The Importance of Relating to Others
Is Islam a stranger in the West in general or in British society in particular? What understanding should Muslims have of Islam and themselves here? What should others think [...]
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Celebrating the Birth of the Prophet
December 2017 marked the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad(s), the Prophet of mercy. The Islamic College in London commemorated the occasion on December 6th with a magnificent [...]
Water & Roses for Imam Husayn(a)
While thousands of Muslims marched through London and different parts of Europe to protest against ISIS and terrorism and to commemorate the event of Karbala on the Day of [...]
Faith & Learning
Representatives of Muslim and Christian faiths gathered at Saint Augustine church in Kilburn, northwest London, on 9 September 2017, for an interfaith forum. The ornately [...]
A Short Summer course on Interfaith Engagement: In Theory and Practice
Sitting on a bus headed towards the little township of Fiera di Primiero where our course on interfaith dialogue would be held, little did we know that we were about to [...]
Sunni and Shi‘a brothers in faith, travel to Iran
My experience of this journey to the Islamic Republic of Iran started with a mild anxiety and fear. By the way the media constantly portrayed Iran, in the back of my mind, I [...]
Raising Tommorow’s Community
In May 2017, the Islamic Centre of England invited teachers from the Islamic School of Al-Mahdi Islamic Community Centre in Ontario, Canada to partake in an enlightening [...]
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini; man of God and hearts
In this well attended programme the first speaker Sheikh Mohammad Saeed Bahmanpour started his speech by mentioning, “It is with great sorrow and pleasure that we are [...]
A retreat with a difference
As Muslims when meeting a person with a different set of beliefs, our minds often get overloaded with thoughts, such as; Am I going to be welcomed? Will, I have a place to [...]
Qur’an: an on-going phenomenon
“Everything has a spring and spring of the Qur’an is the month of Ramadan.” There are many ideas about the Qur’an, one of them is the idea that the Holy [...]
