Muslim civil society is afraid and hearing how some Friday prayers were empty This is leading to a support in police/security at mosques, online regulation and support for counter-terrorism measures Need to learn from measures such as gang matrix that more policing harms us

🎨 At Springboard Youth summer school, we explored the historical meaning of flags, protest chants, and symbols of resistance like the Palestinian key. We made a multilingual banner to show solidarity across borders, reflecting our interconnected fight for justice & liberation ✊🏾

A great weekend read! Learn more about a Muslim Girls Fence, run by the London-based charity Maslaha and British Fencing. The program addresses access to sports - a challenge for Muslim women and girls in the U.K. 📰: marketplace.org/2024/08/02/a-c…

Registration is now open!  Join us on 14 September from 10:00-16:00 for a day of online panel presentations, workshops and community building sessions. To register or learn more about the programme, visit learningtoresist.com

The event has been organised by the Centre for Lebanese Studies, the Edu-MENA Research Group at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge  and the community organisation Maslaha & Makan Penny Rabiger (She/Her) For more info and to register visit: learningtoresist.com

✨Will be delivering the plenary speech at the European Sociological Association annual conference (European Sociological Association) tomorrow evening in Porto with Professor Jason Arday. ✊🏽Stuart Hall, bell hooks & Gramsci will of course be guiding our reflections! europeansociology.org/conference/202…

A phenomenal first preview for #VitaminD by Saher Shah, Directed by Melina Namdar Soho Theatre last night. Sold out + Standing ovation!!!!! Book tickets ASAP because the show will sell out completely!!!

Students return to school after a summer of racist violence - but Govt’s guidance fails to address the root causes of this, focusing instead on ‘fake news’ & ‘extremism’. We need real anti-racist education that tackles structural inequalities. Start here: maslaha.org/Project/buildi…

Important resource by Maslaha for teachers looking for ways to address the recent race riots in England:

So amazing from the talented Saher Shah and the rest of the team. Appreciate the hard work and talent that makes this happen

🧵💚On the 14th of June 2017 I was a correspondent on the Today programme at BBC Radio Four. A colleague called in the early hours and asked me to rush to Grenfell Tower. I will never forget the scale, trauma, bravery, generosity, confusion, kindness, fear, horror, 1/

As schools return there is a danger the response to racism on the streets will lack the courage of critical anti-racist education Tow the Govt line of a tolerant British society Our children have seen and experienced to much violence and our education should reflect that

A useful listen in light of the racist violence on British streets this summer As schools return the response is let’s celebrate diversity - “safety valves” for “dangerous thought” Don’t look at the underlying conditions that create fear and harm for Black/brown communities