An appeal from Everyday Muslim to Muslims in Britain and Muslims worldwide to share memories, photos and documents of Malcolm X’s visits to Britain in 1964–5. Written by Yahya Birt.
In pre-First World War London, an Egyptian-born journalist and writer founded a paper to report international struggles against colonialism and racism. Yasmeen Arif discusses…
Finding relevant historical information about people of Black/African/Afro-Caribbean descent in Britain is no easy feat. Add Muslim to the mix and it gets even…
Everyday Muslim’s third annual symposium will aim to explore constructions of Black Muslim identity and heritage in the UK and how the stories of…
‘Why celebrate an event that happened 40 years ago?’ – A valid question and one I have been asked since discussing the World of…
In London in the spring of 1976, Queen Elizabeth II opened the World of Islam Festival, a unique and cultural event that in concept and in scale was…
Currently British Muslims are marginal to the story of the nation. Yahya Birt argues that this can only change for the better if Muslim…
An interesting trend is developing in the halal sector: regional hubs are developing in places that have some local demand but not the size…
Can the moral panic about Islam in Britain today affect how we tell our own British Muslim histories? Yahya Birt reflects on his surprise…
Last Wednesday the Everyday Muslim team attended the 9th Annual Community Heritage Archive Group Conference and Award ceremony. Our team was up for the…