On the 24th August 2014, the International Association for Religious Freedom (IARF) held its 34th World Congress at Birmingham City University hosting thirty nine speakers from all around the world. Over 250 delegates from 25 different countries attended and, the …
On Saturday the 2nd August 2014, The Al-Mahdi Institute held an ‘Understanding Islam’ public workshop with world renowned Dr Chris Hewer. The workshop was specifically designed for Madras’ah and Supplementary School teachers who are the driving force behind change for the upcoming …
On Friday 11 July 2014 at 23:30 the Ask Ramadan event took place at Al-Mahdi Institute. The programme started with recitation of Qur’an followed by an introduction of the evening’s structure. An interesting talk by Sheikh Arif followed a lively discussion, …
On the 25th June, Central mosque held an event with the plea to stop young people from travelling to fight in Iraq and Syria. A high media presence followed where channels included the BBC, ITV, and ISLAM CHANNEL amongst numerous others. The panel included various …
The Al-Mahdi Institute initiates a Public Discussion Series on Intra – Muslim Issues on 9th June 2014 at 7:00 p.m. The topic of the first public discussion in the series will be; “Praying with Muslims from different schools”. This discussion series aims …
The Al-Mahdi Institute initiated a new series of Public Discussion on Intra-Muslim Issues which commenced on 9th June 2014 at 7.00pm. The first topic introduced of this series was ‘’Praying with Muslims from different schools.’’ The aim was to generate a …
Dr Shuruq Naguib was invited to the Al Mahdi Institute May 29th 2014 to deliver a research seminar on “Reflections on the post-classical Tafsir tradition”. Egyptian born Dr. Shuruq Naguib is a specialist in studying Qur’an scripture and is currently a lecturer …
On the 1st May 2014 at 3.00 pm the Al Mahdi Institute held a research seminar by Dr. Jon Hoover exploring ‘Gods relation to body and space in the theology of Ibn Taymiyya’ as a means to further dialogue and explore …
AMI Outreach Officer Farhana Kapasi was invited by the members of Birmingham Council of Faiths to share information about the Outreach activities of Al-Mahdi Institute on 14th April’14. Farhana spoke about the history of the establishment in its previous humble …
On the 27th of March AMI Research hosted Revd. Dr Richard J. Sudworth from the Queens foundation for ecumenical theological studies. His paper analysed the contemporary responses to Islam in the public square of three Christian theologians – Kenneth Cragg, …