Paul Sutherland, himself a poet, interprets works from the Psalms, Daoist Poetry and Omar Khayyam’s Rubaiyat. Enjoy as of Sutherland as he takes us through these select samples of sacred poetry. --- Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/CMC_Cambridge Like us on Facebook: www.fb.com/cambridgemuslimcollege Subscribe to our mailing list: eepurl.com/8cdif © Cambridge Muslim College

Donate Today: https://cambridgemuslimcollege.ac.uk/support --- We live in confusing times – times that we struggle to understand and that often don’t understand us. How, then, should we as believers respond to its challenges? What are the precedents set by the luminaries of the past? And how can a longer term understanding of the history and evolution of Bani Adam help us? In a talk given in 2019, Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad reflects on a strategy for the correct response of the believers. --- For information, events & programmes subscribe to our newsletter. http://eepurl.com/8cdif --- ©Cambridge Muslim College

All the melodies in the Rawdat al-Shuhada are from Celtic folk tunes. This one (page 20) is based on "Crodh Chailein". Sung by Abdal Hakim Murad, Mohsin Badat and Kenneth Cook. Booklet and audio recording available at http://www.hubooks.com --- Donate Today: https://cambridgemuslimcollege.ac.uk/support --- For information, events & programmes subscribe to our newsletter. http://eepurl.com/8cdif --- ©Cambridge Muslim College

10 Muharram 1442 Karbala Lament: "The Field of Misfortune" from the Rawdat al-Shuhada’ Sung by Abdal Hakim Murad, Mohsin Badat and Kenneth Cook --- Rawdat al-Shuhada’ picks up the story where the Burdah leaves off and takes us through to Karbala. Written by Imam Husayn Vaiz Kashifi (d.1505), it recalls the sufferings of the Ahl ul-Bayt and the reward that lies in wait for them in the next world. Originally written in Farsi, this devotional hymn has been overlooked until recently in the English speaking world but was once sung in awe amongst the peoples within the Ottoman and Mughal empires. Booklet and audio recording available at http://www.hubooks.com --- The Field of Misfortune Upon the field of misfortune All my people lie Their ruddy wounds all untended Open to the sky. The devil’s blade has been fashioned In the blaze of hate, Its poison spirit impassioned In its fiery fate. The edge knows thirst that is rabid Questing here its point To holy flesh for its scabbard Blood it shall anoint. The rainless airs of the valley Hear my lonely cry The widowed daughters of Ali Teach the dust to sigh. Behold Abbas, hero regal Hear Sakina’s thirst Father of grace of the eagle place that maiden first. To see the blood of my brothers dye the sorry sands to hear the keening of mothers cheeks clenched in their hands. So teach the ways of fair patience To the weak and wronged. Strengthen with hope and forbearance wretchedness prolonged. Ya rahmanu Ya hannanu Ya rahimana Anta ghafarul masawi tub ‘alayna. --- Visit us at: https://cambridgemuslimcollege.ac.uk/ For news and updates, subscribe to our newsletter: http://eepurl.com/8cdif --- ©Cambridge Muslim College

The current pandemic has upended nearly every aspect of the world we live in. But is it unprecedented? Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad, Dean of Cambridge Muslim College, shares his perspective on this humbling phenomenon, one which is not unfamiliar in our Islamic tradition. He also highlights the beauty and healing of our religious practice and provides helpful suggestions on how to remain connected as Muslims. --- Read the transcript: https://cambridgemuslimcollege.ac.uk/pandemic/ --- Support a Decade of Excellence in Islamic Scholarship by donating today: https://cambridgemuslimcollege.ac.uk/support-us/ --- Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CMC_Cambridge Like us on Facebook: https://www.fb.com/cambridgemuslimcollege Follow us on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/cambridgemuslimcollege Subscribe to our mailing list: http://eepurl.com/8cdif --- © Cambridge Muslim College

One Ummah – Abdal Hakim Murad – 2019 Ramadan Moment 4 by Cambridge Muslim College

Overcoming Ego – Abdal Hakim Murad – 2019 Ramadan Moment 3 by Cambridge Muslim College

Being Neighbourly – Abdal Hakim Murad – 2019 Ramadan Moment 2 by Cambridge Muslim College

Connecting to Fitrah – Abdal Hakim Murad – 2019 Ramadan Moment 1 by Cambridge Muslim College

Professor Omid Safi speaks at CMC about the love-based devotion and poetry that has always been at the heart of the Islamic tradition, while presenting some of the masters of this path, with special attention to Mawlana Rumi, ‘Attar, Ahmad Ghazali, and Kharaqani.

For many today, World War I in the Middle East brings to mind T.E. Lawrence and the 1962 Hollywood blockbuster movie “Lawrence of Arabia”. In it we see an eccentric Englishman racing across the Arabian desert on camelback, his native robes flying leading a band of bellowing Arab bedouin against the Turks, raiding their camps, blowing up their trains and telegraph lines. Since then, Lawrence’s exploits in the 1916-1918 desert war have become legend, heralded in numerous books, articles and movies. In contrast, the wartime activities of Sir Mark Sykes are virtually unknown, although his actions had far greater consequences during the war and its aftermath. Redrawing the Middle East: Sir Mark Sykes, Imperialism and the Sykes–Picot Agreement was written to correct that.

