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The Asian News Network report on the Top 100 Mosques demonstrated by the Developing Diversity Directory which Faith Matters produced. The report by the Asian News Network can be found here:
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Developing Diversity gets more press, Metro, Republika and many others see below… Metro: The document awards star ratings to mosques judged by a series of requirements including providing separate prayer space to women. A directory of 100 ‘women-friendly’ mosques in England has been launched Other criteria include services and activities for women, an imam accessible […]
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A directory of the 100 most “women-friendly” mosques in England is launched today, claiming to be “the start of the process to broaden and deepen the engagement of Muslim women in British mosques”. Fifty mosques were found to meet all five of the requirements set out by inter-faith organisation Faith Matters, while a further 50 […]
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The top one hundred mosques for meeting the needs of Muslim women will be revealed at the launch of a ‘Developing Diversity’ directory on 10 June 2010. The directory is compiled and launched by inter-faith, community cohesion and conflict resolution organisation Faith Matters, with government and national women’s Muslim groups’ support. Every mosque in the […]
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More than ever, it is clear that faith plays an important part in some of the lives of young people in our country and a role that inspires social justice and common action for the good of communities. Faith Matters has set up a Youth Champion’s Interfaith Panel which helps us to develop our projects […]
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“Faith Matters have come up with a project that has not been devised in the UK before and on such a national basis. To take Sikhs and Muslims from across the UK to Corrymeela in Northern Ireland for conflict resolution work is bold, innovative and says a lot about the vision of cohesion that Faith […]
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“Faith Matters is active in building relationships between religious communities, especially Muslim and Jewish, and in combating extremism…..It was an inspiration to meet Fiyaz. If, as Liberal Jews, we work with organisations like his to recognise our common humanity, then we will make the world just a little bit safer for our children”.
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The Adab research, released by Faith Matters, called for effective dialogue between the two groups and for the two communities to “rediscover” their shared cultural heritage, including a common Punjabi heritage, history and culture. Funding for Muslim and Sikh organisations in areas with a significant presence of the two groups should be conditional on promoting […]
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The Prevent Peers programme was a series of Prevent training sessions which provided 15 hours of training per participant per local authority. It was delivered from October 2009 to March 2010 and involved 8 local authorities within the West Midlands region. Faith leaders, elected members and officers received training on a range of cohesion and […]
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