Manchester PREVENT

Manchester colleges agreed to share data of students referred to #Prevent with universities

A young person subject to a Prevent referral does not have to consent to the information being shared, though they are informed, the documents show.
https://t.co/eSqBkjFbcy

— Miqdaad Versi (@miqdaad) July 19, 2020

'Islamophobia' in the North East

Chronicle Live, How lockdown community spirit could help tackle Islamophobia in the North East A report, produced by Newcastle University, Northumbria University and TellMAMA (Measuring Anti-Muslim Attacks), shows that nearly 70% of Muslims experience anti-Muslim racism regularly. The report came out in June, and is available here

Pococke

We kick start the week with a fantastic new blog by @SameraHassan, which reveals how a 17th century poet chose to commemorate the restoration of the monarchy in the most impressive way he could:https://t.co/C8XiKu0TXG

— Medieval and Early Modern Orients (MEMOs) (@MEMOrients) July 20, 2020

Blackburn

BBC News, Blackburn mosque 'faces police investigation' over 250 at funeral. "The chairman of Jamia Ghosia mosque said they thought there were no restrictions on numbers if hygiene and distancing measures were in place."

Woking Mosque

I look forward to seeing this (missed it on the day!):

VIDEO: https://t.co/wPORbPe8lG Ep 4 of landmark series on early Muslim communities in Britain which shares some really cutting edge research on the Woking Mosque --Marcus Roberts on Leitner who commissioned it and had it built in 1889 from a grant from the Begum of Bhopal... pic.twitter.com/06P3wpM8h3

— EverydayMuslim (@Everyday_Muslim) July 7, 2020

Brick Lane

Interesting article: A Walk Down Bengali Brick Lane. (I'm looking forward to going there again soon). https://t.co/qFRhED3F0H [tip @YBirt}

— Gary Bunt (@garybunt) July 6, 2020

Empires, Converts and Communities

Catch up on Episode 1 https://t.co/E95NcgzA19 of Empires, Converts and Communities as Prof Ansari @RoyalHolloway sets the scene by describing Britain’s earliest Muslim communities and how they emerged in the heartland of the British Empire. pic.twitter.com/3mwP4Wdnnv

— EverydayMuslim (@Everyday_Muslim) July 6, 2020