The Guardian profiles Miqdaad Versi, an assistant secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain, who has been documenting the Islamophobia of the British press and lodging formal objections to them with the Independent Press Standards Organisation.
The Muslim-American co-founder of Zaytuna College in Berkeley, California, Imam Zaid Shakir, has faced backlash for his now-deleted post on Facebook which suggested Sharia law should be applied in judging whether Dr Christine Blasey Ford’s allegations against Brett Kavanaugh are credible.
The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), Britain’s leading Muslim organisation, has launched a scheme to train women for leadership in mosques and community bodies. The six-month scheme is currently being undertaken by twenty women, who are given one-to-one mentoring and visit “best-practice mosques”. They are also given public speaking training and training in media relations.
The Institute for Social Policy and Understanding’s 2018 American Muslim Poll has revealed that one-third of American Muslims are “at or below the federal poverty line”. Further research conducted by ISPU to investigate economic disparity within the community examined the demographic factors that are correlated with low- and high-income households in ISPU’s poll.
