It’s nearly 2 years to the day since I made that speech about Islamophobia. At the time I talked about the scourge of anti-Muslim hatred. From violence on the streets to vitriol online. And, dare I say it, derogatory comments at the dinner table… When I said that Islamophobia had ‘passed the dinner table test’. […]
Continue ReadingThe recent furore on the ‘Muslim Patrols’ shows the continued fear and trepidation that many feel when Muslims or Islam are used. The recent You Tube postings by a handful of individuals where they harassed passers by outside the East London mosque in Tower Hamlets actually highlighted the stupidity of these two individuals and the […]
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On Sunday, the 6th of January, 2013, Faith Matters organized its third interfaith training workshop as part of their Project Musawaat (Equality) which aims to promote freedom of religion and belief in Pakistan and is focussed on working with Christian and Muslim communities in the Punjab region. 75 participants from 18 grass-roots level youth based […]
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We hope that you can join us for what will be, an annual event, not just for Muslim communities, but for all those working against hate crimes in our country. Having launched in March 2012, we believe that no-one in this country should be subjected to hate or humiliation because of their identity or their […]
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by Dr Matthew Feldman, on behalf of Faith Matters This paper provides an overview of anti-Muslim ‘cultural racism’, which has arisen fervently this century – particularly amongst far-right activists and movements. Feldman attempts to map the way in which the far-right has converged upon anti-Muslim prejudice as a strategy for populist mobilization. In this environment […]
Continue ReadingFiyaz Mughal OBE, Director of Faith Matters requests the pleasure of your company at our TELL MAMA Fundraising Dinner January 24th, 7.30pm for 8pm. Central London Hotel Guest speakers include Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, Mishal Husain (BBC), Baroness Warsi, Mehdi Hasan and Simon Hughes MP (TBC) £120 per ticket, includes a bespoke three course […]
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Faith Matters launched the MUSAWAAT (Equality) project at the Avari Hotel in Lahore. The aim of this project is to protect and promote equality in Pakistan and imbed a sense of shared values leading to the protection of minority faiths. The Musawaat project will support grassroots level interfaith dialogue and understanding between Christian and Muslim […]
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Published in the Huffington Post, (30/10/12) The invitation I received two months ago was to an interfaith conference between Muslim and Jews in Paris run by the European Jewish Congress and the aims of the session were to discuss issues of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. The conference was therefore based on a seemingly pretty straightforward set […]
Continue ReadingYouth Champions Forum Faith Matters Youth Forum is organising a series of conferences in three UK cities (London, Birmingham and Derby) in partnership with local partners on the theme of inclusion of young people in building community cohesion ‘ Youth CoCo’ . This project is supported by the European Commission. Each conference is organised and […]
Continue Readingby Dr Matthew Feldman, on behalf of Faith Matters Click to View This paper provides an overview of anti-Muslim ‘cultural racism’, which has arisen fervently this century – particularly amongst far-right activists and movements. Feldman attempts to map the way in which the far-right has converged upon anti-Muslim prejudice as a strategy for populist mobilization. […]
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