Muslim Europe: Then and Now

Name: Muslim Europe: Then and Now
Start: 2026-11-05T18:15:00+00:00
End: 2026-11-05T19:30:00+00:00
Location: East Ham Library

Schedule

Thu Nov 05 2026 at 06:15 pm to 07:30 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

East Ham Library | London, EN

In this talk, Tharik Hussain will explore the often over-looked history of Muslims in Europe.
About this Event

Tharik Hussain will discuss his books Minarets in the Mountains, Muslim Europe: In Search of a Fourteen Hundred Year History and Muslim Britain and Ireland, exploring the often-overlooked history of Muslims in Europe. Challenging the misconception that Muslims are outsiders to the West, he will examine Islam’s long and rich presence across Europe.

Schedule:

6.15pm: Doors open

6.30pm: Presentation & talk by Tharik Hussain

7.10pm: Q&A with audience

7.30pm: Book selling & signing

7.45pm: Doors close

Tharik Hussain is an award-winning author, historian and public interpreter of Europe's interconnected histories. Through an interdisciplinary practice that combines historical research, travel writing, heritage interpretation and public engagement, his work reveals the overlooked cultural exchanges, movements and encounters that have shaped societies across Europe and beyond.

This event is part of Newham's Islamophobia Awareness Month programme.