Islam in the United KingdomAlthough Islam is generally thought of as being a recent arrival in the United Kingdom, there has been contact between Britons and Muslims for many centuries. An early example would be the decision of Offa, the eighth-century King of Mercia (one of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms existing at that time), to have coins minted with an Islamic inscription on them - copies of coins issued by the near-contemporary Muslim ruler Al-Mansur. It is thought that they were minted to facilitate trade with the expanding Islamic empire in Spain.The first large group of Muslims in Britain arrived about 300 years ago. They were sailors recruited in India to work for the East India Company, and so it's not surprising that the first Muslim communities were found in port towns. Ships' cooks came too, many of them from Sylhet in what is now Bangladesh. There are records of Sylhetis working in London restaurants as early as 1873.The first Muslim community which permanently settled in...
An inner city UK council has organised an unusual photographic exhibition for some 17 British Muslims to highlight their experiences in Britain. This is the first in the BSN feature series on...
PART 2 PART 1 AVAILABLE AT http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=jmn0Og3MFIk A delightful film about a rarely-heard voice of... (more) Added: 01 December 2007 A delightful film about a rarely-heard...
A delightful film about a rarely-heard voice of Middle England, featuring four women who are keen to show people that they are Thoroughly Modern Muslims. Haleh is a professor, Asia is a cartoonist,...
PART 3 A delightful film about a rarely-heard voice of... (more) Added: 01 December 2007 A delightful film about a rarely-heard voice of Middle England, featuring four women who are keen to show...
PART 1 A delightful film about a rarely-heard voice of Middle England, featuring four women who are keen to show people that they are Thoroughly Modern Muslims. Haleh is a professor, Asia is a...
Aired: February 3, 2007 This Channel 4 program looks at Britain's busiest Sharia council to see what this Muslim legal institution offers couples in conflict and to ask whether religious laws...
Aired: February 3, 2007 This Channel 4 program looks at Britain's busiest Sharia council to see what this Muslim legal institution offers couples in conflict and to ask whether religious laws...
Aired: February 3, 2007 This Channel 4 program looks at Britain's busiest Sharia council to see what this Muslim legal institution offers couples in conflict and to ask whether religious laws...
The Gaurdian newspaper: "Scholars hit back at 'evil' bombers" Lecturers tour mosques to win over youth Martin Wainwright Friday July 29, 2005 The Guardian Qur'anic scholars (1) started a tour...
Abu-Khadeejah Abdul-Wahid In English The Gaurdian newspaper: "Scholars hit back at 'evil' bombers" Lecturers tour mosques to win over youth Martin Wainwright Friday July 29, 2005 The Guardian...