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Those documents mentioned the Muslims\u2019 segregation (directly or indirectly) for various reasons, and some recommendations have aimed to improve \u201ccommunity cohesion\u201d in general and Muslims\u2019 \u201cintegration\u201d in particular. However, community participation in the design or planning of regeneration and development projects has yet to be focused on, although these documents recommended promoting community cohesion and integration through these projects. Community participation in architecture\u2014in its broader sense\u2014is a crucial aspect that contributes towards fulfilling the tasks of serving communities with different religious and ethnic backgrounds. Muslims\u2019 religious and cultural practices have been problematised in urban spaces and perceived as leading to social and spatial segregation. This paper intends to explore how secular urban spaces are used and perceived by Muslims through their religious and cultural practices. Therefore, the article aspires to inform the community participation in urban projects and demonstrates the role that Muslims\u2019 inclusion in designing urban projects has in promoting cohesion and integration. The Ellesmere Green project in Burngreave, Sheffield, UK, is an empirical example of exploring this locally through semi-structured interviews with community members, leaders, and local authorities\u2019 officials. The findings demonstrate that sacred and secular spaces are interconnected in Muslims\u2019 everyday lives, and the boundaries between them are blurry. The data also show that having the ability to manifest their religious and cultural practices in secular urban spaces does not suggest the desire for segregation, nor does it reduce Muslims\u2019 willingness to have social and spatial interactions with non-Muslims.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rel14030349","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,6]],"date-time":"2023-03-06T06:54:02Z","timestamp":1678085642000},"page":"349","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Spatial Reflections on Muslims\u2019 Segregation in Britain"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Farouq","family":"Tahar","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Architecture, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7381-6663","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Asma","family":"Mehan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Huckabee College of Architecture, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4538-8382","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Krzysztof","family":"Nawratek","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Architecture, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,3,6]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Aigbavboa, C. 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