Halal Tourism Britain

AbdulMaalik Tailor, a convert to the Islamic faith is Britain’s first professionally qualified Muslim tour guide, who is the founder of Muslim History Tours, specialising in Halal travel & Muslim heritage of Britain, with a range of inspiring guided tours in galleries, museums, on sightseeing buses together with sightseeing boats and the streets of Britain distinctively wearing his red Fez hat.

He has been commissioned to conduct an Islamic tour of Tate Britain attracting record breaking numbers. He has taken part in Jorvik Viking Festival – one of the largest Viking festivals in the world as Ibn Fadlan, someone who interacted with the Vikings.

For the first London borough of Culture he curated and led culinary tours across Waltham Forest. He also curated the Islamic Arts & Heritage Festival a full weekend of exhibitions, arts and crafts workshops, sightseeing bus tours, film, performances and family activities.

Part of his ongoing quests he has to date discovered the site of London’s first public Eid prayers of 1894 which has been commemorated by a blue plaque and separately London’s first mosque of 1895.

He is considered by professional social group Emerald Network as one of the 100 Inspiring Muslims! He is an international speaker specialising in Muslim history of Britain and has been featured in a range of media including Al Jazeera, BBC, Islam Channel, TV Al Hijra, Jazirah TV, Arab News, Middle East Eye, Al Arabi, The National, Going Places.

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