The Islamic Human Rights Council based in London has held an Islamophobia awareness conference, bringing together scholars and witnesses of discrimination to discuss the way...
Read More »Webinar: Biobibliographical Analysis, Reconstructing Early Works of Shi’i Hadith
This is the lecture series organized by the Islamic College, will serve a forum for interaction and dialogue between the eminent scholars from the East and...
Read More »Shi’i Clerical Networks and the Transnational Contest over Sacred Authority: Dynamics in London’s Shi’i Triangle
This article explores the transnational contest over sacred authority in contemporary Shi’i Islam as it plays out between contemporary maraji’ (sources of emulation) and the...
Read More »Article: Being a Young British Iraqi Shi’i in London
Relying on an ethnographic research conducted both in the UK and Iraq, this article explores issues of cultural and religious identities among London-based young British Iraqi Shiis. Using Stuart Hall’s notions of...
Read More »Fasting Muslims Save People from UK Tower Fire
A group of Muslims from a mosque in the British capital London have committed a heroic act by rushing into a burning block tower to save people sleeping inside...
Read More »Call for papers: The Fifth International Conference on Shiʻi Studies
The Islamic College of London invites abstracts to be submitted for its fifth conference specialising in the flourishing field of Shi‘i studies. This conference will provide a broad platform for...
Read More »UK, Heaps of Potential for the Islamic Market
With the worldwide Muslim consumer lifestyle market and halal economy set to reach $3.7 trillion by 2019, there’s heaps of potential for the Islamic market...
Read More »A Report on the Start of New Academic Year of London Hawza Ilmiyya
On Saturday 9th September 2017, coinciding with the auspicious event of Ghadeer Khum, the Hawza Ilmiyya of London held its opening ceremony for the 2017-18 academic year...
Read More »A Report on London 11th Takaful Conference
The 11th Takaful Conference concluded successfully this week in London. The high powered summit focused on the development of the Islamic Finance and Insurance industries as...
Read More »Islamophobia Rise in UK after Terror Attack
The number of Islamophobic crimes in the UK has increased dramatically following the recent terror attacks in London, police figures show...
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