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Islamic Relief Worldwide & The Lutheran World Federation As part of our on-going partnership, the Lutheran World Federation and Islamic Relief Worldwide began to work in 2016 on the development of A faith-sensitive approach in humanitarian response: Guidance on mental health and psychosocial programming. From the onset, we were clear that the guidance should be inclusive of all humanitarian actors, assisting both secular and faith-based organisations in the course of their work in the field. We use the term ‘faith-sensitive’ to bring the focus of the guidance on the faith of the people affected by conflict, disaster and displacement, rather than [...]

Summary Paper This paper reviews the current landscape of the Muslim charity sector in the UK and explores the main challenges and obstacles standing in the way of Faith Based Organisations. This programmes contains qualitative data with an interpretivist approach which support the programmeser’s aim to explore the current situation of the Muslim charity sector and have a better understanding of the key issues facing Muslim FBOs. Office https://had-int.org/ Citation Marliana Syazwani Binti Dzulkipli (2018) UK Marketing Communications within Faith Based Organisations, Humanitarian Academy for Development, Birmingham, UK.

A Programmes Paper This paper is intended to reconsider consumption and sustainability from an Islamic perspective. In particular, it sets out to first establish a ‘radical reform’ methodology in order to analyse the question, and then sets about applying this lens to the issue of sustainable consumption. In doing so, it establishes first the interpretative frame, a subsequent re-reading of the sources, and a brief reconsideration of the history of encounters between Islamic societies and the question of consumption. It then suggests a toolkit for Muslims and activists alike to join the fight for a more just, ecologically balanced world in [...]

A Literature Review When undertaking a survey of the literature regarding Islam and sustainable consumption, a number of challenges present themselves. The first is definitional – when defining and demarcating what counts as an ‘Islamic’ response to this question it is important to note that the sheer diversity and decentred nature of ‘Islam’ precludes neat boundaries. Islam, ultimately, is what self-identifying Muslims do, and say, and perform, at any one time. Islam, after all, functions as a verb, rather than a noun. Not only space, and time, but the entanglement of individual and group identity adds further dimensions of complexity. Intersecting [...]

Version 2 (Arabic and English) The blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip for the last decade, have resulted in restrictions and obstacles and undermined the ability of municipalities and relevant ministries to provide the essential services to the population of the Gaza Strip (approx. 2 Million people). This situation has exacerbated the already deteriorated living conditions of the populations of the most vulnerable localities particularly, in terms of economic, environmental, protection, education, and health aspects. The current study of the community vulnerability mapping aims to identify the most vulnerable localities in the Gaza Strip in terms of access of their populations [...]

Community Vulnerability Mapping Study 2017-2018 The blockade and the several wars/assaults on Gaza Strip in the last decade, have imposed huge restrictions and obstacles and undermined the ability of municipalities and relevant ministries to provide the essential services to the population of Gaza Strip (approx. 2 Million people). This situation has exacerbated the already deteriorated living conditions of the populations of the most vulnerable localities in particular in terms of economic, environmental, protection, education, and health aspects. The current study of the community vulnerability mapping aims to identify the most vulnerable localities in Gaza Strip in terms of access of their [...]

A Policy Brief on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting This policy brief provides the vision and rationale for Islamic Relief to campaign for an end to FGM/C and guides intervention efforts to eradicate it. It calls for the realisation of the fundamental and God-given right of girls and women to live healthy, fulfilled lives free from violence and harm. Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) currently affects 130 million females, mostly within Africa, and a further two million are at risk of being cut every year. It is a harmful practice, one that varies in its severity and is usually driven by a complex mixture [...]

Islamic Relief Kenya Annual Report 2017 At the heart of all Islamic Relief Kenya’s work is the commitment to meet the needs of those who we work with by providing sustainable change to the vulnerable in the community. We are motivated by their needs and driven by their dreams. The past year was marked by a drought that was experienced in at least 23 counties in Kenya. We expanded our work to Kilifi County, responding to the effects of the drought to the communities. We responded to the situation immediately by providing emergency relief to those affected in Kilifi as well [...]

A family counselling guide from IR Palestine (Arabic). This guide helps professionals in providing psychological assistance to the most vulnerable families.

In this new section of ISFIRE, we explore the contribution of Islamic finance to poverty alleviation and social responsibility. Dr. Mohammed Kroessin assesses Islamic microfinance and the work of microfinance organisations in poor countries. Dr. Mohammed Kroessin assesses Islamic microfinance and the work of microfinance organisations in poor countries. Office http://policy.islamic-relief.com/ Citation Kroessin, M (2012) 'Islamic Microfinance at the Crossroads' in Islamic Finance Review (Volume 2, Issue 4), London, [Online] Available: http://policy.islamic-relief.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Islamic-Microfinance-at-the-Crossroads.pdf