On Thursday 24th March,  Al-Mahdi Institute held a Research seminar on the topic of; “Pickthall’s translation of the Qur’an: an analysis of some selected verses on women” conducted by Dr Haifaa Jawad from University of Birmingham. The seminar was attended by AMI students, faculty …
On Thursday March 17th Shaykh Arif Abulhussain participated at Bradford University Ahlulbayt Islamic Society’s event ”Fatima A.S The lady of Paradise”. The event began at 4pm with Shaykh Arif’s discussion on ‘Womens rights and the relationship between father and daughter’. …
Between 19th-20th March one of our AMI students presented a paper on ”Other legal systems as Sharia?” at New Horizon’s ‘British Islam’ Conference, held at Coventry University. The presentation was on the challenges of modernity and the current ‘Sharia’ understandings amongst both traditionalists and …
On Saturday 12th March, Al-Mahdi Institute held a public discussion on gender equality in Islam entitled ‘#AreWeEqual’. Inviting neighbours, local communities, AMI students, faculty and the general public. The aim of the event was to encourage audience participation with an interactive …
On the 7th March 2016, the Al-Mahdi Institute hosted a group of Christian ministers in training from the Queens Foundation of Ecumenical Theological Studies to read and discuss pre-selected passages from Muslim and Christian Scripture. The group were joined by AMI Hawza …
Between 26th-28th February AMI Faculty member Shaykh Muhammed Reza Tajri led two workshops on spirituality, for the Presidents of the Ahlul-Bayt Societies from universities around the UK. The Council of ABSocs gathered from to explore improvements in activities taken place across the …
On Saturday 27th February 2016 members of IHBDC travelled from all over the UK to Al-Mahdi Institute for their Annual Committee Meeting. Joined by AMI faculty for a day of fun, shared learning and development. Highlights included an ice-breaker activity lead by Jenan …
On Saturday 27th February vows to promote ‘love’ and ‘peace’ were renewed by a gathering of people young and old and from all major faiths and religious groups at a historic celebration in Birmingham. The afternoon event, themed ‘Renewing our …