Panorama’s exposure this week of Anti-semitic and homophobic textbooks being used by a small number of Muslim pupils highlights a sickening attempt by so-called “holy” people abroad to manipulate young minds here in Britain. Written by individuals who have been insulated from the diversity that we see around us and who see internal religious dilemmas […]
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Fiyaz Mughal talking about the Righteous Muslims booklet on Sunrise Radio. Remember you can download and view the booklet by clicking here.
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The title of Christina Patterson’s piece “Moderate Islam must find its voice” (24 June) suggests that there are two forms of Islam, moderate and extreme, when in fact there is a set of beliefs that people can interpret, as do believers of other faiths when they read their scriptures. The article implies that religion produces […]
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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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Click here for Telegraph Article Shahid Malik, a junior communities minister, said staff who provide spiritual care can help guide those who have a “distorted view of religion or society”. It comes amid growing concern about the ability of radical preachers and terrorists to infiltrate public institutions in Britain. The problem of radicalisation on campuses […]
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Alliances between Muslims and Jews and a different discourse in the future by Fiyaz Mughal OBE FCMI My friends. It’s wonderful to be here today and I am honoured to be invited. I bring a message of hope today, but first of all I want to impress upon you how important it is to keep hoping. […]
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The period of January 2011 – December 2011 has seen a number of activities undertaken by Faith Matters with respect to four key areas. Our work in interfaith, conflict resolution, community cohesion / integration and preventing extremism has grown and engaged with larger sets of communities in the UK and within countries like Pakistan. In […]
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Faith Matters launched in 2006 as a vehicle to enable faith communities to reduce conflict using conflict resolution tools. Faith Matters works on integration, cohesion, hate crime and countering extremism projects.
Faith Matters has also influenced social policy at local, regional and governmental levels through its research reports. Faith Matters has been ground-breaking and instrumental in developing new and innovative projects that bring faith communities together and in strengthening faith institutions.
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