Muslims in Wales

Jessica Walford, Wales Online, Abused and discriminated against yet thriving and proud: the life of Muslims in Wales "We found a community that is at once thriving and under-threat, both settled and unsure of its place, growing but vulnerable, integral to Welsh life but poorly understood and isolated." Good to see this article on an underrepresented subject. The following map is included in the article:

Amina al-Jeffery case (ongoing)

Press Association/Guardian, Man who 'imprisoned' daughter loses legal bid to restrict media, 29 Jul 2016 "Amina al-Jeffery – who grew up in Swansea and has dual British and Saudi nationality – said her father, Mohammed, locked her up because she “kissed a guy”."

Demonstration

Daily Mail, Anti-Islamic march sparks violent clashes as Nazi-saluting 'Welsh Defence League' takes to the streets, 18 Oct 09 "It was the first time the newly-formed group have been out on the streets in Wales. At a similar event in Birmingham a few weeks ago trouble flared when the English Defence League and anti-fascism groups fought on the street."

Google Street View: mosques (Swansea)

A further part of this ongoing series of images of mosques from Street View (also posted on the Virtually Islamic blog):


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Swansea City Mosque & Islamic Centre‎


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Imam Khoei Islamic Centre

I was unable to locate an image of the Hafod Islamic Centre or the Swansea University mosque. I plan to make return 'visits' to several of the sites I have briefly surveyed over the past week. It doesn't take the place of fieldwork, but has been an intriguing exercise.