Faith Matters UK tour (This tour has now been completed) Faith Matters invited a convert Hispanic ‘gangsta’ rapper for a series of talks with communities in the UK to counter gun and knife crime and the pull of extremism towards some young people in the UK. This programme covered 8 major cities including London, Manchester, […]
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Click here for Telegraph Article Shahid Malik, a junior communities minister, said staff who provide spiritual care can help guide those who have a “distorted view of religion or society”. It comes amid growing concern about the ability of radical preachers and terrorists to infiltrate public institutions in Britain. The problem of radicalisation on campuses […]
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Faith Matters investigated tensions amongst young Sikh and Muslim men which threatened to create local and national hotspots of tension. Conducted in 2008, it took Sikhs and Muslims to Corrymeela in Northern Ireland to explore some of the issues causing tension in some parts of the East and West Midlands and to look at commonalities between the […]
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Working Towards Bridging Divides Between Sikh and Muslim Communities Confronting Regional Barriers and Divisions Between Sikh and Muslim Communities Through Conflict Resolution Programmes at Corymeela This project was completed on the 2nd of September 2008 and full details of the project are listed in the introduction below. This was a particularly tough project that roused […]
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Faith Matters explored local issues of tensions amongst young male Sikhs and Muslims which threatened to create local and national hotspots of tension. The project culminated in the Cohesive Communities report which can be used by communities as a resource to develop cohesion and to look at divergent dialogues between Sikh and Muslim communities. The […]
Continue ReadingThis programme devised and undertaken by Faith Matters was based on a tour of US Muslim female writers in the UK and to give British Muslim women the opportunity to engage with US counterparts and discuss Muslim communities and issues affecting them in the US and UK. The aim of the programme was therefore to […]
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