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Akeela Ahmed
Akeela Ahmed is a British activist who supports Muslim women and combats Islamophobia. She is the founder of the online platform She Speaks We Hear, and was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 2018. Early life and education Ahmed was born and raised in London. While working in a law firm as a teenager, Ahmed recalls encountering stereotypes and was criticized for dressing unprofessionally. Ahmed graduated from the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London with a Master of Science in Mental Health Studies. Career Ahmed joined the Anti-Muslim Hatred Working Group in 2012. She has worked to get anti-Muslim crime recognized as a hate crime within the United Kingdom, earning recognition from Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth who said she "is a great role model doing excellent work". Ahmed has worked to challenge the social prejudice linking Muslim culture to terrorism, especially after notable shooting events such as the Charlie Hebdo shooting. In 2014 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of The British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two of which make the recipient either a Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom#Modern honours, knight if male or a dame (title), dame if female. There is also the related British Empire Medal, whose recipients are affiliated with the order, but are not members of it. The order was established on 4 June 1917 by King George V, who created the order to recognise 'such persons, male or female, as may have rendered or shall hereafter render important services to Our Empire'. Equal recognition was to be given for services rendered in the UK and overseas. Today, the majority of recipients are UK citizens, though a number of Commonwealth realms outside the UK continue to make appointments to the order. Honorary awards may be made to cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Discrimination
Discrimination is the process of making unfair or prejudicial distinctions between people based on the groups, classes, or other categories to which they belong or are perceived to belong, such as race, gender, age, class, religion, or sexual orientation. Discrimination typically leads to groups being unfairly treated on the basis of perceived statuses based on ethnic, racial, gender or religious categories. It involves depriving members of one group of opportunities or privileges that are available to members of another group. Discriminatory traditions, policies, ideas, practices and laws exist in many countries and institutions in all parts of the world, including some, where such discrimination is generally decried. In some places, countervailing measures such as quotas have been used to redress the balance in favor of those who are believed to be current or past victims of discrimination. These attempts have often been met with controversy, and sometimes been called re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alumni Of King's College London
This list of alumni of King's College London comprises notable wikt:graduate, graduates as well as non-graduate former, and current, students. It also includes those who may be considered alumnus, alumni by extension, having studied at institutions later merged with King's College London. It does not include those whose only connection with the college is (i) being a member of the staff, or (ii) the conferral of an honorary degree or honorary Fellowship of King's College London, fellowship. Government and politics Heads of state and government United Kingdom Current Members of the House of Commons *Zubir Ahmed – Labour MP *Calvin Bailey - Labour MP *Alex Burghart – Conservative MP *Chris Coghlan (politician), Chris Coghlan – Liberal Democrat MP *Nic Dakin, Sir Nic Dakin – Labour MP and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sentencing *Mark Francois – Conservative MP *John Glen (politician), John Glen – Conservative MP *John Grady (politician), John Grady – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Activists From London
Activism consists of efforts to promote, impede, direct or intervene in social, political, economic or environmental reform with the desire to make changes in society toward a perceived common good. Forms of activism range from mandate building in a community (including writing letters to newspapers), petitioning elected officials, running or contributing to a political campaign, preferential patronage (or boycott) of businesses, and demonstrative forms of activism like rallies, street marches, strikes, sit-ins, or hunger strikes. Activism may be performed on a day-to-day basis in a wide variety of ways, including through the creation of art (artivism), computer hacking (hacktivism), or simply in how one chooses to spend their money (economic activism). For example, the refusal to buy clothes or other merchandise from a company as a protest against the exploitation of workers by that company could be considered an expression of activism. However, the term commonly refers to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century British Women
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Living People
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Islamophobia In The United Kingdom
