Our Fatima of Liverpool: The Story of Fatima Cates, the Victorian woman who helped found British Islam

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Here is a woman who refused to conform, who stood up for what she believed in,” he said. Image caption,Liverpool in the mid-Victorian era was a city of huge wealth and commerce, but also of poverty and deprivation

Gilham, J. (2014). Loyal Enemies: British Converts to Islam, 1850-1950. C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd: London, UK She was first introduced to Islam by Abdullah Quilliam when she was 19 years old. Quilliam was the first revert to establish a British Muslim community in Liverpool. Hamid said he was “pulled” to name his school after her, adding her name, Fatima Elizabeth, represented an “intriguing” merging of both Islamic and British traditions.The yearly update of data from the underlying data of the schools, pupils and their characteristics statistical publication will take place shortly over several days. A notice will be added to the service whilst this work is undertaken and then updated once all work is completed.

Prof Geaves says Abdullah “dealt with a lot of divorce and family abuse and I think he was aware of how much alcohol played a part”. New Somerset Office for National Statistics (ONS) Government Statistical Service (GSS) local authority (LA) code (provisional) The Department for Education (DfE) number (also known as the local authority (LA) establishment (estab) number) will not change as the local authority (LA) code number for Somerset is not changing. The geospatial and location data Old Somerset Office for National Statistics (ONS) Government Statistical Service (GSS) local authority (LA) code This was thanks in large part to the efforts of charismatic criminal lawyer Abdullah Quilliam, who claimed to have converted 250 people and families in Liverpool and up to 600 across the country. He gave talks about Islam as a monotheistic religion like Christianity and Judaism, and tapped into the teetotal movement against alcohol consumption of the time.

Fatima would later describe that she was “in doubt as to the true faith” when she heard Abdullah speak in 1887 and had been “astonished” at the lawyer’s depiction of Prophet Muhammad, which contradicted the negative accounts she had previously heard. He said he was driven by a desire to highlight Fatima’s “courage” and the impact of women among “endless resources” about men. The Department for Education (DfE) number (also known as the local authority (LA) establishment (estab) number)

In her short life, Fatima set many milestones for women and Muslims in Britain. On top of playing a leading role in the first mosque in England, she became one of the first Muslim women in the country to file for divorce when she split with her abusive husband. She was survived by a son when she died of influenza in her 30s while living in West Kirby. She held Quilliam's hand and pronouncing the Shahadah, a declaration of faith, as she took her last breaths. The Get Information about Schools (GIAS) three-digit local authority (LA) code number for the establishments at the following status have been updated to reflect the new local authority: Parsons, G. (1988). Religion in Victorian Britain: Interpretations v. 4. Manchester University Press: Manchester, UK

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It’s a disservice to the whole community, because a woman’s perspective is very unique and I think men need to hear it. Francess was one of those drawn to such an idea and by the age of 19, she was secretary of the Association of Prohibition of Alcohol in Birkenhead.

This will also update those fields that have had a temporary code in place with their new ONS data following the local government reorganisations in April 2023 (see previous system updates for more information on this). PhD researcher Barbara Denuelle travelled to Liverpool to commemorate the life of the first Victorian woman to embrace Islam.This is a surprising book in many ways and the authors have created a worthy addition to the body of literature relating to faith in Britain. As a non-Muslim reader, I was surprised to discover that Islam in Britain is rooted not only in Liverpool but in British converts to the faith. I was also surprised that this ‘Muslima’, this Victorian church-attending young woman