Interesting article, long-standing issue (going back to my 90s research). "Despite their central role in guiding Muslim communities on religious, spiritual and familial issues — and in some cases, working on financial management of the mosques they are attached to — imams are often paid very little. Many don’t receive the UK’s minimum wage and are expected to supplement their pay with benefits. Some don’t have contracts and most are on call 24 hours a day to serve the community’s needs."
Tuesday, 31 January 2023
Sunday, 29 January 2023
Monday, 23 January 2023
Empire: 28. The Tudors and the Turks
This is an excellent series. Episode 28 - The Tudors and the Turks hold particular relevance in this blog. The link below is for Apple Podcasts, but the series is widely available elsewhere.
"Slave raids in Cornwall. Englishmen spying for the venetians. The East India Trading Companies’ older brother. Join William and Anita this week as they discuss the relationship between Britain and the Ottoman Empire, all of which centre around the Levant Company."
Fatima Cates
Wednesday, 11 January 2023
Shamima Begum
BBC News, Shamima Begum accepts she joined a terror group, 11 Jan 2023 "In interviews spanning more than a year, Ms Begum - who was stripped of British citizenship as a national security risk - revealed that she was fed detailed instructions by IS members, but also undertook her own planning for the journey in 2015." This is based on a BBC Sounds' podcast "The Shamima Begum Story: I am not a monster". I haven't listened to this yet.
Tuesday, 10 January 2023
The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Islamic Spirituality
The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Islamic Spirituality has just been published. Congratulations to the editors Bruce B. Lawrence and Vincent J. Cornell for bringing this volume (and team of contributors) together:
"The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Islamic Spirituality is an authoritative reference work comprising twenty-eight scholarly essays that explore the expressive and performative dimensions of Islamic spirituality. Edited by two of its most prominent scholars, and bringing together a stellar cast of contributors, this wide-ranging volume covers religious practices, sacred texts, history and places, gender, music, poetry, the visual arts, and politics."
I was pleased to contribute a chapter on ‘Islamic Spirituality and the Internet’ to the book.
Waheed Arian
BBC, Hardtalk, Waheed Arian: Migration in the Western world iPlayer needed for this. "War and extreme poverty drive millions of people from their homes every year. Some of them try to reach the rich Western world, where such inward migration routinely prompts fear and draconian counter-measures. Stephen Sackur interviews Waheed Arian, who fled war in Afghanistan as a child, made it to the UK and is now a doctor running his own medical charity. Do perceptions change when the story of migration is personalised?"
Sunday, 8 January 2023
BA Hijab
The new British Airways uniform includes a Hijab and modest dress. pic.twitter.com/g8d21M28Ra
— Muslim Bants (@muslimbants) January 8, 2023
Friday, 6 January 2023
Prince Harry's book
https://t.co/9x9S4AqTSw
— Gary Bunt (@garybunt) January 6, 2023
'Crime against humanity' - senior Taliban leader hits out at Harry over '25 kills'
Muslim Hikers
“The energy in the video from the first @Muslim_Hikers hike up Snowdon was incredible. I wanted to be part of this. It showed Muslims could enjoy the outdoors and that the mountains belonged to us all.” Read Raadia Imran’s story in our latest issue here: https://t.co/8v8brmlXeu pic.twitter.com/ko1v2i89U6
— Trail magazine (@TrailMagazine) January 6, 2023
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