of charity work is immediately apparent, “vast and varied”. One charity estimates that […]
Tuesday, July 5th, 2016
Britain’s referendum decision to leave the European Union brings with it a rise in racism and xenophobia on the streets of Britain. We review some of the many and growing incidents reported in the press.
Thursday, June 30th, 2016
England cricketers Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid owe part of their success to early Asian migrants who played in local parks and set up teams and leagues over four decades ago. Now, a new project, ‘From Parks to Pavilions’ has been awarded a grant by the Heritage Lottery Fund to document the history of Asian cricket in Yorkshire. Image Courtesy of John Bolloten Photography ©
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2016
With Bucks County Museum putting on the Art of Islam festival, 40 years ago a major international festival called The World of Islam Festival was inaugurated. The founder, Dr Paul Ahmed Keeler spoke about the achievement at SOAS last month.
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2016
Iqbal Bhana OBE, DL shares his thoughts on Jo Cox Labour MP for Batley and Spen who was tragically killed last week.
Monday, June 20th, 2016
With just days to go, Britain will decide this week on whether it should stay in the European Union. This is an important political moment. How should we vote? Should Britain leave the EU?
Saturday, June 18th, 2016
His Eminence, Khaled al -Duwaisan Ambassador of the State of Kuwait, opens the Art of Islam Exhibition and Festival by the Bucks County Museum Trust. A summer long exhibition and festival celebrating the art and cultures of Islam. Dr Siobhan Bygate reports for MuslimView.
Wednesday, June 15th, 2016
With a just a week left before the important EU Referendum, we are running the poll again, this time you don’t need a Twitter account to take part.
Friday, June 10th, 2016
MuslimView asked British Muslims to reflect on and remember the life, influence and legacy of Muhammad Ali and what he meant to them (Photo credit: Peter Sanders Photography) …
Wednesday, June 8th, 2016
For the first time ever the organisation Historic England is asking the general public to share their knowledge and contribute to chronicling England’s listed buildings and places.
Wednesday, June 8th, 2016
Which way will Muslims in Britain vote in the upcoming EU Referendum? MuslimView sets up a Twitter poll to get an idea of where Muslims stand on the issue.
Tuesday, June 7th, 2016
The Bradford Literature Festival, only in its second year, has proven to be a huge success attracting thousands of people from across the district and beyond showcasing Bradford’s rich cultural heritage.
Sunday, May 29th, 2016
Human Appeal celebrates 25 years of service, providing aid and development to some of the poorest nations and conflict zones around the world. MuslimView attended the 25th anniversary dinner where Channel 4 news journalist and present Jon Snow was the keynote speaker.
Friday, May 20th, 2016
Dr. Ismail Ray, trustee of SKT Welfare Trust talks about their Dates4Syria campaign that is helping to provide bread, a basic staple for Syrians.
Friday, May 20th, 2016
The government, this month, published a whitepaper in which provision for making available Sharia-compliant student loans is outlined. This has been an area of great concern for Muslim students and their families since the introduction of university tuition fees under the Labour government nearly fifteen years ago.
Wednesday, May 11th, 2016
Alchemiya.com CTO attends an APPG on religious literacy in the media convened by MP Yasmin Qureshi. The meeting, at Westminster Palace, brought together people from politics and media to discuss the lack of religious literacy in the media.
Sunday, May 1st, 2016
Further education college teacher and performance coach, Zakiyah Khan, talks about her experiences in teaching white British teenagers British values and discussing the Government’s prevent agenda with them.
Saturday, March 19th, 2016
Shaukat Warraich, CEO of Faith Associates talks about the importance of Safeguarding children in mosques, madrassas and dar ul ulooms.
Friday, January 15th, 2016
As the bad weather set in and Storm Desmond hit the North West of Britain, Cumbria became victim to severe flooding leaving people without food, clean water and power. Many Muslim organisations rushed to help and were roundly commended by the victims and the media for this selfless act. MuslimView does a round up of the kinds of charity and aid work British Muslim organisations are doing.
Friday, December 18th, 2015
Hundreds of people enjoyed an afternoon to remember when talented young writers were celebrated at the Young Muslim Writers Awards 2015. The event was organised and presented by charity Muslim Hands in association with the Yusuf Islam Foundation, on Saturday 5th December in London.
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2015
The Sun newspaper was roundly criticised for misrepresenting the findings of a survey conducted by market research agency Survation. The polling agency also distanced itself from The Sun’s interpretation of the survey results.
Sunday, November 22nd, 2015
‘Engage’ was set up with the specific aim of working and engaging with young people who have either been radicalised, or are at risk of radicalisation. Engage primarily focuses its work on two aspects: firstly to work directly with young people who are at risk of radicalisation who have been referred to the programme from a variety of sources such as parents, mosques and friends.
Monday, November 16th, 2015
MuslimView’s response to the Paris shootings.
Monday, November 2nd, 2015
Kick Off Dewsbury, opened its doors in August and is a well equipped facility that has been welcomed by women and women’s groups in Dewsbury.
Tuesday, October 20th, 2015
Organisation Tell MAMA (Measuring Anti-Muslim Attacks) commission a report which found that events such as the murder of Lee Rigby, the attacks in Paris and Tunisia and the Rotherham child sex abuse scandal have served as ‘trigger’ points that have “fuelled the growth of anti-Muslim hostility on social media as well as on the streets […]
Tuesday, October 20th, 2015
Muslim Climate Action was launched at the House of Commons on 8th September 2015 with UK Energy Minister Lord Bourne giving the keynote speech at the Launch event.
Monday, October 19th, 2015
Prime Minister David Cameron announces that Islamophobia and anti-Muslim hate will be recorded as a separate category by all police forces in England and Wales. This brings Islamophobia in line with anti-Semitic attacks which have been recorded separately for quite some time now. The move is broadly welcomed by Muslim groups and will go a […]
Thursday, October 15th, 2015
Under John Reid as Home Secretary, the Home Office was re-organised – he famously described it as being unfit for purpose. The office for Security and Counter-Terrorism was set up to take control of all counter-terrorism policy in government. Charles Farr was drafted in to lead this policy and with Gordon Brown as Prime Minister and Charles Farr as head of OSCT, there was considerable engagement with British Muslim communities.
Thursday, October 8th, 2015
This year, and once again British Muslim students continue to achieve top grades at A Level in various subjects fuelling their academic and career aspirations. At a time when the media focuses on a minority of young people becoming radicalised, it is important to highlight that the vast majority of British Muslim children are getting […]
Wednesday, August 26th, 2015
The British Muslim community is a young and dynamic community. It is as richly diverse as the nations from which its demographic is made and this too has its own challenges.
Friday, August 14th, 2015
1st and 2nd of August saw the UK Muslim Lifestyle Expo (MLE) taking place at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry. The expo brought together Muslim businesses.
Sunday, August 9th, 2015
Seventeen year old Jalaal Miller from Liverpool is selected to represent Britain in the All British Weightlifting squad at the European Youth Championships taking place in Sweden.
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