During this month, in our Ramadan Bites series we will be sharing and exploring traditions and stories related to Ramadan. One subject close to…
Until recent years, the front room in a Muslim household has been an integral part of the home. Usually designated as the guests’ and/or…
The E17 Art Trail 2014 at Vestry House MuseumMay – June 2014 Due to such a positive response, the Muslim Front Room exhibition run…
British Academy Mid-Career Fellow 2013-14, Dr Seán McLoughlin, who is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Philosophy, Religion and the History of Science…
The First World War was one of the biggest in history and saw new levels of violence and destruction overtake Europe. As the great…
The practice of Valentines Day traditionally hasn’t been an important event in the lives of Muslims in general. Although, among the younger generations, it…
When I was growing up the traditional way of learning about Islam was to learn how to pray and read the Quran in Arabic,…
There are very few archive collections in the UK which document the history of a Muslim community. Annabel Gill (archivist at Royal Holloway College,…
There is little documentation of the lives of Muslim migrants coming to the UK during the mid twentieth century. The little we do know…