We within TELL MAMA acknowledge that there is hate from numerous corners in our country today. This includes from those on the Far Right, including the English Defence League and those from groups like Al Muhajiroun, as well as smaller groups like the Birmingham sixwho were imprisoned about a week...
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RADICAL – My Journey from Islamist Extremism to a Democratic Awakening
Born and raised in Essex, Maajid Nawaz was recruited into politicised Islam as a teenager. Abandoning his love of hip hop music, graffiti and girls, he was recruited into Hizb ut-Tahrir (the Liberation Party) where he played a leading and international role in the shaping and dissemination of an aggressive...
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Islamic Feminism: Combating gender inequality with Islam
Nowadays, feminism comes in many forms. The current existence of an array of feminisms disqualifies (or should disqualify) the commonly held notion that feminism is a singular movement that represents the values of a group of women who are predominantly western, white, and middle-class. An interesting thread of the collective...
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Ending Female Genital Mutilation – Conference
Female genital mutilation (FGM), otherwise known as female circumcision or female genital cutting, is a prevalent, grotesque, and often ignored phenomenon that is afflicting many minority communities in the European Union, including the UK. This was the primary message put forth by the experts speaking at the “Ending Female Genital...
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HOPE NOT HATE SEMINAR ON THE “COUNTER-JIHAD” MOVEMENT
Central London hosted the ‘Counter-Jihad’ movement analysis seminar on Tuesday (5th February 2013). Only minutes away from one of the July 7 2005 attack locations, the seminar was organised by the ‘Hope Not Hate’ campaign, a prominent social movement which campaigns against extremism, racism and fascism. The meeting analysed the...
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