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The crowd at the bar might belong to any of London's new-wave nightspots. But this is ArRum, an Islamic club that recently opened in London's hip Clerkenwell district. The name is taken from a verse in the Quran that promotes diversity. Instead of merely giving its visitors (who are mostly Muslim) an escape from the rat race, ArRum seeks to provide a place "where Muslims can bring their non-Muslim friends to give them an informal and less insular insight into how Muslims live their daily lives," says Luqman Ali, co-founder of British Muslim theater company Khayaal and frequent ArRum visitor.
A visit to ArRum shows how Islamic culture (or lifestyle) can coexist with a modern, Western youth ...