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  • Faith Associates and Imams Online Condemn ISIS Atrocities

    • October 7, 2014
    • Posted by: Faith Associates
    • Category: News, Blog
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    Faith Associates in  conjuction with Imams Online have conducted a series of successful Media and Social Media campaigns in response to the atrocious, evil crimes carried out by the terror group ISIS. Following on from the success Faith Associates had with their media campaign in June/July that bought together 100 Imams to deliver a message

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  • Faith Associates Commends Bradford Mosque Council for Charity Fundraising

    • September 18, 2014
    • Posted by: Faith Associates
    • Category: News, Blog
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    Faith Assoicates held a Eid Celebration Dinner with the Bradford Council of Mosques to commend them on their incredible fundraising efforts during the month of Ramadan. The Eid Dinner organised by Faith Associates in collaboration with the Bradford Council of Mosques, held at the Khidmat Centre, was both a celebration for the end of Ramadan

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  • What is the Link between Religion and Charity Today?

    • September 8, 2014
    • Posted by: Faith Associates
    • Category: Blog, Charity
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    The link between faith and charity was once taken for granted, but the ground has shifted in recent years. One of the proudest boasts of the major religions is that, in shifting times, they are standing their ground. Come what may, they will remain true to beliefs that will not alter because of whim, utility,

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  • UK Muslim Charities shift focus to Local Aid

    • September 8, 2014
    • Posted by: Faith Associates
    • Category: Blog, Charity
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    Growing poverty is strengthening a trend among UK Muslims to fund charitable work closer to home. Austerity policies that have worsened poverty in the UK are fuelling a fundamental shift in the activity of Muslim philanthropic organisations for whom charity, increasingly, begins at home. The traditional focus on giving to international causes is now being

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  • New Aga Khan Museum enhances Islamic values

    • September 8, 2014
    • Posted by: Faith Associates
    • Category: Architecture, Blog
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    On September 18th 2014, Toronto, Canada’s Aga Khan Museum will open in a 31,500 square-foot space designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Fumihiko Maki, giving visitors a permanent spot to see one of the top private collections of Islamic art anywhere in the world. The complex is the work of the Aga Khan Development Network, a

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  • Faith Associates and Lancashire Council of Mosques Celebrate Ramadan Efforts

    • August 16, 2014
    • Posted by: Faith Associates
    • Category: News, Blog
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    Faith Associates came together with the Lancashire Council for Mosques to celebrate the extraordianry efforts made by Mosque Leaders during Ramadan. The jointly organised Eid Dinner was a way of clebrating and congratualting both the Lancashire Muslim Community and the Lancashire Mosque Leaders on their fantastic efforts in raising £7 Million for Humanitarian Efforts in

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  • Faith Associates continues Tradition of Success with IFTAR 2014

    • August 1, 2014
    • Posted by: Faith Associates
    • Category: News, Blog
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    Faith Associates was proud to announce that it was able to organise its Community Centered Iftar project this Ramadan for the 3rd year in succession. The IFTAR2014 project saw Faith Associates team up with Mosques from around the UK to organise community collective Iftar gatherings during the holy month of Ramadan. The main focus of

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  • Imam Rauf and Daisy Khan to receive 2014 Faith-in-Action Award from International Center for Religion & Diplomacy

    • May 23, 2014
    • Posted by: Faith Associates
    • Category: Leadership, Blog, Interfaith
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    Imam Rauf and Daisy Khan to receive 2014 Faith-in-Action Award from International Center for Religion & Diplomacy New York, NY – May 22, 2014 – The Cordoba Initiative, a multi-national, multi-faith organization dedicated to improving Muslim-West relations, announced today that its chairman, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, and Daisy Khan, Executive Director of the , will be presented with the 2014

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  • Islamic Charities Should Not Be Used as a Scapegoat

    • May 9, 2014
    • Posted by: Faith Associates
    • Category: Blog, Charity
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    In his first interview as chairman of the Charity Commission that featured in The Sunday Times, William Shawcross highlighted his concerns about charities being used as vehicles for extremists. Whilst there is little evidence that anything but a tiny minority of charities might be vulnerable to such abuses, the taint of suspicion encouraged by Mr Shawcross’s

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  • Faiths can build bridges of understanding, BJC’s Walker tells Harvard audience

    • May 9, 2014
    • Posted by: Faith Associates
    • Category: Interfaith, Blog
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    Exercising rights demands responsibility and respect, says the head of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty. Rights, responsibility and respect provide the infrastructure for bridges of understanding between faith groups, Baptist religious-liberty advocate Brent Walker stressed in a symposium at Harvard University May 1. Walker, executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty,

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