Islamophobia in the United Kingdom refers to a set of discourses, behaviours and structures which express feelings of hatred, anxiety, fear, hostility and rejection towards Islam or Muslims in the United Kingdom. Islamophobia can manifest itself in a wide range of ways; including, discrimination in the workforce, negative coverage in the media, and violence against Muslims. Defining Islamophobia in the United Kingdom Agreement on a legal, meaningful, and actionable definition of the term "Islamophobia" has, to date, proved difficult in the UK. A definition put forward by the All Party Parliamentary Group on British Muslims in May 2019 was rejected by both the police and Government, on the grounds that it was too broad to enforce and had potential consequences for freedom of speech. In an interview with the All Party Parliamentary Group on British Muslims, Professor Peter Hopkins of the Centre for Hate Studies at University of Leicester stated that by not adopting a concrete de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times
''The Times'' is a British Newspaper#Daily, daily Newspaper#National, national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its modern name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper ''The Sunday Times'' (founded in 1821), are published by Times Media, since 1981 a subsidiary of News UK, in turn wholly owned by News Corp. ''The Times'' and ''The Sunday Times'' were founded independently and have had common ownership only since 1966. It is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. ''The Times'' was the first newspaper to bear that name, inspiring numerous other papers around the world. In countries where these other titles are popular, the newspaper is often referred to as or , although the newspaper is of national scope and distribution. ''The Times'' had an average daily circulation of 365,880 in March 2020; in the same period, ''The Sunday Times'' had an average weekly circulation of 647,622. The two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stylist (magazine)
''Stylist'' is a magazine for women that is published in the United Kingdom since 7 October 2009. There is currently a monthly print edition, as well as a website and weekly newsletters. Ella Dolphin is CEO, and Lisa Smosarski is Editor-in-Chief. Stylist was previously published by Shortlist Media Ltd, and after the closure of the print edition of ShortList, Shortlist Media rebranded as 'The Stylist Group'. Audience and content ''Stylist'' targets affluent 20 to 40-year-old female commuters with high end content that includes fashion, travel, beauty, people and careers news. The magazine aims to take an intelligent approach, covering a broader range of culture and tackling issues women face in their professional and personal lives. ''Stylist'' has featured Hollywood stars Angelina Jolie, Penélope Cruz, Jennifer Lopez and Jennifer Aniston on the cover as well as Hillary Clinton, comedian Tina Fey, activist X González and classicist Mary Beard. The magazine has commissione ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muslim Council Of Britain
The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) is an umbrella body of Muslim organisations in the United Kingdom, with over 500 affiliated mosques and organisations. It was formed in 1994 in response to British government's expressed wish for a single representative body of Muslims it could talk to. It has been called the best known and most powerful of the Muslim organisations founded since 1990. History The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) was formed in 1994 in response to an expressed wish by the British government for a single representative body of Muslims that it could talk to. The core of the organisation was made up of Muslim professionals who had worked under the banner of UK Action Committee for Islamic Affairs (UKACIA). Once formed, the MCB had ready access to parliamentarians and policy makers. Its views were expressly sought by the government, civil servants and media channels. 2001-2009 The cosy relationship with the government soured after the September 11 attacks, when th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Siddiqi
The Islamic Society of Britain (ISB) was set up in 1990 for British Muslims to promote Islamic values. Its youth wing is The Young Muslims UK (YMUK). Background The ISB's first president was Zahid Parvez. On 16 November 2013 Sughra Ahmed was elected president of ISB, the first female to hold that post. According to ''Islamic Organizations in Europe and the USA'', the society caters to non-Arab Sunni Muslims, born and brought up in Britain. Anti- Islamist author, Ed Husain, who participated in an ISB "Usrah" religious study group in the 1990s, describes the society as "proudly British", predominately middle class and professional. Julie Siddiqi was the executive director of the Islamic Society of Britain from 2010 to 2014. According to the book ''The Muslim Brothers in Europe: Roots and Discourse'', the society is "based on a chaotic partnership" between members or former members of the Muslim Brotherhood and former members of Jamaat-e-Islami. R. Geaves describes ISB as one of s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syima Aslam
Syima Aslam Hon. FRSL is the CEO, Artistic Director and Founder of the Bradford Literature Festival. Biography Syima Aslam was born in Pakistan and moved to Halifax, West Yorkshire. She then moved to Bradford while a schoolgirl. She graduated from Brunel University of London with a degree in economics and business finance in 1996. In 2012, ''The Guardian'' published an op-ed by Aslam, where she describes all the factors a modern Muslim woman has to consider when she decides whether or not to wear a hijab. In 2014, Aslam and her friend Irna Qureshi, an ethnographer, author and oral historian specialising in British Asian arts, founded the Bradford Literature Festival. The festival has since grown to be a significant event in the country's literary calendar. The Bradford Literature Festival is celebrated for its socio-economic and ethnic diversity, attracting over 115,000 visitors annually. Syima Aslam was motivated by her observations that people who needed to be present at c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
