British Muslims
Queen Elizabeth II ascended to the throne at a time of deep religious divisions and worked to bring tolerance
By Joanne M. Pierce — September 26, 2022
(The Conversation) — Queen Elizabeth II encouraged tolerance in a multifaith United Kingdom. To appreciate the significance of her efforts, it is important to understand the country’s complicated religious history.
London’s new Faith hub is building young Muslims a bridge back to the mosque
By Aysha Khan — February 26, 2020
LONDON (RNS) — In a city filled with hundreds upon hundreds of mosques, Faith’s founders had no interest in creating yet another one. Nor do they have any interest in stealing away their congregants. Instead, Faith is a gathering space for those who have felt neglected by traditional Islamic spaces — especially women.
At Muslim hackathon, techies build community and tools to access Islamic learning
By Aysha Khan — February 4, 2020
LONDON (RNS) — Led by local groups Muslamic Makers and Deen Developers, around 50 young British Muslims joined a two-day hackathon in the city to help build the future of Islamic education.
A Muslim women’s netball team brings competition — and a sense of inclusion
By Aysha Khan — January 30, 2020
LONDON (RNS) — Two years ago, Muslim students founded a netball club for women in their university’s Islamic society. Since then, the team has grown to an interuniversity club, with Muslims at over a dozen U.K. institutions involved.
Website aimed at British Muslim women funded by UK anti-extremism program
By Aysha Khan — September 16, 2019
(RNS) — SuperSisters seems to be part of a larger strategy by the Home Office to work with PR and digital media agencies to offer young Muslims an anti-terrorism narrative.
Muslim mayor stresses diversity after London attack, but Britons still uneasy
By Catherine Pepinster — March 29, 2017
LONDON (RNS) 'Islamophobia is our last blind spot,' said another Muslim pathbreaker, Sayeeda Warsi, who was Britain’s first Muslim Cabinet minister.
David Cameron’s office to probe why British Muslim family barred from US
By Reuters — December 24, 2015
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency said in a statement: "The religion, faith, or spiritual beliefs of an international traveler are not determining factors about his/her admissibility into the U.S."
Critics outraged by British theater’s cancellation of play about Muslim radicalization
By Trevor Grundy — August 16, 2015
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) There is growing concern the play called “Homegrown” by Omar El-Khairy was shut down before its scheduled opening on Saturday (Aug. 15) because of pressure from the British police.
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