On Tuesday 7th August 2018, The Birmingham Senior Citizen group of the KSIMC of Birmingham visited Al-Mahdi Institute to know more about what the Institute does and have a relaxing day out. The visit began with a tour of the …
The Shia Scholars Forum held their 3rd meeting on the 28th of July on the Topic of ‘Was Imam Ali designated or nominated‘ led by Dr. Sayed Mohammed Fatemi Ghari at Al-Mahdi Institute. Dr Fatemi investigated the following questions 1) …
After months of planning, meetings and paperwork; AMI signed an agreement with the University of Birmingham (UoB) to allow its students to obtain a Postgraduate MA in Islamic Studies in the final year of the Hawza programme. This means, students …
On Saturday 7th July 2018, Al-Mahdi Institute held a Hawza Graduation ceremony celebrating the achievements of graduates and the 25th Year Jubilee anniversary of the Institute. Having completed an intensive four years of study on the Four-year Hawza Programme, it …
Al-Mahdi Institute presents its 6th annual fiqhī workshop on “The Past, Present and Future of Shīʿī Ijtihād” on the 5th-6th July, 2018. This fiqhī workshop at the Al-Mahdi Institute sought to facilitate scholarship by directly addressing questions that analyse the …
rom the 2nd – 6th May 2018 Shaykh Arif led a Spiritual retreat in the picturesque Swat Valley in Pakistan. The six hour journey from Islamabad, and somewhat isolation from the busy main cities provided a perfect ambience for the …
On Saturday 30th of June, The Centre for Intra Muslim Studies (CIMS) hosted a panel discussion titled ‘ The Human Face of Islam in Response to Anti-Islamic Sentiments’ at Al Mahdi Institute, Birmingham. The discussion was chaired by Shaykh Jaffer Ladak, who …
The inaugural meeting of the Inter-Religious Symposia held on Monday 14th May 2018 was well attended and invigorating. Members of Muslim, Jewish and Christian persuasions with expertise on a variety of academic disciplines spoke openly with authority and passion as the conversation …
10th May 2018 – Dr Lloyd Ridgeon of Glasgow University presents on ‘The Hijab Controversy in Modern Iran’, looking at the social response to it in Iran through time and particularly through the lens of two clerics. The hijab has been …
In July 2017, AMI student Glen Moran presented research papers at three conferences on the topic of ‘Science in Religion’. He was invited to present his paper entitled ”Apes, Sheikhs and Darwin. The evolving construction of evolution amongst British Muslims” (click title for …