Muslims in Britain

Sophie Gilliat-Ray – A Tale of Two Re-interments

Posted on 2 April 2024 by Michael Munnik

Hospitality and a warm welcome are embedded in the DNA of the Islam-UK Centre.  We love to welcome visitors!  But we also relish the opportunity to undertake fieldtrips, and to […]

Matthew Vince – Exploring the Rich Tapestry of Islam: Three Years of Discovering Muslims in Britain

Posted on 26 June 2023 by Michael Munnik

As the dust settles on another successful run of the Discovering Muslims in Britain online CPD course, now is a good time to reflect. The Islam-UK Centre team created the […]

Sophie Gilliat-Ray, Mansur Ali, and Hansjoerg Schmid: Research Update

Posted on 2 June 2023 by Michael Munnik

We were treated in May to the presence of a visiting scholar - Prof. Hansjoerg Schmid from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. Hansjoerg works with the Swiss Center for […]

Mansur Ali – Organ Donation and You

Posted on 18 April 2023 by Michael Munnik

On Sunday 12 March 2023, the British Islamic Medical Association (BIMA) premiered its first movie on organ donation and Islam. The panel included transplant surgeons, organ transplant patients, nephrologists, organ […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Michael Munnik – IPSO: press regulator’s ‘guidance’ for reporting on Muslims is not fit for purpose

Posted on 26 November 2020 by Michael Munnik

It shouldn’t be controversial to say journalists have failed in reporting on Muslims and Islam in the UK. Inaccurate use of terms and frequently negative constructions can make the religion […]

Belal Ghafoor – From one capital to another: (I would go) 400 miles

Posted on 2 July 2019 by Michael Munnik

I write this in the glorious summer sunshine of South Wales deliberating over the past nine months at the Islam-UK Centre. As a Jameel scholar privileged to undertake the MA […]