Cambridge Muslim College & Sa’adah present a book launch of Haroon Sugich’s latest book ‘Hearts Turn: Sinners, Seekers, Saints and the Road to Redemption’. ‘Hearts Turn’ is a singular and gripping exploration of the act of ‘tawba’, a Qur’anic term commonly translated as repentance. In English, repentance is a forbidding word that suggests a puritanical finality. But in Arabic the term ‘tawba’ is dynamic, meaning to ‘turn’ or ‘return’. ‘At-Tawwab’ is one of the Names of God, the Oft-Returning or Ever-Relenting. It is an active constant, an ongoing, compassionate reality that renews every moment we are alive. The process of purification is a process of continuous turning. In ‘Hearts Turn’ Michael Sugich, author of ‘Signs on the Horizons’, tells stories that are harrowing and hilarious, heartrending and bizarre, profane and transcendent, and altogether full of hope, showing how men and women from many parts of the world and many walks of life have turned themselves around and taken a fork in the road toward a higher reality.

Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad delivers the keynote address at the 2019 European Academy of Religion Conference . Because politicians and social administrators are learning the need to engage with Muslims in their self-definition as a religious community, purely secular definitions of human fulfillment and liberty must find ways of conversing with theological narratives which ground human dignity and rights in metaphysics rather than primarily in social utility. This paper will survey foundational Islamic assumptions about human diversity and measure their intelligibility to modern positivism.

Riding the Tiger of Modernity - Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad by Cambridge Muslim College

Dr Sohail Hanif discusses how we go about dealing with a subject as intricate as Islamic law in a way that gives students at Cambridge Muslim College a real hands-on grip of an old and ancient tradition whilst having with an understanding of how it intersects with today’s world, the challenges at that interface and the questions that need to be answered.

Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad, Aziz Foundation Professor in Islamic Studies at Cambridge Muslim College delivers his Distinguished Lecture, at Senate House, London on 19 November 2018. . . Support CMC to develop the next generation of Muslim Thinkers - http://cambridgemuslimcollege.ac.uk/support-us

2018 Ramadan Moment 7 – Abdal Hakim Murad by Cambridge Muslim College

2018 Ramadan Moment 6 – Abdal Hakim Murad by Cambridge Muslim College

2018 Ramadan Moment 5 – Abdal Hakim Murad by Cambridge Muslim College

2018 Ramadan Moment 4 – Abdal Hakim Murad by Cambridge Muslim College

2018 Ramadan Moment 3 – Abdal Hakim Murad by Cambridge Muslim College

2018 Ramadan Moment 2 – Abdal Hakim Murad by Cambridge Muslim College

The Nature of Prophetic Speech - Shaykh Yasser Qureshy by Cambridge Muslim College

2018 Ramadan Moment 1 – Abdal Hakim Murad by Cambridge Muslim College

Cultivating One's Environment to Develop the Inner Self - Shaykh Yahya Rhodus by Cambridge Muslim College

Finding The Path From Within: Identifying Qualities of the Self - Shaykha Najah Nadi by Cambridge Muslim College

Inhabiting The Earth - Quranic Reflections - Shaykh Sohail Hanif by Cambridge Muslim College

The Sacred Nature of the Islamic Calendar by Cambridge Muslim College

A lecture by Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad on ubudiyya - true kingship, from his visit to South Africa, 2018. Sponsored by the Islamic Forum organisation and Awqaf SA. Website: www.cambridgemuslimcollege.org/ Twitter: @cmc_cambridge Facebook: bit.ly/2oYtXmg

A lecture by Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad on how to not return to sin from his visit to South Africa, 2018. Sponsored by the Islamic Forum organisation and Awqaf SA. Website: www.cambridgemuslimcollege.org/ Twitter: @cmc_cambridge Facebook: bit.ly/2oYtXmg

Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad reflects on environmental issues during his visit to South Africa, 2018. Sponsored by the Islamic Forum organisation and Awqaf SA. Website: www.cambridgemuslimcollege.org/ Twitter: @cmc_cambridge Facebook: bit.ly/2oYtXmg

A lecture on the meaning of the Black Stone by Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad, from his visit to South Africa, 2018. Sponsored by the Islamic Forum organisation and Awqaf SA. Website: www.cambridgemuslimcollege.ac.uk Facebook: bit.ly/2oYtXmg

A lecture on Islam's Vision on Business Ethics by Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad, from his visit to South Africa, 2018. Sponsored by the Islamic Forum organisation and Awqaf SA. Website: www.cambridgemuslimcollege.org/ Twitter: @cmc_cambridge Facebook: bit.ly/2oYtXmg YouTube: https://bit.ly/2uI2rQw

