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Fuad Nahdi, Q-News and the Forging of British Islam: Some Personal Reflections

March 30, 2020 No Comments

In Q-News, Fuad Nahdi created the most consequential UK Muslim publication of its day and helped shape how a whole generation of young Muslims saw their identity and faith. He should be remembered alongside Shaykh Abdullah Quilliam and Dr Kalim Siddiqui as among the great journalists-cum-activists that British Islam has produced, writes Yahya Birt.

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History March 4, 2020

An Early Arab View of Liverpool’s Muslims

An Early Arab View of Liverpool’s Muslims: Al-Ustadh and Sheikh Abdullah Quilliam between Accusation and Exoneration during the Age of British Imperialism

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History February 20, 2020

Malcolm X and Muslims in Britain: An Appeal for Information

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…

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Uncategorized October 22, 2018

Dusé Mohamed Ali: The Black Muslim editor whose paper covered the world

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…

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Uncategorized April 11, 2018

Finding and Researching Historical Figures and Events

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…

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Uncategorized November 21, 2016

An Exploration of Black Muslims in British History and Heritage

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…

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Uncategorized April 18, 2016

Celebrating the Past and ‘What Matters’ in Documenting British Muslim Heritage

‘Why celebrate an event that happened 40 years ago?’ – A valid question and one I have been asked since discussing the World of…

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Uncategorized April 14, 2016

What was the World of Islam Festival?

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…

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Uncategorized September 21, 2015

Telling the Story of How British Muslims Are Part of the Nation’s History

Currently British Muslims are marginal to the story of the nation. Yahya Birt argues that this can only change for the better if Muslim…

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Food September 20, 2015

Aspiring Halal Hubs

An interesting trend is developing in the halal sector: regional hubs are developing in places that have some local demand but not the size…

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