The City Circle
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The City Circle is a network body of mainly young Muslim professionals located in England and is a registered charity (Reg. No.1088931). On 7 November 2006, The City Circle announced that it had appointed Yahya Birt as its first Director with effect from December 2006. 0n 3 January 2008, it announced the appointment of Dr Usama Hasan, whose father is Shaykh Suhaib Hasan, as its new Director.[1]
The City Circle hosts weekly events and seeks to promote practical and progressive solutions to community problems. It runs targeted community based projects and holds fundraising dinners to support and highlight social and welfare causes as well as servicing third-party initiatives.[citation needed]
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[edit] Projects
Current projects include a Saturday school, careers and mentoring, helping London's homeless and a children's club.[2] The City Circle Saturday school project model has been successfully used by other supplementary schools around London.[citation needed]
[edit] British Muslim Identity
The City Circle contributes to British Muslim Identity through its weekly discussion groups. It has also attracted controversy through its stated but thus-far unproven policy of not aligning itself to any particular group or ideology.[citation needed] The City Circle claims it has not aligned itself to either the Muslim Council of Britain or the Sufi Muslim Council, as evidenced in 2005 when it organised a prominent meeting to discuss the state of Muslim leadership in the UK[3], where the MCB and its critics debated. Despite claims of being non-aligned, it does however, through the family relationships of its chairman, still maintains a close relationship with a previous claimant of the British Muslim leadership, Muslim Parliament.[citation needed] In August 2008, with the Parliament, the City Circle hosted and jointly initiated the controversial Muslim Marriage Contract.[citation needed]
Following the veil controversy the City Circle organised a public meeting with Jack Straw, where Jack Straw defended his comments[4].
[edit] References
- "Paying it forward", Guardian, September 7, 2007. Accessed September 26, 2007.
