IFE | Islam Awareness Project

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Islam Awareness Project

Inviting to Islam with knowledge and wisdom

The Islam Awareness Project (IAP) is an excellent way of getting the message of Islam across to non-Muslims. Based at The East London Mosque IAP is ideally located to reach the general public and professionals.

IAP is involved in several areas of work all geared towards creating better community relations. It is actively engaged in reaching out to the general public as well as professionals. IAP's areas of work include:

Providing information and literature to visitors
Responding to general enquiries
Organising and facilitating Mosque visits by schools and organisations
Representation on community and interfaith meetings
Design and delivery of cultural awareness training to professionals
Holding open days and seminars for general public
Co-ordinating Islam Awareness Month
Production and publication of fact sheets

Open days are attended by many different people with varied interests and knowledge of Islam. Visitors to the Mosque can see the exhibition and displays set up for the day.

Specially designed training sessions give professionals better understanding and knowledge of working with Muslim communities. Training sessions and workshops have been held for trainee teachers, social workers and probation officers. This will be expanded to reach more professionals in areas such as health, education, law enforcement, media and public services.

Islam Awareness Month is an annual event bringing together a broad mix of organisations on a nationwide scale. This year will see a month long campaign to create better awareness and understanding of Islam and Muslims with events being held locally around the country.

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