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Thomas Sealy – Religion, Race, Culture: Islamophobia and British Converts to Islam

Posted on 6 March 2023 by Michael Munnik

My interview with Gayle, a white British Muslim convert of 18 years, had ended. It was a pleasant but chilly late winter’s day. About fifty yards up the street was […]

Mark and Sami Bryant – Our Pastwn for Hanan Issa, National Poet of Wales

Posted on 20 February 2023 by Michael Munnik

The creators of the pastwn and its recipient: Nancy Collis, Peter Forward, Sami Bryant, Hanan Issa, and Mark Bryant at the Grange Pavilion. Mark and Sami Bryant have known Hanan […]

Sophie Gilliat-Ray: Remembering Fatima Cates…a transformational convert of her time

Posted on 23 January 2023 by Michael Munnik

I can’t quite put my finger on it…but there is something rather compelling about the story of Fatima Cates (1865-1900) one of the first women to convert to Islam in […]

Abdul-Azim Ahmed – Muslims in Wales after the 2021 Census

Posted on 6 December 2022 by Michael Munnik

The Office for National Statistics has released the first information on religious affiliation from the 2021 Census, giving us a glimpse of the unfolding story of faith in Britain. The […]

Mansur Ali – Hope and Fear in Islamic Eschatology (podcast)

Posted on 25 October 2022 by Michael Munnik

Dr Mansur Ali joined a podcast to discuss the question of end times: what happens at the end of the world? Ed Kessler of the Woolf Institute runs the podcast […]

Shanon Shah – The making of a good gay Muslim: Navigating (post)colonial politics in contemporary Britain

Posted on 28 February 2022 by Michael Munnik

Has public debate on Islam and sexual diversity finally come of age, in Britain at least? Judging by the evolving media and pop culture landscape over the past decade, it […]

Two videos: Islamic Responses to COVID-19

Posted on 17 July 2021 by Michael Munnik

Two lecturers on staff at the Islam-UK Centre were among the scholars invited to a day-long virtual conference at the beginning of July. Prof. Gary Bunt, who runs the Virtually […]

Laura Jones – Radio Programme on Fasting

Posted on 11 February 2021 by Michael Munnik

Fasting has been a significant practice amongst Muslims since Islam’s inception and remains a common observance today, even amongst Muslims who may not adhere to other practices such as daily […]

Muslim Doctors Cymru and Covid Vaccine Questions

Posted on 9 February 2021 by Michael Munnik

Recent polls show that there is a hesitancy amongst the BAME community about taking the Covid-19 vaccine. There are primarily two reasons for this: (1) Infodemic: the sheer amount of […]

Abdul-Azim Ahmed – The Untapped Potential of British Mosques: Part 1

Posted on 14 December 2020 by Michael Munnik

Moments of crisis often reveal hidden strengths, and this applies to individuals as well as communities. During national emergencies and local disasters in the United Kingdom, we have seen the […]