Who am I? Mona Al Ghussein August 2019 Who am I? I am a Palestinian Muslim born in Kuwait, raised in France and England and consider Britain my home. There is some irony in that of course as it was the British in the infamous Balfour declaration that voided half of my ancestral home in…
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Much like the debate over same-sex marriage, the on-going protests in Birmingham over LGBTQ+ education have yet again shone a spotlight on the clashes between LGBTQ+ rights and religious belief. For many in the LGBTQ+ community, it has been disheartening that almost two decades on from the repeal of Section 28, they find themselves arguing…
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8th of March marks International Women’s Day. At BMSDemocracy we are proud of the strong female leadership that founded the organisation and continues to lead it. Here is a Women’s Day message from our chair, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: Being a Muslim woman is both exciting and challenging as the Muslim world is still pulled towards modernity…
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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown explores the increasingly austere nature of Muslim culture and art on Radio 4. This programme has been selected as Pick of the Day by the Guardian and the Sunday Times this Wednesday. Listen to it from Wednesday 27th February 2019.
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According to news reports, Pakistani Christian Asia Bibi asylum, recently freed after having been on death row for 8 years for blasphemy, has been denied asylum in the UK.
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On the 5th of November British Muslims for Secular Democracy launched our Advice for Schools booklet in the House of Commons.
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In this 2018 revised edition of BMSDemocracy’s Advice for Schools booklet, we have refined our focus on the issues faced due to ongoing political crises including Brexit, Islamophobia, and Wahhabism.
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On the 24th April 2018, British Muslims for Secular Democracy was delighted to celebrate our 10th Anniversary of fighting for the rights of Muslims in a secular UK democracy. Seated upstairs in the University Women’s Club in London, members of the British public heard as the co-founders of BMSDemocracy – Yasmin Alibhai-Brown and Dr Nasreen…
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BMSDemocracy condemns Khalid Ali, Taliban bomb-maker, convicted of possessing an explosive substance and preparing terrorist acts on potential targets in the MI6 building, New Scotland Yard, The Houses of Parliament, Downing Street and Westminster Bridge. Ali’s actions, had they been carried out, not only carry bloody repercussions for his victims and invoke terror nationwide but rebound…
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