A PERSPECTIVE OF SIKH & MUSLIM RELATIONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM & CAUSES OF TENSIONS & MISTRUST BETWEEN THE TWO COMMUNITIES Click to view report The Adab (Respect) research report builds on the work that Faith Matters undertook in Corrymeela in 2008 where a group of Sikhs and Muslims took part in facilitated discussions sessions […]
Continue ReadingThe Developing Diversity Directory: Promoting the Top 100 Most Women Friendly Mosques in England One hundred Mosques provided the basis for the Developing Diversity directory published by Faith Matters which looked at 100 leading mosques which met a majority of the criteria that Muslim women wanted to see within them. Over 8 focus groups were […]
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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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Faith Matters has numerous branches across the globe. We undertake the following: Faith Matters has also overseen two international ‘micro-finance’ projects which support the development of small businesses in Jerusalem, Israel and the West Bank in Palestine. The Jerusalem Interest Free Fund: The fund provides small business and study loans to. The fund offers the […]
Continue ReadingThe Bridging Beliefs Forums Project: The Bridging Beliefs Forums were a unique series of workshops across England with Holocaust survivors and survivors of the genocide of Bosnian between 1992 – 1995. Hundreds of thousands of Muslims suffered internment, murder, systemised rape and ethnic cleansing in the Bosnian genocide between those three years. There are resonances […]
Continue ReadingThe Future Visions Charity: The charity supports entrepreneurs in the West Bank through micro and small business loans and to people in outlying villages in Palestine. Faith Matters provided strategic advice to the charity and helped to develop its structure, it direction and the systems it needed to develop in order to be effective. The […]
Continue ReadingFaith Matters has overseen two international ‘micro-finance’ projects which support the development of small businesses in Jerusalem and the West Bank in Palestine. The Jerusalem Interest Free Fund: The fund provides small business and study loans to Arab Palestinian women and Charedi (Orthodox Jewish) women. The fund offers the loans for small business start-ups and […]
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Faith Matters co-ordinated the launch of Rotherham Council’s ‘One Town, One Community’ event with the aim of developing good interfaith relationships and preventing the spread of violent and extremist messages. Survivors of Rwanda, Bosnia and the Holocaust hosted workshops about how communities can prevent the spread of violent and extremist messages. The Minister for Cohesion […]
Continue ReadingThis programme provided young people with the opportunity to discuss matters around identity, faith and local issues that may be impacting on them. We worked with young Bangladeshi and young Somali groups in the London Borough of Enfield to look at these issues within a safe and secure environment. The London Borough of Enfield asked […]
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One hundred mosques provided the basis for the Developing Diversity directory published by Faith Matters which looked at the top 100 leading mosques in England which met a majority of the criteria that Muslim women wanted to see within them. Inclusion and accessibility to religious institutions not only helps to increase the development of healthy […]
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