Police believe four suicide bombers, including two young British Muslims, carried out the terrorist attacks in London on 7 July. Reports of Islamophobic attacks have started to emerge, including one on an Asian teenager in Edinburgh on 12 July. The bombings have got people thinking about how to protect young British Muslims from attacks, how to help them deal with questions around their identities and prevent the disaffected from turning to extremism.
Few are thinking harder about these questions than Young Muslims, a national group that runs about 25 youth clubs. Founded in 1984 as part of the Islamic Society of Britain, the youth clubs offer 11- to 18-year-olds activities such as football and outdoor adventure but with an Islamic slant.
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