Youth 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. […]
Continue ReadingThe TELL MAMA project which is co-ordinated by Faith Matters, has been highlighted by Press TV in a 20 minute documentary which was aired in September 2012. The documentary interviews young visible Muslim women who describe their experiences of anti-Muslim attacks. The documentary also lists the work of TELL MAMA and the kinds of cases […]
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What Draws People of Faith to Right Wing Organisations & What Effects Does the EDL Have on Interfaith Relations? Key findings of the report include: EDL attempts to recruit among faith communities Christian leaders should publicly stand up to EDL UK government should examine group’s international funding Jewish Defence League should be banned Christian organisations […]
Continue Reading“We deplore the comments made by the Pakistani Railways Minister, Ghulam Ahmed Bilour, who has put a $100,000 bounty on the head of the Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, the individual who put together the low-budget trailer for the ‘Innocence of Muslims’ film. Fueling the flames of anger and counter-reaction, the statement has once again put Pakistan […]
Continue ReadingFaith 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 […]
Continue ReadingDeclaration of European Muslim and Jewish Leaders at Paris, September 5th, 2012, ‘A Zero Tolerance Approach for Religious Bigotry.’ This is the text of the Declaration which was launched in Paris in September 2012: We, Muslim and Jewish leaders of Europe, affirm together that in order to ensure the security and well being of millions […]
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Joint Statement by the Board of Deputies of British Jews & Faith Matters Against the Abuse of Faith Based Symbols to Promote Hate in the UK As Jews and Muslims we deplore the abuse of our faiths by those who purportedly write in their name to spread messages of hate, threat and contempt. […]
Continue Reading‘Ed Milliband’s View of What it Means to be English is a Refreshing Change from the Narrow Views of Other Politicians And More in Tune with Modern Britain,’ by Fiyaz Mughal OBE, Director of Faith Matters – Published in E-Politix, 11/06/2012 Whether people want to reduce the impact of Ed Milliband by references to Wallace […]
Continue ReadingThe “Muslim Schindler” Remembering Abdol-Hossein Sardari. By Mehdi Hasan, Published 23 May 2012 Jewish, Muslim and Christian clergymen participate in the blessing of an ecumenical chapel at Poland’s new national stadium in Warsaw. Photo: Getty Images Have you heard of the “Muslim Schindler” who risked his life to save Iranian Jews in Paris during […]
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