Ensuring On-Line Safety for Young People in the Borough of Waltham Forest

We recently held an event in the London Borough of Waltham Forest which was targeted at mothers in the Borough. The event was based on the benefits and threats of the Internet and speaking at the event was Commander Mak Chishty from the Metropolitan Police Service. The Director of Faith Matters also spoke at the […]

Update on the Waltham Forest Syria Event

  We recently held the following event on ‘The Internalisation of Conflict and Pulls on Young People,’ in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. Speaking at the event were Commander Mak Chishty of the Metropolitan Police Service and a young female Muslim doctor, (Dr Shameela), who has visited Syria and provided medical care to Syrians, […]

Safeguarding Young People in Waltham Forest in the Online World

This is the second in a series of public outreach events in the Borough of Waltham Forest that we are conducting. These series of outreach sessions that are part of the Safeguarding programme of work in the Borough, look at the online world and the threats and opportunities that it provides to young people. We […]

Leadership to Protect Life: Activating the Diaspora Community of Pakistani Heritage

This is our third session as part of the Connecting Communities project. Previous sessions can be found here. We are honoured to have the Bishop of Bolton lead the discussions under the theme of ‘Faith Leadership to Protect Life.’ The Connecting Communities project is based on the diaspora community of Pakistani heritage promoting the need for […]

Religious Intolerance and Its Implications on Christian Theology in Pakistan

Lee Rigby Murder: Murdered Soldier is Not Forgotten, Say Army Colleagues

Dressed in his combat fatigues and regimental beret, Rob, an infantryman based at Woolwich Barracks, walks past the spot where his comrade Lee Rigby was murdered, as he does most days, and nods his respects. The only clear evidence that at this busy junction seven months earlier Drummer Rigby was killed in an act of […]

Faith Matters Reaction to Anjem Choudhary & Al Muhajiroun Terror Revelations

Responding to a HOPE not hate report out today, ‘Gateway to Terror’, which contains multiple revelations about hate leader Anjem Choudary and the al-Muhajiroun hate group, director of interfaith organisation Faith Matters (and Tell MAMA anti-Muslim hate crimes monitoring head) Fiyaz Mughal said: “We welcome the launch of this excellent and comprehensive report from HOPE not hate. We […]

Launch of the Connecting Communities, Pakistan Project

The Connecting Communities project is based on the ideas of enhancing, focussing and activating the power of communities who are of Pakistani heritage, and who are citizens and permanent residents of the United Kingdom. We are all aware of the enormous skills, energy possessed by diaspora communities of Pakistani heritage, the passion that many have […]

Launch of the Connecting Communities, Pakistan Project

The Connecting Communities project is based on the ideas of enhancing, focussing and activating the power of communities who are of Pakistani heritage, and who are citizens and permanent residents of the United Kingdom. We are all aware of the enormous skills, energy possessed by diaspora communities of Pakistani heritage, the passion that many have […]

Reverend Rana Khan Delivers the Bishop Vaughan Memorial Lecture

BISHOP VAUGHAN MEMORIAL LECTURE, By Revd Rana Youab Khan, International Interreligious Dialogues Assistant to the Archbishop of Canterbury on 15TH MAY 2012 at the Parish of Oystermouth, Swansea “Interfaith Dialogue in the Post 9/11 World with a special reference to Dr Rowan Williams Archbishop of Canterbury” This is a speech given by Rev Rana Khan, […]