Muslim Social Justice Initiative

What Muslim Social Justice Initiative does

Muslim Social Justice Initiative (MSJI) is a UK-registered Community Interest Company (CIC) founded in 2023 and headquartered in Manchester. It operates as a youth-led, community-based organisation delivering political education, cultural programming, and community care for Muslim and Black/Global Majority communities affected by Islamophobia, anti-Blackness, and state violence in the UK. MSJI's primary activities are free political education workshops and programmes (notably the School of Community Power targeting 18-35 year olds), in-person community spaces including teach-ins, film screenings, and iftar events, an emergency travel support fund for Muslims in Manchester during heightened-risk periods, and MSJI Press, an independent non-profit publishing house launched in 2025.

MSJI Press is the organisation's core commercial vehicle, producing and selling political thought publications directly through msji.org. Two titles are documented: Dignity: An Anthology (December 2025, £14.99 paperback, 176 pages, with 25% of proceeds directed to Gaza), and Do Genocides Have an Ending? by Dr Ali Tahrawi (pre-order, August 2026, £16.99 paperback, 250 pages, with all proceeds directed to the author and his family). Books are sold via the Squarespace-powered MSJI store with international shipping; events are ticketed through Outsavvy and hosted at partner venues including Contact Theatre and Manchester Museum.

The business model is hybrid non-profit: revenue derives from one-time book sales, donations (with a stated 100% pass-through to programme work), and event ticketing (free for community members, with donation-based or paid tiers for allies). Distribution is grassroots-led via email newsletter, Instagram (@msji.uk), and a partner network of aligned organisations (Safar Film Festival, WAWOG, Films4Freedom, Nejma Collective, Almas Art Foundation). The organisation has 1-10 employees, no disclosed institutional funding, and no venture or private equity backing.

Name

Muslim Social Justice Initiative

Legal name

Muslim Social Justice Initiative CIC

Website

https://msji.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Muslim Social Justice Initiative (MSJI) is a Manchester-based Muslim-led community interest company running political education programmes, community care spaces, and MSJI Press, a non-profit publishing house, for Muslim and racialised communities in the UK.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Advocacy & Political Publishing

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Civic and Social Organizations (8134), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPADABAG

Democracy, Human Rights & Governance Assistance

Business & Public Services/International Organizations & Development/Bilateral Development Agencies & Aid Programs

Keywords

• Political education programs
• Community publishing house
• Grassroots community organizing
• Muslim community advocacy
• Independent non-profit press

Headquarters

HQ city

Manchester

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Book Sales (MSJI Press): MSJI Press publishes and sells political thought books including anthologies and testimony. Books are sold as one-time purchases through the organization's website store. Proceeds support authors and sustain future publishing work.
2. Donations and Fundraising: The organization operates on donations from supporters, with stated commitment that 100% of donations go towards sustaining community work including political education, community spaces, publishing, and emergency travel support.
3. Event Ticketing: Some events are ticketed with proceeds going to mutual aid causes (e.g., Gaza mutual aid). Other events are free or donation-based for community members.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Muslim Social Justice Initiative (MSJI) is a Muslim-led community interest company operating a political and cultural hub that delivers political education workshops, community care spaces, and emergency travel support for Muslims in Manchester. Through its wholly-owned subsidiary MSJI Press, MSJI publishes and sells political thought books and anthologies such as Dignity: An Anthology and Do Genocides Have an Ending? The organization sells books directly through its online store and tickets community events through third-party platforms, funded primarily by donations.

Product overview

Muslim Social Justice Initiative (MSJI) operates as a community-led organization offering a portfolio of products and services centered on political education, cultural work, publishing, and community infrastructure. The core offering is MSJI Press, an independent non-profit publishing house that produces urgent political thought. Through MSJI Press, MSJI publishes books and anthologies including Dignity: An Anthology (a collection of Black and Global Majority voices resisting racism and empire) and Do Genocides Have an Ending? (testimony from Gaza). Beyond publishing, MSJI provides community programs including free political education workshops, community care spaces, and emergency travel support for Muslims in Manchester.

Differentiator

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Brands

• MSJI Press: An independent publishing house that publishes urgent political thought for the current moment, building a culture oriented towards liberation. Operates as community-led, non-profit press.

