Darren Cronshaw’s review of the “Together for the Common Good” book in Sight Magazine – 17.11.2015
Nicholas Sagovsky and Peter McGrail (eds) Together for the Common Good: Towards a National Conversation SCM, London, 2015 ISBN-13: 9780334053248 “Together for the Common Good offers insightful reading for anyone interested in community organizing, social justice and political engagement directed toward the common good, especially if motivated by or wanting to understand faith-based perspectives.” The…
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BMSD Director of Media Tehmina Kazi speaks at University of Central Lancashire, on inclusive religious spaces – 16.11.2015
16th November at 18:00 Greenbank Lecture Theatre PR1 7 Preston, Lancashire Talk abstract: Women, LGBT people, some disabled people, and members of minority sects and others dissenters have traditionally felt excluded in mainstream Muslim spaces. Tehmina Kazi will be talking about ways in which these minorities have created new and innovative spaces for themselves, and…
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BMSD Director of Media Tehmina Kazi speaks on “Preventing Violent Extremism and Women” at the University of Southampton – 18.11.2015
18 November at 19:15 Nuffield Theatre, Lecture Room C Created for University of Southampton Atheist Society The Government’s Prevent Violent Extremism Agenda has developed a poor reputation among the Far-Left. Tehmina Kazi, director of British Muslims for Secular Democracy (bmsd), debunks some of the myths surrounding it and gives positive examples of how it has…
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British Muslims for Secular Democracy (bmsd) press release on the Paris attacks – 19.11.2015
PRESS RELEASE – 19th November 2015 British Muslims for Secular Democracy (BMSD) stand united in grief and anger at the 13th November terrorist attacks in Paris. We extend our solidarity to the people of Paris, and send our deepest condolences to the families of the victims. The international community must take any steps needed to…
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BMSD Chair and Director of Operations at the NECE Conference 2015
BMSD Chair Dr Nasreen Rehman and Director of Operations Hanif Abdulmuhit attended the NECE Conference 2015: ‘Us’ and ‘Them’: Citizenship Education in an Interdependent World. The Conference took place on 22-24 October 2015 in Thessaloniki, Greece.
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BMSD Director Tehmina Kazi speaks on “Young People and Islamic Radicalisation in Europe” Panel session at the Europhilantopics Conference in Brussels – 10.11.2015
Parallel Breakout Session 1 YOUNG PEOPLE AND ISLAMIC RADICALISATION IN EUROPE The rise of extremism sits at or near the top of the list of key challenges Europe faces. Foundations, European institutions, national and local governments, and civil society must join their efforts to find coherent long-term approaches that recognise the complexity of issues around…
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