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The real power of Amazon’s Christmas advert

Featuring a Muslim cleric and a vicar, the advert denotes a powerful message and is praised as inspiring & different. Amazon has certainly grabbed the best Christmas advert this year. Featuring a real Muslim cleric and vicar, it debuted on TV last week and viewers have praised the wonderful message of tolerance and inter-faith friendship […]

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Power and Protection Islamic Art and the Supernatural

Showcasing over a hundred spectacular objects from Morocco to China, Power and Protection is the first major exhibition to explore the supernatural in the art of the Islamic world.   Within Islamic societies, people of all backgrounds have engaged in fascinating and sometimes controversial practices such as the casting of horoscopes and the interpretation of […]

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ENGARE, THE VIDEOGAME ABOUT THE MATHEMATICAL BEAUTY OF ISLAMIC ART

Iranian gamer Mahdi Bahrami created the game ”Engare,” which is about exploring this unknown space and finding the answer. According to site kill screen, Engare started out life as a question posed by Bahrami’s high school geometry teacher and years later, this same question essentially serves as the concept for Engare, except it asks you […]

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Tusif Ahmed’s art turned head’s at the London Muslim Lifestyle Show 2016

The one thing that I can say with full belief is that I have definitely learned to be patient, and how to work on one project slowly and surely until my ideal vision of the art piece emerges from the paper as the butterfly emerging form the cocoon. The process of cutting a paper and […]

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WORLD’S FIRST HOTEL STANDARD FOR MUSLIM TRAVELLERS LAUNCHES TODAY

Salam Standard is a unique hotel reference tool for a global Muslim travel community worth more than US$142 billion Salam Standard, the world’s first online hotel reference tool dedicated to Muslim travellers, launches today at the inaugural World Halal Travel Summit & Exhibition (WHTS15), in Abu Dhabi. The unique standard, which provides information on “Muslim-friendly” […]

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Quran Fragments Found in Britain Are Dated to the Birth of Islam

According to new research at the University of Birmingham, a collection of Quranic manuscripts held at the university may be the oldest in the world. Radiocarbon dating estimates that the manuscripts, which are written on animal skin, were written between 568 and 645 CE. If the research is accurate, it means that the manuscripts were […]

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British Muslim Magazine

Welcome to British Muslim Magazine, Britain’s leading Muslim lifestyle magazine offering inspiration, advice, shopping, food and halal travel advice to British Muslim audiences and international travellers. BMM is the perfect choice for everyone who wants to know more about our nation’s rich history and traditions.