On Friday 16 June 2017, the UK will mark the one year anniversary of Labour MP Jo Cox’s tragic murder.
Twelve months ago, Jo was killed by far-right extremist Thomas Mair on...
The practices of Muslims during Ramadan can be intriguing to many non-Muslims who are unfamiliar with the Holy Month.
During this time our faith becomes more visible to our...
It is with deep sadness, disappointment and anger that New Horizons in British Islam is again condemning yet another heartless and cowardly attack on us, the British people -...
We pray that this Ramadan is proving to be a spiritually blessed, calming period for you all.
We know that observing Ramadan can pose some challenges so we thought we’d take...
The ninth month of the Islamic Calendar is a special time for all Muslims where we abandon some of our normal routines and habits and take a step back to think, fast and...
There are times when I feel I'm afraid for the world
There are times I'm ashamed of us all
When you're floating on all the emotion you feel
And reflecting the good and the...
We at New Horizons in British Islam are utterly heart broken that young people enjoying a pop concert have been targeted by this barbaric and evil attack in Manchester. ...
Each year, on 3 May, we celebrate World Press Freedom Day. That’s the day that we honour global press freedom, pay tributes to journalists who have tragically lost their lives...
Today is St George’s Day, which means that your local town centre has probably transformed into an array of red crosses and flags. And it’s the only day of the year that you...
New Horizons in British Islam joins the rest of the country in mourning the loss of innocent life from yet another shocking attack on our country.
Our thoughts, our prayers and...
Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi - a Persian poet, a Sufi master and scholar of the Quran - may have been born 810 years ago (in 1207) but that hasn’t stopped his work from being...
This morning the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that companies could ban employees from wearing "any political, philosophical or religious sign". Under that description,...
My background isn’t Muslim. I’m not an academic nor am I an activist. So how is it that I am writing a blog for a Muslim organisation?
My family is actually Hindu and Sikh...
Many have called for a Reformation within Islam. But what does this mean? Is it a meeker, milder and cuddlier brand of Islam – and will we get that through a Reformation? In...
Last month, The Sunday Times had a front page story, ‘Bosses told to bring back Christmas’, in which David Isaac, chairman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission said,...
The report of the Casey Review will come across to some Muslims as a bitter pill to swallow. But it is important to have an open and honest conversation about the issues it...
Reports in the media that the BBC might give more airtime to faiths other than Christianity sent a small minority of the usual suspects into meltdown. Would we soon have calls...
This week we conducted a social experiment. In celebration of St. George’s Day, we walked around London asking members of the public questions about the origins of English...
Channel 4’s documentary, What British Muslims Really Think, presents a rather bleak narrative of Muslim integration into British society with claims of “a nation within...
