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A Guide to Engaging Muslim Communities - CIH, June 2008 This guide aims to help Housing Associations to effectively engage with Muslim communities. It includes advice on how to engage with ‘hard-to-reach’ groups such as women or young people who may need to be approached in different ways. The guide contains basic facts about Britain’s Muslim population, Muslim communities and housing. It also provides useful information about funding sources for engagement with Muslim communities, as well as signposting readers towards relevant websites.

The aim of this document is to raise awareness about the heterogeneity of Britain’s Muslim population. British Muslims comprise of a complex and multi-diverse group of communities, and as such it has become increasingly evident that a single uniform approach to presenting, understanding and engaging with Muslim Communities is inadequate and inappropriate.