Tag: COMMUNITY
Representation matters! (Except when it doesn’t)
If one is required to leave so much of their self at the door before stepping in to ‘represent’ their community, how impactful and authentic can such representation actually be?
It’s time to address the anti-Blackness in our Mosques
Anti-Blackness exists within our mosques, and Black Muslims are being marginalised at the hands of others in the Muslim community in the UK.
Royal Visit to Cape Town Muslims
The Royal visit to Cape Town spotlights the vastness of Islam, even – and especially – in times when we are under pressure
Unscripted #18 | Veteran Imam Shakeel Begg opens up
Join us this week on our Unscripted podcast with Imam Shakeel Begg
Turkish President Erdogan calls on Muslims to Unite
“No one has the right to narrow the boundaries of brotherhood in Islam, drawn by our Lord and our Prophet”
Face to Face: Muslim Integration
ʿAbd Allāh Thomson dispels common myths about Muslims and so-called "integration".
The Story of Saba
A people who made the strangest of du'as...
Sri Lanka’s 1000-year-old Muslim community is the latest target of Buddhist nationalism
Imported and manufactured Islamophobia is making one of Sri Lanka's oldest communities feel besieged in their own home...
Lessons Learnt as a New Imam
"People are not in need of a beautiful voice in their community; they are in need of a person who can connect them to the words being recited."
The “Missing Muslims” Report: More of the Same
Jahangir Mohammed says that the recent report by the Citizens UK Commission on Islam, Participation & Public Life is yet another report about "the Muslims" which follows a familiar theme: "Muslims as…