Risks of Gaza Are Many Fold Including the Spread of Extremism – Dealing with the Elephant in the Room

Faith Matters has been working on projects tackling Far Right and other forms of extremism, including those who manipulate and use faith to promote extremist political ideologies or messages. We have worked for over 9 years, since 7/7, on how extremist ideologies can be tackled and we have done so with civil society groups and […]

The Role of Righteous Muslims, Printed in German by Faith Matters

We have printed the Role of Righteous Muslims, Muslims who saved Jews in the Holocaust, in German. The booklet has now been printed in Arabic, German and English and we have circulated over 8,000 booklets electronically and in hard copy form within the UK. We hope that the Role of Righteous Muslims booklet serves as […]

Information Boards on the Righteous Muslims. Muslims Who Saved Jews in the Holocaust

As part of the Righteous Muslims project, we have developed information boards of various sizes that can be used by schools, mosques and synagogues and which outline cast studies and histories of Muslims who saved Jews in the Holocaust. The boards highlight the personal stories of Muslims who risked their lives and their personal possessions […]

A Statement on the Ongoing Conflict in Gaza and Israel

We understand, given that we work with diverse Muslim communities in the UK, that there is anger about the ongoing conflict in the Middle East and the large number of deaths in Gaza. The reaction within Israel on the back of the murders of three teenagers has certainly hardened public opinion in the country and […]

Ensuring On-Line Safety for Young People in the Borough of Waltham Forest

We recently held an event in the London Borough of Waltham Forest which was targeted at mothers in the Borough. The event was based on the benefits and threats of the Internet and speaking at the event was Commander Mak Chishty from the Metropolitan Police Service. The Director of Faith Matters also spoke at the […]

Update on the Waltham Forest Syria Event

  We recently held the following event on ‘The Internalisation of Conflict and Pulls on Young People,’ in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. Speaking at the event were Commander Mak Chishty of the Metropolitan Police Service and a young female Muslim doctor, (Dr Shameela), who has visited Syria and provided medical care to Syrians, […]

Safeguarding Young People in Waltham Forest in the Online World

This is the second in a series of public outreach events in the Borough of Waltham Forest that we are conducting. These series of outreach sessions that are part of the Safeguarding programme of work in the Borough, look at the online world and the threats and opportunities that it provides to young people. We […]

Leadership to Protect Life: Activating the Diaspora Community of Pakistani Heritage

This is our third session as part of the Connecting Communities project. Previous sessions can be found here. We are honoured to have the Bishop of Bolton lead the discussions under the theme of ‘Faith Leadership to Protect Life.’ The Connecting Communities project is based on the diaspora community of Pakistani heritage promoting the need for […]

Religious Intolerance and Its Implications on Christian Theology in Pakistan

Lee Rigby Murder: Murdered Soldier is Not Forgotten, Say Army Colleagues

Dressed in his combat fatigues and regimental beret, Rob, an infantryman based at Woolwich Barracks, walks past the spot where his comrade Lee Rigby was murdered, as he does most days, and nods his respects. The only clear evidence that at this busy junction seven months earlier Drummer Rigby was killed in an act of […]