UNTIL WE CHANGE WITHIN OURSELVES

SURVIVING CHINA

THE UIGHURS' FIGHT FOR ISLAM

LONDON (E1)

FRIDAY 5TH APRIL 2019 18:30 – 21:30

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MANCHESTER

saturday 1st april 2023 - 6:00 PM

Eastern Pearl 250 Plymouth Grove, M13 0BG

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sunday 2nd April 2023 - 6:00 PM

Roshon Banqueting, Holland Rd W, B6 4DW

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LONDON

SUNDAY 9TH April 2023 - 6:00 pm

The Atrium - 124 Cheshire Street, E2 6EJ

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What it's about ...

CAGE invites you to its annual fundraising Iftar.

In this blessed month, we strive to increase our acts of worship. We also take it as an opportunity to show solidarity with our brothers and sisters spread across the world, often facing dire situations.

In Guantanamo, Palestine, East Turkestan, Palestine, India, Bangladesh, France and elsewhere, people are suffering and feel forgotten.

Allah has given us the solution to overcome this..

He says: “Verily, Allah will not change the condition of a people until they change themselves”

Together, we can be that change.

Join us for an uplifting evening to demonstrate how we can stand as one ummah in practice.

Inspiring testimonies of survivors, who will share some of the lessons they have drawn while overcoming some of the harshest tests.
Practical ways to stand as one ummah through CAGE’s work in Afghanistan, Guantanamo, Palestine, Bangladesh, East Turkestan, France and Austria.
Keynote speech by Moazzam Begg: Stand as one Ummah
Delicious 3-course Iftar to break your fast.
Rejuvenate your faith and experience the warmth of brotherhood in company of survivors and supporters of justice.

Moazzam Begg

A British-born Muslim, Moazzam Begg is a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner and outreach director for CAGE.

He is the author of the best-seller Enemy Combatant.

The Muslim 500 listed him as one of the 500 “most influential Muslims” in the world.

The New Statesman listed him in the top 50 “Heroes of our time”.

He has travelled extensively to investigate state abuses and western complicity in torture including to Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, and Syria.

A direct eye-witness to the conflicts in Bosnia, Afghanistan and Syria, his life has been recorded by the Columbia University Oral History project, and the BBC Storyville documentary, The Confession.

Dr Asim Qureshi

Dr Asim Qureshi is the Research Director at CAGE. He graduated in Law (LLB Hons) LLM, specialising in International Law and Islamic Law. In 2018, he completed his PhD in International Conflict Analysis from the University of Kent. He has published a wide range of NGO reports, academic journals and articles.

Since 2010, he has been advising legal teams involved in defending death penalty trials in the US and at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

He is also the author and editor of three books so far: In 2009, "Rules of the Game: Detention, Deportation, Disappearance" (Hurst, Columbia UP), "A Virtue of Disobedience" (Unbound and ByLine Books), and "I Refuse to Condemn: Resisting racism in times of national security" (Manchester University Press).

Azad Ali

Azad Ali is a well-known figure in the Muslim community in Britain, and has been a community organiser for over 30 years. A former civil servant, he has founded, and directed several grassroots organisations dedicated to oppose Islamophobia and racism.In his free time, Azad He is also a blogger, a TV presenter, and an avid cyclist.

He is currently the Director of Operations at CAGE.

Abdullah Jabbar
(Birmingham)

Abdullah is a British aid worker, youtuber, vlogger, editor and photographer.

In 2013, he travelled to Syria. He spent several years there playing an instrumental role in relief efforts and binging to light the reality of the situation on the ground.

Maulana Adil Tagari (Birmingham)