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Islam
www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/C/
can_you_believe_it/religion/r-muslim.html

The basics of Islam and the origins of Muslim beliefs and history on the Channel 4 Faith and Belief website

Shariah TV
www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/S/shariahtv2
This Channel 4 website reflects the wealth of cultural and religious traditions that Muslims have brought to Britain and explores the creative ways in which they express their identities in the secular society in which they work and play.

Southall Black Sisters
www.southallblacksisters.org.uk
An organisation established to meet the needs of black (Asian and African-Caribbean) women, which aims to highlight and challenge violence against women, empower them to gain more control over their lives, live without fear of violence, and assert their human rights to justice, equality and freedom.

The end of one law for all?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6190080.stm
Article from the BBC Law in Action website looking at how ethnic and religious courts are gaining ground in the UK and asking if this will lead to different justice for different people.

The Islamic Sharia Council
www.islamic-sharia.org
Provides advice and guidance from an Islamic perspective to help with marriage, divorce, financial, business and other issues.

Women Against Fundamentalism
http://waf.gn.apc.org
Women Against Fundamentalism works to understand the growth of fundamentalism, to provide a space for women's voices and to support women and women's organisations that challenge its effects. WAF includes women from across the world and from a wide range of backgrounds.

Women Living Under Muslim Laws
www.wluml.org/english/index.shtml
An international solidarity network which provides information, support and a collective space for women whose lives are shaped, conditioned or governed by laws and customs said to derive from Islam.