Faith Matters Projects

February 26, 2010 By Faith Matters

Prevent Peers Programme

Prevent Peers Programme – Training on Prevent Work with 8 Local Authorities in the West Midlands Area in England Faith leaders, elected members and officers in eight local authorities in the West Midlands were provided with support on what the Prevent strategy entailed, Al Qaeda social narratives that were used to pull in young disaffected people […]

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Cohesive Communities – Bridging Divides between Muslim and Sikh Communities
February 26, 2010 By Faith Matters

Cohesive Communities – Bridging Divides between Muslim and Sikh Communities

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 […]

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February 26, 2010 By Faith Matters

Living Islam Out Loud

This 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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The Forums Project – Bridging Beliefs Forums Project
February 26, 2010 By Faith Matters

The Forums Project – 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 Muslims in 2005. The Bridging Beliefs Forums were a unique series of talks that took place in Manchester, Leeds, London, Birmingham and Leicester.  In a unique demonstration of togetherness, survivors of the Holocaust […]

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