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Muslim figures back SIF
The Scottish-Islamic Foundation have today released a list of organisations and prominent individuals...
Date: 11th August 2008
Funding boost for Muslim youth work
The future of Scotland’s Muslim youth is looking significantly brighter after the Scottish-Islamic...
Date: 8th August 2008
 
 
First card to comply with Sharia law launched
The UK's first Sharia- compliant prepaid MasterCard was launched yesterday.


Date: 12th August 2008
‘Divisive’ study on Muslim attitudes comes under fire
A THINK-TANK ACCUSED OF promoting Islamophobia has clashed with the leaders of Scotland's Muslim student associations over claims that a majority of their members believe murdering in the name of religion is justified.


Date: 29th July 2008
Muslim concern at stop and search
Muslims in Scotland have expressed unease about the use of "stop and search" procedures at Glasgow Airport.


Date: 22nd July 2008
Muslims take police to task over stop-and-search procedures
Scottish Muslims will today quiz police about "growing disquiet" over the use of anti-terrorist stop-and-search procedures in Scotland.


Date: 22nd July 2008
£4m boost for war on terror
"We are, of course, supportive of any measures that are needed towards our safety. What we have in the past cautioned against is the creation of a 'terror industry' in Scotland that would need to find work to do in order to justify its existence."


Date: 13th July 2008
Police advert row: It's the apology that's offensive, not the dog
If I were diversity officer at Tayside Police I would go to great lengths to avoid offending Muslims. I would make sure that they were not stopped and searched just for looking a bit shifty, and, nothwithstanding the Government's victory in the Commons, I would want to make sure that young Muslims were not driven into the hands of radicals by being incarcerated for 42 days without charge.


Date: 3rd July 2008
Britain's terror laws have left me and my family shattered
The UN's committee on human rights has just published a report criticising Britain's anti-terror laws and the resulting curbs on civil liberties. For many commentators the issues raised are mostly a matter of academic abstractions and speculative meanderings. For me, it is anything but. These laws have destroyed my life.


Date: 18th August 2008
Tories' favourite think-tank sued by Muslim group
Policy exchange, the right-wing think-tank with close links to Conservative leader David Cameron's inner circle, is facing legal action for accusing British mosques of distributing extremist literature.


Date: 16th August 2008
Plans for 'secret inquests' face defeat in Lords
Ministers' plans to hold in secret inquests that are deemed to put national security at risk are expected to face defeat when the House of Lords votes on them this autumn. A cross-party committee of peers, including a former lord chief justice and two former attorney-generals, has told the government that any decision to hold an inquest without a jury must be taken by a judge and not a minister.


Date: 13th August 2008
Muslim councillors "frozen out" of extremism fight
Muslim councillors are being frozen out of Birmingham’s efforts to clamp down on Islamist terrorism according to Sparkbrook councillor Salma Yaqoob.


Date: 12th August 2008
Changing the face of Muslim family life
A new Islamic marriage contract sets aside cultural practices, giving women the rights they are due under sharia law


Date: 8th August 2008
Daily Mail agrees peace deal with Poles
The Daily Mail has reached a peace deal with Britain's Polish community over its coverage of the ethnic minority following negotiations brokered by the Press Complaints Commission.


Date: 7th August 2008
 
 
SIF Launch (2) Osama Saeed
Scottish-Islamic Foundation official launch at Our Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh on Thursday 26 June 2008.

Osama Saeed, Chief Executive, SIF
 
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SIF blog
Blog of staff and volunteers of SIF
 
 
A People's Budget for Peace
Date: 25th October 2008
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Location: George Square, Glasgow
How would you spend £15 billion of public money in the next 5 years ?

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SIF seeks a new engagement for Muslims in Scotland. Led by younger Muslims, we wish to empower the community to play their part in society.  Read More...
 
 
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Promote human rights and civil liberties
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Facilitate understanding, cohesion and dialogue between Muslims and non-Muslims
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Tackle all forms of discrimination and abuse with particular attention to religion, race, and gender
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