by Abdul Siddique The oxford dictionary defines a gatekeeper to be ‘an attendant employed to control who goes through a gate’. I would like to use this analogy as a vehicle to explore the many challenges and flaws that face organisations in Britain today that purport to represent South-Asian, Muslims communities or both. It makes me cringe to recount an experience where I engaged with such a community organisation and asked outright ‘which village are you from Abdul?’. This qualifying…
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by Ali Amla I’ve been writing blogs for some time and finally found some time to reflect. It feels like a lifetime ago that I was very fortunate enough to have been invited to speak on I is for interfaith on the A-Z of Things Unseen, you can hear the short 5 minute podcast here: The opportunity to share my experiences was powerful, sharing memories, my thoughts on interfaith and how I am nurturing my children from a very young…
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