Radio Salaam Shalom

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Radio Salaam Shalom (also known as Salaam Shalom Radio) is a Bristol-based online radio station staffed by a volunteer team of Jews and Muslims. It launched on 1 February 2007^[1].

The project is seen as the UK's first Muslim-Jewish initiative of this type and emphasises the voice of the “moderate majority”. Its programmes give people from both communities the chance to celebrate, debate and share the events, issues and faith that shape their daily lives.

One of its most innovative features is an open invitation to its global listeners to submit their own podcasts from around the world for inclusion in its broadcasts.

A project of Salaam Shalom Ltd, a registered charity, the service relies entirely on donations and funding rather than advertising.

The project launched with technical support from Bristol Community FM and was granted start-up funding by the UK Home Office Faith Communities Capacity Building Fund, the Clore Duffield Foundation and the Community Development Foundation.

It celebrated its first anniversary in February 2008 with the station's first intercultural musical evening, featuring Chai4two, the Sweet Easy Peelers, traditional Jewish Hazzan singing and the sharing of the Adhaan, the Muslim call to prayer, by an Imam.