Race, Faith and Community in Contemporary Britain Essays on Black, African, and African Caribbean Muslims in the UK PROUDLY MUSLIM & BLACK REPORT 2022
Black British Muslims play an important role in British society but are poorly represented in public discourse, policy, and indeed across a range of sectors. To overcome structural disadvantages and racism in society and in Muslim communities, we aim to create a platform for interventions in discourse and representation as well as in power relations. Our effort is collaborative and aimed at exploring the diversity, contributions, heritage, as well as the history of Black British Muslims. Our objective in this report is to create a platform to review and consider the current state of race and power relations, while creating networks and partnerships. In short, bringing Black British Muslim voices to the forefront is to work towards inclusion and belonging in British society and importantly, in British Muslim communities.
Black British Muslims play an important role in British society but are poorly represented in public discourse, policy, and indeed across a range of sectors. To overcome structural disadvantages and racism in society and in Muslim communities, we aim to create a platform for interventions in discourse and representation as well as in power relations. Our effort is collaborative and aimed at exploring the diversity, contributions, heritage, as well as the history of Black British Muslims. Our objective in this report is to create a platform to review and consider the current state of race and power relations, while creating networks and partnerships.
In short, bringing Black British Muslim voices to the forefront is to work towards inclusion and belonging in British society and importantly, in British Muslim communities.
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understandings that would be interpreted and taught differently than if it were by a BAME
academic individual. The absence of BAME academic staffing discourages students of the
same background to apply for degree courses like History in fear of not identifying or fitting in
with the content, as well as the fear of having their histories miscommunicated.
From the research, opinions, perspectives and evidence gathered in this essay, it is reasonable
to argue that although our curriculum has in some sense ‘developed,’ it still has yet to come
a long way. Social media platforms, movements, societies, lectures and advertisements
are all examples of media in which Black and minority ethnic communities have a sense of
representation (good and bad), however, there is still a feeling of misrepresentation and
disapproval, when our own histories are not being shown or taught in an institution.
section 3.5
Employment
SAARAH AHMED
Saarah Ahmed is a second year student of History at Queen Mary’s
University, London. She is also Co-Founder of Sanshimai, a business
which strives to reflect heritage and artistic trends through creating
handmade products and gifts using recycled materials.
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