On Thursday, 17th November, a four-person delegation from Al-Mahdi Institute (AMI) visited Cambridge Muslim College and Cambridge Central Mosque. The group from AMI consisted of: Visiting fellow, Dr. Haidar Hobballah; AMI’s Research Lead in Comparative Religions, Shaykh Muhammed Tajri; Lecturer …
Since 2018, the Inter-Religious Symposia (IRS) platform has been successful in bringing together representatives from the three Abrahamic faiths, to appreciate each other’s perspectives on various theological issues. The Annual IRS Academic Workshop seeks to advance these discussions further into …
On Thursday, 20th October, Al-Mahdi Institute had the privilege of hosting a delegation of lecturers and students from Bristol Baptist College. More than 30 members of the College were welcomed to the Institute for a visit that involved participants from …
Al-Mahdi institute held its first post-Covid in-house Fiqhī workshop on The Institution of Marriage in Islam and Modern Society, on July 21st and 22nd. Due to an ever-changing society and developments in human rights and legal systems around the world, …
Since 2015, the CIMS platform has successfully brought together Muslims of different persuasions – primarily the mainstream Sunnī and Shīʿī schools – to appreciate each other’s perspectives on various historical and theological issues. The inaugural CIMS Academic Workshop taking …
AMI Press is pleased to announce the publication of its latest proceedings of the 9th AMI Contemporary Fiqhī Issues Workshop entitled “Free Speech, Scholarly Critique and the Limits of Expression in Islam.” The papers selected for this publication explore a …
On Saturday 23rd July, AMI hosted a Graduation ceremony to celebrate the achievements of the graduates of the Hawza Programme and to honour the contributions of selected individuals in the academic and humanitarian fields. The ceremony was attended by over 120 …
The first of Al-Mahdi Institute’s International inaugural Qur’ānic Studies Conference offers a dynamic forum for scholarly dialogue on the regulative verses. The main objective of the conference is to provide an intellectual opportunity for cutting-edge, academic research on various aspects …
The Al-Mahdi Institute is pleased to announce that the first of its planned annual workshops on Islamic philosophy and theology will take place on 20–21 February 2023. The theme of this inaugural workshop will be “Islamic Perspectives on God and …
After having to refrain from social contact during the Covid pandemic since 2019, Al-Mahdi Institute was honoured and delighted to, once again, host its 6th Big Iftar event; hosting friends, families and neighbours of the Institute, coming from different faith …