Imam Shakeel Begg

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Unscripted #33 | Election’s over, what now?? | Imam Shakeel Begg & Azad Ali

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Join us this week on our Unscripted Podcast #33 with Imam Shakeel Begg and Azad Ali

Unscripted #18 | Veteran Imam Shakeel Begg opens up

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Join us this week on our Unscripted podcast with Imam Shakeel Begg

Remembering Darcus Howe & Ahmed Kathrada

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Lewisham Mosque's Imam Shakeel Begg reflects on the lives of Ahmed Kathrada, a contemporary of Nelson Mandela, and Darcus Howe, a leading activist during the Black Panther Movement, and highlights the duty of a Muslim in standing up to injustice, oppression and racism.

Life as an Imām in the United Kingdom

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Life as an Imām in the United Kingdom Growing up in south London, becoming a member of a gang was something many youngsters had fallen prey to, and I myself could easily have fallen victim to this lifestyle. However what I could never have envisaged was that later on in life, I would help mediate between two notorious rival gangs, let alone become an Imām. After returning from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1996 where I conducted my studies, I found a job in an Islamic bookshop in south London. In November 1998 I was offered a position as

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