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Thanks for subscribing to our newsletter. We celebrated The Forum's 11th Birthday this month, so this edition is packed with news on what The Christian Muslim Forum has been up to, some articles and publications, and some events coming up! Remember to like us on Facebook and Follow us on Twitter
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WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON AT CHRISTIAN MUSLIM FORUM?
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Christians, Muslims and Hindus from Berlin visited London last week as part of a new project launched by the European Council of Religious Leaders. The visit to London follows a meeting at Berlin Town Hall last October. The Christian Muslim Forum co-hosted a reception at which Revd Dr Thomas Wipf, Feride Funda G-Gençaslan, Dr Thomas Schimmel, Pasha Shah, Elizabeth Harris-Sawczenko and CMF Co-Chair Bishop Paul Hendricks spoke.
Read more about the project here...
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Shaykh Ibrahim Mogra represented the Forum at the UK Commemorative Ceremony for Holocaust Memorial Day on 26 January. He is pictured here with Leonard Ashley, 93, helped by the Dutch Resistance to find safety here in 1935.
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With the support of the Near Neighbours programme, our church-mosque twinning programme is extending to Greater Manchester and the Wolverhampton area. Wherever you are, if you’d like to get involved, please contact CMF.
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With the help of a Connexional grant, CMF visited the Bristol District of the Methodist Church this week. Wolverhampton and Shrewsbury District (part of the local interfaith group, see picture) will be working with the local mosque to create a faith exploration day for local schools.
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We’ll be back at WOW this year on Sunday 12 March 18.15 – come and join us!
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Transforming Christian-Muslim relations
28th February 2017, Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church, 18:45 - 20:45. A unique opportunity to join two internationally renowned figures - Lord Rowan Williams of Oystermouth andDr Mona Siddiqi as they discuss relations between Islam and Christianity in an interpersonal, interreligious and geopolitical context.
Book free tickets for the event here
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Can We Call Ourselves One Faith?
Christianity and Islam are different faiths, but there are some connections. Join clergy and scholars at the London Interfaith Centre on Sunday 19th February 2017, 12:45pm - 4pm. Speakers include Dr Chris Hewer, Reverend Dr John Parry, Dr Amina Inloes,Shekih Dr Mohammed Ali Shomali, and Father Laurence Hillel.
Find out more about the event here...
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Londoners formed a human chain around Wightman Road Mosque amidst the Donald Trump travel ban, and to show solidarity after the Quebec attack. There was a huge turnout to show solidarity & support of Muslims at the first Friday prayers since the attack. The event was backed by the Christian Muslim Forum, Reform Judaism, Islamic Society of Britain, Faiths Forum for London and Hope not Hate. #ProtectEachOther
Read more about the human circle on our website and great coverage of it on London Evening Standard
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Bafta report blames homogenised culture and 'class ceiling' for lack of diversity
Minority film-makers need to work twice as hard as their straight, white, male counterparts, a new study commissioned by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts has found. In September 2016, Riz Ahmed contributed a long read on The Guardian, discussing difficulties he faced being typecast as a terrorist at airports.
Read the article on the Guardian here and read more about the Bafta report.
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The Muslim Council of Britain’s Secretary General Harun Khan said that he was moved by all those came out to show solidarity with Muslims. “As the world recoils at President Trump’s so-called ‘Muslim Ban’ and the mass killing at a mosque in Canada, [Visit My Mosque day] is a much-needed antidote to the poisonous atmosphere we find ourselves in,” Khan told The Guardian. “The British public, Muslim and non-Muslim, have an opportunity to come together and renew bonds of friendship.”
Read more about the successful day here
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A job seeker with an English-sounding name was offered three times the number of interviews than an applicant with a Muslim name, a BBC test found. Although the results were based on a small sample size, they tally with the findings of previous academic studies.
These have found British Muslims are less proportionately represented in managerial and professional occupations than any other religious group.
Read more about the report here
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Written and illustrated by Daniel Thomas Dyer, with calligraphy by Azim Rehmatdin. Published by Chickpea Press.
In troubled and turbulent times, this beautiful book seems like a gift to the world – a gift that is badly needed. It will be of immense value to Muslim families who seek to introduce their children to the guiding principles of their faith, but perhaps of even greater value to people who are not Muslims but who seek to understand a faith that in the present day has been tragically misused and misunderstood. The publishers say “We hope this humble offering may be of service on the path to greater understanding and love”. I feel sure that it will be.
Learn more about the book and purchase a copy here...
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Radio 4 - Freud for our Times
Daniel Pick and Fakhry Davids look at how Freud's writing can help us understand some of the most challenging and timely of issues - racism, anti-Muslim hatred, radicalisation and wall-building.
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Welby: Child refugees risk being killed
The Archbishop of Canterbury has intensified his criticism of the government's decision to restrict the numbers of child refugees coming to the UK under the so-called Dubs scheme.
Find links to Muslim & Christian groups offering humanitarian aid to refugees on our website
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