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Muslims in Britain Research Group

The Muslims in Britain Research Group (MBRG) at Liverpool Hope University draws on cross-
disciplinary research, and works collaboratively on various issues related to the challenges faced
by British Muslims in 21 st century Britain. The main aim of this group is to develop and share
new ideas of research in this field, increase interdisciplinary research, identify areas of
collaborative research, organise research seminars and conferences, and develop partnerships
with major Muslim community organisations to explore research partnerships.

This research group organises events including workshops and roundtables on contemporary
issues on British Muslims, research seminars by the members of the group, research seminar
series on particular themes, and invited seminars by external speakers. It has contributed panels in conferences organised by the university’s research centres and will also explore organising
conferences either individually at Hope or in partnerships with other institutions. Furthermore, we
will try to establish links with similar research groups or centres in other universities.

The membership of the group includes senior academics, early career academics and research
students in Liverpool Hope University and other institutions nationally and internationally. We
welcome memberships from scholars at Liverpool Hope and elsewhere who are interested in
research on Muslims in Britain.

The research group will establish partnerships with local and national Muslim community
organisations and seek to work on collaborative research projects including exploring Knowledge
Exchange Partnerships. Some members of the group already have partnerships and have worked
with major Muslim organisations, like The Muslim Council of Britain and British Muslim
Heritage Centre in Manchester. At present, we are working towards developing a community
research project at Abdullah Quilliam Mosque in Liverpool, the first Mosque in Britain
established in 1887.