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Abdul-Azim Ahmed – Wales’s First Muslim Grave

Posted on 14 March 2023 by Michael Munnik

Photo by Mark Bryant The pursuit of “firsts” is always enticing in history as superlative claims help justify the importance of the findings in question. But such claims are always […]

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 […]

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 […]