HMYV Volunteers needed

Hear MY Voice is looking to expand its network in Birmingham and is looking for young female volunteers over the age of 16 to get involved in community based projects in your locality. The project we are recruiting for is the Silver Lining Project which provides after school support to young people in the Small [...]

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Heard and Not Seen…

Heard and Not Seen is
an arts project, led by Sandra Hall and Mitra Memarzia with Friction Arts.  The project aims to create a unique, safe space for people to meet and ask questions with each other, of each other; particularly about faith, religion and spirituality.
The exhibition takes the form of a series of freestanding sculptures [...]

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Muslim community projects under scrutiny

Is the money that goes to local councils to prevent violent extremism being spent properly? Zubeida Malik reports on the groups and projects in Birmingham that have been receiving part of the government’s £80m fund.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_7688000/7688135.stm

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Open University Creative Writing Workshops at Birmingham Libraries

Open University Creative Writing Workshops at Birmingham Libraries
Are you a Muslim writer wanting to develop your writing? Whether you are new to creative writing, have been writing for a while or are already an experienced writer our short (free!) workshops are just for you!
These free workshops will give you an insight into how you [...]

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New Birmingham Muslim blogger

Faraz Yousufzai, a prominent local Muslim and all-round good guy, has started blogging for the Birmingham Mail.  Well done Faraz!

http://blogs.birminghammail.net/farazyousufzai/

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Birmingham Post: Happy Christmas…no offence

This month’s ‘broadsheet lite’ column for the Birmingham Post, by Chris Allen, taken from his blog, wallscometumblingdown
‘Tis the season to be jolly’…
Yes, it’s Christmas again and we are once again faced with all the normal madness connected to the rampant commercialism that results in shops selling out of this year’s ‘must have’ – [...]

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MINE Newsletter

Welcome to this edition of news sharing from the Midlands Islamic Network for the Environment (MINE).

MULTIFAITH TREEPLANTING
NAT’L CLIMATE DEMO
NEW FAITH & ENVIRONMENT CIRCLES IN NEW YEAR

Corruption has appeared in the land and sea for that men’s own hands have earned, that God may let them taste some part of what they have done, so that [...]

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Arabic Classes: Medina Books @ The Zawiyah

Madina Book 1 –
Saturdays at 10:30am.
The Zawiyyah, Jenkins Street, Birmingham.
Taught by Dr Asim (not Talib al Habib)
Madina Book 2 (from the beginning) –
Sundays 5:00 – 06:30pm
The Zawiyyah, Jenkins Street, Birmingham.
Madina Book 2 (from lesson 16 onwards) -
Sundays 06:30 – 08:00pm
The Zawiyyah, Jenkins Street, Birmingham.
Open to brothers and sisters.
Call 0121 766 8364 for [...]

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Two events with Faraz Rabbani

“Be Great People“
Saturday 17th November
Start 2pm
Price: £2.00
Avon Room
University of Birmingham
Further information: www.cwmidlands.co.uk, email info[at]cwmidlands.co.uk or ring 07903064321
______________________________”The Aqida of the Salafs”
with Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam
Sunday 18th November
Start 2pm
As Suffa Institute
25 Park Lane
Aston
Birmingham
West Midlands
B6 5DA
Further Information: www.as-suffa.org/index.php?option=com_jcalpro&Itemid=62&extmode=view&extid=7

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An evening with an award-winning author

Message received by Muslim Birmingham today…
Dear All,
Come meet with friends and enjoy a cultural soiree
Tahmina Anam is one of, only a handful of Bangladeshi writers.
Her book a Golden age captures the sentiments of the Bangladeshi liberation War.
Refreshments compliments of Iqbal Catering; this will be served at 7pm.
I look forward to seeing you later.
Aftab Rahman
Community Cohesion [...]

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