Eye on Antisemitism: Antisemitism among native-born immigrant communities in the United Kingdom

07/20/23 • 35 min

In today's fourth episode of CEP's Eye on Antisemitism series, Lucinda speaks with Fiyaz Mughal about antisemitism among native-born immigrant communities in the United Kingdom. They discuss Fiyaz's work in the field of preventing extremism and working towards racial equality and Fiyaz shares his expert insights into how to create meaningful connections between Muslim and Jewish communities.
Fiyaz is the founder of Faith Matters and Tell MAMA (Measuring Anti-Muslim Attacks), focusing on social cohesion and work on anti-extremism projects. Working on faith related issues in the two organisations has become a core theme, particularly in supporting integration, countering extremism and tackling hate crime work. Today, Fiyaz continues to be an active member of society, serving as an advocate and expert on community cohesion and anti-extremism projects with a particularly strong understanding of the Muslim community and a passion for Muslim and Jewish dialogue projects.

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