22 April 2013 A coalition of a number of religious organizations issued a statement on Monday calling for the reclamation of the patron saint of England and “demanding he becomes a representative of all English peoples.” The statement was signed by, among others, the Christian Muslim Forum, the Baptist Union of Great Britain, and…
17 April 2013 The Board of Deputies of British Jews is set to open “The Righteous Muslim Exhibition,” recognizing the efforts of Muslims to save Jews from the Holocaust during WWII. Located in Bloomsbury, central London, the exhibition will display 70 photographs of Muslims who helped hide Jews from the Nazis and will chronicle…
9 March 2013 Tell MAMA (Measuring Anti-Muslim Attacks), an official hotline established in February of 2012 with the intent to help quantify instances of anti-Muslim violence, found that of the more than 630 incidents reported in the hotline’s first 12 months of operation, the majority of victims were women. 58% of the incidents…
The number of Britons choosing to become Muslims has nearly doubled in the past decade, according to one of the most comprehensive attempts to estimate how many people have embraced Islam. Following the global spread of violent Islamism, British Muslims have faced more scrutiny, criticism and analysis than any other religious community. Yet, despite the…
