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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ABOUT PROUDly MUSLIM
& Black (PM&B)
The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) is the UK’s largest and most diverse
national Muslim umbrella organisation with over 500 members including
mosques, schools, charitable associations and professional networks.
Our mission is empowering Muslim communities to achieve a just, cohesive
and successful British society.
Everyday Muslim Heritage and Archive Initiative (EMHAI) was established
in 2013 to create an archive to document and preserve the UK’s lived
Muslim experiences. The organisation was established to address the
noticeable absence of the historical and contemporary Muslim narrative
from the archives, museums and history books in Britain. The archive
collection consists of documents, photographs and oral history interviews.
At present, there are three collections that are archived in heritage
institutes across the UK, placing Muslim history and heritage directly
in the context of wider British history.
Proudly Muslim and Black (PM&B) is an initiative based at the MCB that was
established in 2019 to tackle the inequality and lack of representation of
Black Muslims in society and especially in Muslim communities in the UK. It
is a workgroup that brings together MCB staff, office bearers, affiliates such
as Black Muslim Forum, Everyday Muslim, MAN and Peckham High Street
Mosque.
© Muslim Council of Britain, May 2022.
ISBN: 9781905461080
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View this report online at:
www.mcb.org.uk/report/race-faith-community-in-contemporary-britain/
Disclaimer: The views and contributions expressed in this collection of essays (the “Report”)
are entirely that of each author and does not necessarily reflect the views or positions of
the Muslim Council of Britain (“MCB”). Any unauthorised copying, reproduction, adaptation
and/or broadcasting of the contents of this Report will constitute an infringement of
copyright. All rights reserved.
table of contents
FOREWoRD 4
SECTION 1: Introduction & Summary 6
SECTION 2: How The Project Came About & It’s ImportanCE 9
2.1 Everyday Muslim: Strategic Partnership 13
2.2 Black History Month: An Islamic Perspective 16
2.3 Supporting Partners 20
2.4 Background Research 23
SECTION 3: PERSPECTIVES: The Lived Experiences of Black
Muslims in The uk 27
3.1 Arts & Heritage 30
3.2 Black Lives Matter 2020 61
3.3 Criminal Justice 79
3.4 Education 108
3.5 Employment 135
3.6 Health & Wellbeing 159
3.7 Media 189
3.8 Politics 206
3.9 Religion & Community Life 223
3.10 Sports 243
SECTION 4: LOOKING AHEAD: Stronger connections 259
4.1 Conclusions & Reflections 261
4.2 Recommendations 264
SECTION 5: bibliography 269
The printed edition of this report was supported by the Muslim Council of Britain Charitable Foundation.
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