The first Sikh and Muslim Media Monitoring and Response newsletter for 2012 features latest project updates and information about religious festivals. Also included in the newsletter are details about a new Faith Matters project called TELL MAMA which aims to support victims of Anti-Muslim hate crime, and also to map the incidences using specialist software […]
Continue ReadingFaith Matters welcomes the recent news documentary that Al Jazeera undertook on the TELL MAMA project which supports those who have suffered anti-Muslim attacks and which also maps, measures and analyses areas in England that may be potential hotspots for such attacks. The project which was devised by Faith Matters is being co-ordinated by the […]
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The Peghaam Project – Countering Extremism Through SMS Work in Pakistan Faith Matters has been working for over 2 years in Pakistan utilising mobile SMS messaging to counter extremist narratives or rhetorics. The work has placed themed messages to over 4 million Pakistanis in country and we are able to map, measure and analyse which […]
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Little has been raised in the public domain in the United Kingdom about the growing tide of interfaith marriages that are taking place. As communities continue to mix, there is a natural tendencey for people from different races, cultures and religions to come into contact with each other and relationships naturally follow. It has been […]
Continue ReadingFaith Matters in the Huffington Post – The Fight Against Islamophobia Steps up a Gear By Dr Leon Moosavi https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/dr-leon-moosavi/the-fight-against-islamophobia-_b_1293441.html A new service has been launched this week enabling Muslims to report anti-Muslim discrimination. The initiative by Faith Matters must be applauded and can be a milestone in challenging Islamophobia. Over the past four years, […]
Continue ReadingThe Government has called on people to come together and play their full part in local communities. A new ‘localist’ approach to achieving a more integrated society focusing on creating the conditions for everyone to live and work successfully alongside each other was today unveiled by Secretary of State Eric Pickles and Communities Minister Andrew […]
Continue ReadingThis bulletin outlines the great work that two of our volunteers Ravinder Kaur Dhesi & Hari Malhi have undertaken within the Muslim and Sikh Media Monitoring and Response project. They were rewarded by Ealing CSV for their work. Also within this newsletter are details of the interfaith activity that Faith Matters undertook to mark Interfaith […]
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Cultural Exchange Tour For Indian Students Enhances The Ties Between India & The United Kingdom The British High Commission in Delhi in partnership with the Jamia Millia Islamia Academy is sponsoring 2 Indian students to visit the United Kingdom as part of a cultural exchange visit to find out more about the work of educational, […]
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EPolitix.com Reports on the Work of Faith Matters in Countering Extremism in Pakistan We talk to Fiyaz Mughal, founder and director of Faith Matters, about how the charity is seeking to tackle extremism in Pakistan through the use of SMS technology. Could you outline the main objectives of Faith Matters? Project Peghaam tests messages on […]
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Faith Matters developed the Role of Righteous Muslims Booklet in order to document the stories of Muslims, driven by their faith and the code of honour (BESA), to protect the lives of persecuted Jews in the Holocaust. The code of honour or BESA was fundamental to Albania and many Albanian Muslims protected fellow Jewish Albanians […]
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