British Muslims Media Guide British Muslims Ehsan Masood Media Guide Ehsan Masood Contents Introduction 02 Preface 03 Chapter 1 Britain’s Muslims: an overview 04 Chapter 2 Minarets from the motorway 12 Chapter 3 Politics 18 Chapter 4 Young Muslims and education 26 Chapter 5 Muslim women 32 Chapter 6 Borrowing and investing religiously 38 Chapter 7 Charity at home and away 44 Chapter 8 The untold story of Britain’s Muslim media 48 Chapter 9 Muslims and the mainstream media 54 Chapter 10 Art and culture 60 Glossary of Arabic terms 66 Directory 67 Acknowledgements We would like to thank all those people and institutions who have supported the publishing of this book. Individuals whose contribution has been particularly significant are of course the author, Ehsan Masood and those who have helped with research, drafting and editorial advice at the various stages. These include Fauzia Ahmad, Madeleine Bunting, Fuad Nahdi, Urmee Khan, Seema Khan, Samia Rahman, Shazia Khan, Shiraz Khan, Mohammed Siddique Seddon, Chris Allen, Ginny Marriott and Rachel Stevens. The Muslim College, the Forum Against Islamophobia and Racism, FED2000 and the International Institute of Islamic Thought have supported the project from the outset; and Dr Zaki Badawi was, until his death, a strong advocate. The photographs are by Tim Smith (www.timsmithphotos.com) and Jak Kilby (
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