INTRODUCTION

We hope this section of Salaam will be most useful for those at school, whether in Britain or elsewhere in Europe. We hope it will provide Muslims and their non-Muslim friends with interesting facts and discussion points, as well as serve as a learning resources centre for school projects and other assignments.

We welcome your feedback and contributions – you could highlight the good work of an organisation, or the achievements of an individual, or just send us descriptions of your neighbourhood – its halaal shops and restaurants, mosques, places of interest, interesting characters, ‘Muslim-friendly’ schools and employers – you can also upload us images/digital photos if you wish.

June 2009 Message to John Denham MP Contest 2 Contestations update - Redbridge Faith Forum Blogs - Goodbye to Blears - with apologies to Tom Dooley May 2009 Who's Who - Dr Farid Khan White Paper - General Election Scenarios, Constituency Analysis Stop and Search statistics update Inventory of Arrests update - Judge Gross's tirade April 2009 Muslims in Britain report - Understanding Muslim Ethnic communities Politics - Zahid Iqbal PPC RICU update Blogs: Crows coming home to roost Big Brother technology - the DNA database Rogue elements in the Met Politics - focus on Bradford West PVE Funding updates Review: 'The Ultimate Separatist Cage? Youth Work with Muslim Young Women' by Gill Cressey Contest 2 Contestation Blogs - Hazel Blears must go Gaza timeline - UK perspective Inventory of arrests updates Secret State updates March 2009 Contest 2 Contestation ID Cards dossier update Secret State - National Security Forum on the way An-Nisa Society and the PREVENT experience Gaza timeline - UK perspective State Database - profiling risks increase Feb 2009 2009 Good Practice for British Mosques Good Muslim, West Muslim Hassan Butt - in for the monies & 'Prospect' magazine(updated) Gaza crisis - UK perspective (updated) More on Operation OVERT (updated) The Jewel of Medina dossier (updated) The ID Card white elephant (updated) January 2009 Shadow minister Paul Goodman's shot across MCB's bows Further revelations on Quilliam Foundation funding Gaza Holocaust Dossier - including the UK perspective Quilliam Foundation own up to Government funding Books & Reports: 'The Thistle and the Crescent' by Bashir Maan Metrics of domestic security - updated December 2008 Metrics of domestic security Books & Reports: A Guide to Engaging Muslim Communities - Matrix Housing Partnership Victoria Brittain: "The use of the media to create a climate of fear around Muslims in Britain is nothing new..." Inventory of arrests updates Home Secretary's speech "I am delighted to announce we have just granted a further £5.8 million to Prevent", 10th December 2008 November 2008 Review:Valuing Family, Valuing work: British Muslim Women and the Labour market', by Zamila Bunglawala PVE Projects - more royalist than the king? Secret State - Metrics of Domestic Security update Politics in Britain - Minister Phil Woolas and the "indigenous" Blog: The jewel of Medina (updated) PVE Projects - gobbledy gook Inventory of arrests updates September 2008 Who's Who update - Mrs Farkhanda Chaudhry Who's Who - Mrs Anjum Anwar Council's job is not to monitor Secret State - OVERT, airlines, smokescreens Inventory of arrests updates 'Intelligent women' thread Blog: The jewel of Medina August 2008 Who's Who update - Shahid Malik MP Prof Kassim RICU - updates ID Card Dossier - updates Blogs - Blair disabused in Malaysia Inventory of arrests updates Preventing Violent Extremism Pathfinder Fund - Salma Yaqoob, whistle-blower Hussein Kassim, Professor of Politics July 2008 Politics in Britain - Glasgow Central, incumbent Muhammad Sarwar and challenger Osama Saeed Metrics of the domestic security regime - updated 28th July Looking beyond the veil - a research project into people’s perceptions of the Muslim veil in Kirklees Government to sideline MINAB - the Theology Board proposals 42 days' detention - Lord Ahmed's dramatic intervention Cardiff report - anti-Muslim racism in the media Operation Aragorn - IN35 link? Lord Chief Justice backs Archbishop June 2008 Paul Goodman MP revisited Guide for employers: Recovering the calm - best practice guide to prayer rooms and quiet space at work Defining Events: Maulana Bostan Qadri's meeting on 42 days' detention University of Exeter's report on Islamic digital resources Inventory of arrests update 42-day detention - MPs of merit & de-merit 26 Tory seats Birmingham Ladywell update Andrew Dismore update May 2008 Who's who - Maleiha Malik, update Secret State updates - RICU Politics in Britain - Ann Milton MP for Guildford London Assembly Member Murad Qureshi's blog Inventory of Arrests (updated) Blogs - Ken the magnificent Defining events - London elections update Muslims in Britain - Diversity report Muslims and the dirty war (updated) April 2008 Inventory of Arrests (updated) Metrics of domestic security (updated) Muslims and the dirty war Politics - Kerry vs Adeela - the Bristol East Constituency Politics - Barry Gardiner MP (updated) March 2008 Metrics of the domestic security regime Margaret Moran MP Shariah debate (Archbishop Rowan Williams) - Supporting voices, Noah Feldmanh Khalid Khaliq case - 16 months for CD London Assembly Member Murad Qureshi's blog - from fascists in Chelsea to Heathrow activists - 10th March Babar Ahmad case - 'Private Eye' revelations Metrics of surveillance - 10th March Keeping track of the ID card plan Shariah debate (Archbishop Rowan Williams) - Hansard, 3rd March

February 2008 Politics in Britain - Brent North MP Barry Gardiner London Assembly Member Murad Qureshi's blog Review: The search for common ground, Muslims, non-Muslims and the UK media Who's Who - Dr Nader El-Bizri Archbishop Rowan Williams - a pillar of wisdom Secret State updates - The O'Loan report and implications for Muslims The OVERT trail and Rashid Rauf London Calling.... Mayoral & Assembly elections HMD 2008 update Secret State updates - Political Intrigues Secret State updates - Metrics of the security regime Who's Who - Sadiq Khan update Inventory of arrests updates

January 2008 Who's who - Prof Adel Sharif Who's who - update on Shaheed Fatema Books & Reports: Citizenship Survey Who's who - update on Tony McNulty Politics in Britain - Barry Sheerman MP Who's who - update on Salma Yaqoob Politics in Britain - update on George Galloway

This Special Report comprises

		History of Muslims in the UK There has been Muslim contact with the British Isles for 1000 years!
		Defining events Fifteen important experiences including the Rushdie Affair (1988), the response to the war in Bosnia (1991), September 11 and its aftermath (2001), the historic anti-war marches (2001, 2002), Lib Dems seize Brent East victory and The Kilroy-Silk Affair (2004), the Jack Straw veil debate (2006)....
		Demographics/charts Data tables, pie charts and histograms presenting facts and figures on British Muslims, based on the findings of the Census. There are 1.6 million Muslims in the UK – that is the population of Birmingham (1 million) and Glasgow (600,000) combined. One in eleven Londoners is of the Muslim faith.
		Recognition in the public sphere The visible and tangible examples of a multicultural society
		Civil liberty issues British Muslims in detention or in prison without trial or due process of law, in the wake of September 11
		Legislation affecting Muslims A listing of the laws that offer protection from discrimination and religious abuse
		Representative bodies The Muslim point of view needs to be put across robustly and in an informed manner - to the media, government, other faith groups and society at large
		Beacon institutions Examples of Muslim organisations that have provided outstanding service to the community
		Who’s who - Muslim experts and distinguished professionals, men and women.
		Landmark future developments What to watch out for
		Books & Reports Further reading on British Muslims
		My Neighbourhood Tell us about facilities and shops and other things of interest for Muslims where you live

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