Products and services

• MSJI Press Independent community-led non-profit publishing house producing and circulating urgent political thought, preserving memory, sharpening analysis, and strengthening intellectual and cultural infrastructure for Muslim and racialised communities.
• Dignity: An Anthology A community anthology of Black and Global Majority voices resisting racism and empire across the UK, created amidst genocides empire wages on homelands. Published December 2025 at £14.99 per paperback.
• Do Genocides Have an Ending? First-hand testimony of Dr Ali Tahrawi, a Palestinian doctor at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, documenting Gaza healthcare collapse during the genocide. Published August 2026 at £16.99 per paperback with international shipping.
• Political Education Programmes (School of Community Power) Free workshops and programmes developing political clarity and strengthening capacity to organise, resist, and build collective power, including the School of Community Power programme for 18-35 year olds.
• Community Spaces and Care Events Spaces rooted in dignity, care, and collective safety allowing community to gather, reflect, and sustain one another, including decompression spaces, iftar events, film screenings, and community gatherings hosted at partner venues across Manchester.
• Emergency Travel Support Fund Travel fund supporting Muslims in Manchester to get home safely when risk or vulnerability is heightened.

Quantifiable outcome

• Established publishing arm MSJI Press with multiple book releases including Dignity anthology and upcoming publications

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Manchester MuseumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMSJI partners with Manchester Museum for events including screenings and cultural programming. The museum hosts MSJI events as part of community engagement initiatives.
• Contact TheatrecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerContact Theatre in Manchester is a key venue for MSJI events including teach-ins, workshops, and community programming. Multiple events listed take place at this venue.
• Safar Film FestivalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMSJI collaborates with Safar Film Festival for community events and screenings ahead of Manchester film screenings. Co-hosted events include Memory, Archives, Resistance and Dignity anthology launch.
• Films4FreedomminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMSJI partners with Films4Freedom for community screenings including Ghost Hunting documentary. Joint screening followed by facilitated discussion.
• Writers Against the War on Gaza (WAWOG)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMSJI collaborates with WAWOG for community reading events including Two Years of Testimony - a community reading of The New York War Crimes testimonies from Gaza.
• Nejma CollectiveminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMSJI partners with Nejma Collective for teach-in workshops exploring empire's prisons and the Iraq occupation. Joint workshop includes community meal and Q&A.
• Almas Art FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAlmas Art Foundation supported The Sudanese Kitchen book launch event hosted by MSJI. Foundation provided support for the Manchester launch of the cookbook and cultural archive.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Nejma Collective: Grassroots Muslim collective running teach-ins and political education workshops. Comparable to MSJI in its workshop-based, anti-colonial pedagogical approach and active partnership on shared programming.
• Safar Film Festival: UK touring film festival showcasing Arab and Muslim cinema. Comparable as a cultural-platform peer that MSJI partners with for screenings, with overlapping audience of Muslim and racialised communities in Manchester.
• Almas Art Foundation: Arts foundation supporting cultural projects centring SWANA and Muslim creativity. Comparable to MSJI in its cultural-infrastructure focus and existing partnership on book launches and cultural programming.
• Critical Muslim: Independent publication and forum for critical Muslim thought. Comparable to MSJI Press as a publishing-focused platform producing curated Muslim intellectual and political content for engaged readerships.
• Writers Against the War on Gaza (WAWOG): Writers' collective responding to the war on Gaza through published testimony and events. Directly comparable as a content-driven, solidarity-focused publishing and reading organiser that MSJI actively partners with.
• CAGE: Independent advocacy organisation challenging state policies affecting Muslim communities. Comparable to MSJI in its critique of state violence, Muslim-led organising focus, and grassroots political education orientation.
• Muslim Engagement and Development (MEND): UK Muslim civil rights and advocacy organisation tackling Islamophobia and racial injustice. Comparable to MSJI in its focus on Muslim community empowerment, anti-Islamophobia organising and political education for British Muslim communities.
• Palestine Solidarity Campaign: UK-wide advocacy organisation campaigning for Palestinian rights and against occupation. Comparable to MSJI in its community-led, solidarity-driven organising model and overlapping political education and grassroots mobilisation work.

Broad incumbents

• Stop the War Coalition: UK-wide anti-war and anti-imperialist campaigning organisation. Operates in adjacent solidarity space with overlapping audiences and political education work, though at substantially larger scale than MSJI.
• Muslim Council of Britain: UK-wide umbrella Muslim organisation with national remit and broader institutional scope. Operates in the same Muslim civil society space but as a much larger, more institutionalised incumbent compared to MSJI's grassroots hub model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/msji.uk
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/muslim-social-justice-initiative

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Subsidiaries1 record

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Investors

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Investments

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