Date: Friday 20th November Time: 2pm Meeting point: Outside Sandwell Council House Organised by: IMAN (a coalition of Sandwell Muslim Organisations, Mosques & Partners) are organising a ‘Muslim against ISIS (ISIL)’ peace gathering on Friday 20th November, after Jummah prayers. Let us all come and stand together as a show of strength. We are profoundly saddened by the tragic loss of innocent lives in Paris. Our deepest condolences, thoughts and prayers are with the families … Read more

Sandwell Imams and Mosques outraged at the barbaric terrorist murders in Paris calling for ‘not to murder in his name’. All member Imams and mosques of Sandwell based Inclusive Muslim Action Network (IMAN) unite in their condemnation and express their deep sympathy with sincere condolences to the families of the victims. Inexcusably it is not the Prophet who was avenged, it is our religion, our values and Islamic principles that have been again betrayed and … Read more

Tuesday 24th June – 12.30 noon Lunch and meeting We will be holding our Community Fun day on Sunday 10th August 2014 at Victoria Park in Tipton. To gauge interest and bring together ideas for the day we are holding a stakeholders meeting on Tuesday 24th June at: Tipton Community Centre, Wellington Road, Tipton DY4 8RS. Lunch will be provided at 12.30 with a 1.00 pm start.  Please come along and bring any ideas you may have for the day. We look forward to seeing you. Please send confirmation … Read more

On the 5th June the YCA launched the exhibition of the Yemeni Memories. Yemeni Memories is a lottery heritage funded project which captures the lives and experiences of the settled Yemeni community in Sandwell.  The Yemeni Memories book captured the historical photographs and stories of both the first and second generation Yemeni community who came to settle in Sandwell. The stories captured are individual experiences, personal accounts and journeys of this little known about community. … Read more

On Wednesday 28th November, young people attended an awareness workshop on the consumption of Shisha organised by the Yemeni Youth Forum and the Yousef project (a newly established group of young Muslims that seek to represent, advocate and lobby on behalf of young Muslim people in Sandwell). Through consultation with community the two youth groups identified that the consumption of Shisha has become a real concern amongst young people within the wider community. As a … Read more