This paper seeks to demonstrate that the dynamic reconstruction process of Muslim identity in Britain has remarkable reflections in the socio-legal sphere since law is a socio-cultural construct...
Read More »Call for Application: Scholarships for the MA Islam in Contemporary Britain
Applications are invited for THREE full-time scholarships for the MA Islam in Contemporary Britain for the academic year 2018/19...
Read More »Panel Event: Islamophobia: Challenges and Opportunities
Innovate Walsall, cordially invites Scholars and Students to a panel event entitled "Islamophobia: Challenges & Opportunities" with keynote speaker, Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, alongside Professor Francis Davis and...
Read More »Over 200 UK Mosques to Open their Doors this Weekend
With over 200 mosques across the UK opening their doors this weekend on 18 February 2018 as part of Visit My Mosque Day, this year will have the largest ever number of mosques welcoming in their neighbors at the same time under the theme Open Doors, Open Mosques, Open Communities...
Read More »London Muslim Lifestyle Show Wins Event of the Year
London Muslim Lifestyle Show was named Event of the Year in the 6th annual British Muslim Awards. The ceremony took place in the great Yorkshire city of Bradford on the 31st of January 2018...
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Muslims make up the second biggest religious group in the UK, which makes the increased demand for halal food and restaurants understandable. There are a number of restaurants in Reading, Berkshire that serve halal food, from Indian to Mexican cuisines...
Read More »Muslim Council of Britain to Start New Counter-Terror Initiative
Britain’s Muslims will start a new counter-terrorism initiative under the country’s biggest Muslim umbrella organization, according to a conference in North London on...
Read More »London Primary Schools Backs Down over Hijab Ban
A primary school that controversially banned pupils from wearing hijabs appears to have backed down after the chair of governors announced his resignation following complaints from parents...
Read More »Hijab, Meaning, Identity, Otherization and Politics: British Muslim Women
The fourth report in the British Muslim Expectations of Government series has been commissioned to highlight and identify Muslim responses and requirements...
Read More »Law and British Muslims: Domination of the Majority or Process of Balance?
This volume broaches the subject of neutrality and the law with the specific experience and expectations of Muslims in the UK. Having discussed the various theoretical critiques of law as objective and universal, it proceeds to draw on Muslim voices from across the UK in order to propose the grounds …
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