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Advocacy

Collected by: Digital British Islam Project

Archived since: May, 2023

Description:

This collection encompasses various advocacy, campaign or welfare groups that work on a wide variety of issues of interest to British Muslims. They are largely activist groups working on issues such the environment and Islamophobia and also include think tanks.

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Title: Green Muslim Project

URL: http://greenmuslimuk.org/

Description: The Green Muslim Project is an initiative supported & launched by Islamic Cultural Centre UK & London Central Mosque under the leadership of Director General Dr. Ahmed Al Dubayan.

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Title: Ayaan Institute

URL: https://ayaaninstitute.com/

Description: The Ayaan Institute is a think-tank that produces analysis and publications to stimulate new thinking and policies to solve the complex problems facing Muslims around the world.

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Title: New Beginnings

URL: https://beginnings.org.uk/

Description: New Beginings was formed in 2020 in Oldham by Bilal Brown to provide support, companionship and education for new Muslims.

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Title: Convert Muslim Foundation

URL: https://convertmuslimfoundation.org.uk/

Description: The Convert Muslim Foundation is led by converts to Islam all of who have extensive experience of supporting people interested in Islam and those embracing the faith. This know-how has devel-oped over the past 30 years of recognised and specialised service provision and collective personal experience. Mindful of this we recognise the enormity of this task and, considering the growth of the convert community in the UK over the past three decades

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Title: Institute for Islamic Strategic Affairs (IISA)

URL: https://iisa.org.uk/

Description: The Institute for Islamic Strategic Affairs (IISA) is a global think-tank that provides consultancy to governments, NGOs, and INGOs. It is founded by Usama Butt.

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Title: Muslim Public Affairs Committee UK (MPACUK)

URL: https://mpacuk.org/

Description: The Muslim Public Affairs Committee UK (MPACUK), civil liberties pressure group, setup in 2001 to encourage civil engagement within the Muslim community at all levels in the UK. It campaign against Islamophobia offers training and tools for Muslim communities to becomes organised to do the same.

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Title: Muslim Census

URL: https://muslimcensus.co.uk/

Description: Established in 2020, this innovative initiative conducts online surveys, interviews and collates data on British Muslims to increase the evidence base for issues that require representation to policy makers and media institutions.

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Title: Nejma Collective

URL: https://nejmacollective.wordpress.com/

Description: A UK-based collective of Muslim volunteers that works with Muslims in prisons by sharing resources (financial grants and books) and offering support and draws public attention to the needs and experiences of those who are incarcerated.

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Title: New Horizons

URL: https://nhorizons.org/

Description: The New Horizons project was founded by Dilwar Hussain and intends to promote greater recognition of the diversity of views in the Islamic tradition and challenge narrow interpretations. It arranges public events that engage in critical discussions around identity, tradition and reform, to provide a positive, contextual vision of Islam in Britain.

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Title: Oxford Institute for British Islam

URL: https://oibi.org.uk/

Description: This project was founded and lead by Taj Hargey. It aims to conduct and present a Quran-centric interpretation of Islam that is contextualised in Britain. It intends to do this by conducting dependently-funded policy research that reframes debates on faith in British Muslim communities.

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Title: Sex & Relationships Education Islamic (SREIslamic)

URL: https://sreislamic.org/

Description: Founded 2008 by Yusuf Patel, the SREIslamic provided Muslim parents with face to face and online workshops to navigate LGBTQ related topics in schools.

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Title: Tell MAMA

URL: https://tellmamauk.org/

Description: Set up to tackling anti-Muslim hatred and records instance of hate crime. It produces reports and briefings, engages policy makers and also works with police forces across England, Wales and Scotland to try to seek justice for victims through the prosecution of perpetrators.

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Title: The Cordoba Foundation

URL: https://thecordobafoundation.com/

Description: The Cordoba Foundation is a UK-based research and advisory group with the stated aim of “bridging the gap of understanding between the Muslim World and the West” It was established in London in 2005 by Anas Al-Tikriti

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Title: UK Muslims for Peace

URL: https://ukmuslimsforpeace.org/

Description: A website of the Ahmadiyyah community in the UK which is led by Mirza Masroor Ahmed.

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Title: CAGE

URL: https://www.cage.ngo/

Description: A British based Muslim campaign group that works nationally and internationally to challenge discriminatory state policies and advocate for due process and the rule of law. It works with the survivors of the ‘War on Terror’ and seeks to empower communities through educational work-shops, community events and seminars.

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Title: Helping Households Under Great Stress (HHUGS)

URL: https://www.hhugs.org.uk/

Description: Set up in 2004 , Helping Households Under Great Stress (HHUGS) is a UK an advocacy and support group that offers financial, emotional and practical support and advice to Muslim households impacted by counter-terrorism, national security and extremism-related laws, policies and procedures, in the UK and abroad. It also provides pastoral care and rehabilitation for victims.

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Title: Islamic Foundation for Ecology and Environmental Sciences (IFEES)

URL: https://www.ifees.org.uk/

Description: IFEES was founded by Fazlun Khalid and is a UK based charity dedicated to increasing environmental awareness from an Islamic perspective. The earliest such initiative in the UK, since the mid-1980s, has produced research, teaching materials and training to educate Muslim communities and wider society.

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Title: Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC)

URL: https://www.ihrc.org.uk/

Description: The Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) is an independent campaign, research and advocacy that was set up in 1997 to investigate, expose and report on human rights abuses. It runs campaigns, produces reports that are launched at international levels such as the EU and The Hague and also hold regular book launches and conferences with academic and community activists.

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Title: Maslaha

URL: https://www.maslaha.org/

Description: Maslaha seeks to change and challenge the conditions that create inequalities for Muslim communities in areas such as education, gender, criminal justice, health, negative media coverage. It focuses on three areas; educating and empowering Muslim communities, educating public service providers and wider society to better understand Muslims and other marginalised communities and influencing systemic change and replicating local success at a national level

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Title: MEND

URL: https://www.mend.org.uk/

Description: MEND is an advocacy platform that seeks to encourage active citizenship among British Muslims in local communities by becoming more actively involved in British media and politics. It seeks to do this by encouraging voter registration before elections, lobbying of MPs, Members of the House of Lords and raising of political awareness of Muslim communities. It also aims to challenge Islamophobia in the media by providing analysis of news coverage of Muslims in the U.K.

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Title: Prevent Watch

URL: https://www.preventwatch.org/

Description: This advocacy group focuses on challenging the UK Government’s Prevent counter terrorism policy. Led by Dr Layla Aitlhadj, it produces guidance, resources and supports individuals who have been affected by Prevent.

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Title: The Riz Test

URL: https://www.riztest.com/

Description: Created by after the actor Riz Ahmed's 2017 speech in the House of Commons on diversity on screen, the Riz Test rates how Muslims are portrayed on Film and TV and scores them according to a set of criteria.

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URL: https://www.theiru.org.uk/

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