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. […]
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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