What is the impact of Boris Johnson’s comments this week? Since Boris Johnson’s Islamophobic remarks comparing Muslim women who wear the niqab to robbers and letterboxes, his words have had a negative and potentially dangerous effect on Muslim women and Musl... Islamophobia Politics Press Releases Women Aug 11, 2018
Boris Johnson Islamophobia: Muslim Council of Britain Welcomes Conservative Party Inquiry The Muslim Council of Britain welcomes the Conservative Party decision to launch an inquiry into Boris Johnson and his incendiary remarks against Muslim women in a newspaper column in the Telegraph. H... Islamophobia Muslims Politics Press Releases Women Aug 9, 2018
Boris Johnson’s Islamophobia: Tory Leadership has Urgent Questions to Answer Today the Muslim Council of Britain calls on the Conservatives to respond to serious concerns of Islamophobia in the party, especially after Boris Johnson made unacceptable remarks comparing Muslim wo... Islamophobia Muslims Politics Press Releases Women Aug 7, 2018
MCB Response to Boris Johnson’s Comments on the Niqab Boris Johnson rightly opposes the Danish ban on the niqab but denigrates the minority of women who choose to wear it. He described them as looking like “letter boxes” or “bank robbers” – in language t... Islamophobia Muslims Politics Press Releases Women Aug 6, 2018
National Conference Kick Starts Consultation for Better Mosques 20 January 2018 Mosque leaders from across the country joined a major national conference today exploring the evolving role of mosques in 21st century Britain. Organised by the Muslim Council of Brita... Charity Education Inter Faith International Affairs Intra-Faith Islam Islamophobia Law Media Mosques Muslims Press Releases Spiritual Women Young People Jan 20, 2018
Muslim Communities Call for Fairness not Favours as Party Manifestos are Published 17 May 2017 The Muslim Council of Britain today launched a list of 8 key issues affecting Muslim communities, together with its election document “Fairness not Favours” and a draft Friday sermon to su... British Muslims Civil Liberties Democracy Education Islamophobia Muslims Press Releases Women May 17, 2017
Muslim Council of Britain welcomes report on Employment Opportunities for Muslims in the UK 11th August 2016 Research for over a decade has highlighted the ‘Muslim penalty’ facing men and women with respect to economic activity and unemployment. This report, based on wide communities’ consul... Muslims Press Releases Women Aug 11, 2016
Integration Needs to Take Place Beyond the Lens of Security 18 January 2016 The Muslim Council of Britain today welcomed the Prime Minister’s call for more efforts to have English taught, but it cautioned against the language used to make such calls, and links... British Muslims Muslims Press Releases Women Jan 18, 2016
Muslim Council of Britain speaks out Against Female Genital Mutilation 19th June 2014 The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), FORWARD (a UK based African women’s support and campaigning organisation) in association with The Muslim Spiritual Care Provision in the NHS (MSCP) ... MCB Updates Mosques Press Releases Women Jun 19, 2014
Dismay at Murder of Woman Who Wore Muslim Dress 18th June 2014 The Muslim Council of Britain is dismayed to learn that a Muslim woman has been stabbed to death in the early hours of Tuesday morning on the outskirts of Colchester. The 30-year-old wo... Hate Crimes Press Releases Women Jun 18, 2014
Muslim Council of Britain celebrates British Muslim Women on International Women’s Day Muslim Council of Britain celebrates British Muslim Women on International Women’s Day 7 th March 2014 The Muslim Council of Britain celebrate the unprecedented numbers of British Muslim women involve... Press Releases Women Mar 7, 2014
The Niqab in Hospitals – Let Pragmatism and the Needs of the Patient Prevail 19 th September 2013 The Muslim Council of Britain has been inundated today with media enquiries concerning the veil, this time in hospitals. In response, Dr Shuja Shafi, Deputy Secretary General of t... Islamophobia Press Releases Women Sep 19, 2013