A lecture on the Virtue of Chivalry by Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad, from his visit to South Africa, 2018. Sponsored by the Islamic Forum organisation and Awqaf SA. Website: www.cambridgemuslimcollege.org/ Twitter: @cmc_cambridge Facebook: bit.ly/2oYtXmg Website: http://www.cambridgemuslimcollege.org/ Twitter: @cmc_cambridge Facebook: http://bit.ly/2oYtXmg

This podcast series was offered by Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad, Dean of Cambridge Muslim College during Ramadan 2017 as part of the College's Ramadan campaign. Website: http://www.cambridgemuslimcollege.org/ Twitter: @cmc_cambridge Facebook: http://bit.ly/2oYtXmg

This podcast series was offered by Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad, Dean of Cambridge Muslim College during Ramadan 2017 as part of the College's Ramadan campaign. Website: http://www.cambridgemuslimcollege.org/ Twitter: @cmc_cambridge Facebook: http://bit.ly/2oYtXmg

This podcast series was offered by Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad, Dean of Cambridge Muslim College during Ramadan 2017 as part of the College's Ramadan campaign. Website: http://www.cambridgemuslimcollege.org/ Twitter: @cmc_cambridge Facebook: http://bit.ly/2oYtXmg

This podcast series was offered by Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad, Dean of Cambridge Muslim College during Ramadan 2017 as part of the College's Ramadan campaign. Website: http://www.cambridgemuslimcollege.org/ Twitter: @cmc_cambridge Facebook: http://bit.ly/2oYtXmg

This podcast series was offered by Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad, Dean of Cambridge Muslim College during Ramadan 2017 as part of the College's Ramadan campaign. Website: http://www.cambridgemuslimcollege.org/ Twitter: @cmc_cambridge Facebook: http://bit.ly/2oYtXmg

This podcast series was offered by Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad, Dean of Cambridge Muslim College during Ramadan 2017 as part of the College's Ramadan campaign. Website: http://www.cambridgemuslimcollege.org/ Twitter: @cmc_cambridge Facebook: http://bit.ly/2oYtXmg

This podcast series was offered by Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad, Dean of Cambridge Muslim College during Ramadan 2017 as part of the College's Ramadan campaign. Website: http://www.cambridgemuslimcollege.org/ Twitter: @cmc_cambridge Facebook: http://bit.ly/2oYtXmg

This talk was given by Professor Jonathan Brown at Cambridge Muslim College on 8 January 2017. The full title of the talk was: ‘Engaging with Sirah and Hadith: Criteria for Scholarly, Academic & Everyday Engagement’.

Dr TJ Winter delivers lecture 'Between the faculties: the place of Islam in the academic Anglosphere' at the Centre for Islamic Theology, University of Tübingen. July 2016

Misba has studied under numerous shaykhs both in the UK and abroad. She has a BA honours in Arabic from the University of Manchester in addition to graduating from the University of Alexandria in Egypt. After which she went on to further enhance her Arabic studies in Damascus for a short period before returning to the UK. Alongside her Arabic studies Ustadha Misba studied tajweed in Egypt and received her ijaza in the Qira'a of Hafs an Asim. Whilst in the UK she studied under many prestigious scholars including Mawlana Mohammad Amar, Allama Rasul Baksh Saeedi and his senior students. She later travelled to Tarim, Yemen and studied under the Habaib and their family whilst having the priviledge of teaching at the renowned Dar al Zahra in Tarim. She also has had the honour of teaching the children of Shaykh Muhammad al Yaqoubi for a year in Morocco whilst also benefitting from the noble Shaykh. During her further studies in Morocco, she took ijaza in the Qira'a of Warsh an Naafi' and also ijaza in the classical ajrummyah text from Shaykh Arabi. Additionally she studied tajweed with Shaykh Tawfiq Nouri and had the honour of studying Riyadh us Saaliheen and benefiting immensely from the humble Shaykh Muhammad at-Tawil. She also took ijaza in Shamail Muhammadiya and Arabeen Nawawi from the son of The Great Muhadith of Morocco, the late Allama Shaykh Abdul Aziz bin Siddiq al Ghomari and also took ijaza from The Grand Muhadith Allama Abdullah bin Abdul Qadir al Talidi al Hasani in Tanger.

After studying traditional Islamic sciences for seven years, Saleem Seedat was awarded a scholarship to study a Diploma in Contextual Islamic Studies and Leadership at Cambridge Muslim College. Along with speaking at numerous schools, universities and festivals, he delivers Friday sermons and circles locally and continues to be invited as the Muslim representative for the engagements of the Cambridge Inter-Faith Programme. Along with his academic background, Saleem has experience of working in the Corporate Division of the NHS for more than five years and has been involved in many voluntary community initiatives in Blackburn. Currently he is a College Chaplain and lecturer of Islamic Studies at a local seminary. He is also due to complete his Masters in Politics, Philosophy and Religion at Lancaster University.

Nafeesa Mistry has an 'alimiyyah degree from an Islamic seminary in Bradford, at which she taught after graduation. She completed CMC's Diploma in Contextual Islamic Studies before embarking on a BA at SOAS. She graduated this year with first-class honours. Nafeesa also teaches in her local community.

Zakiyah Gangat, a mum of three, is a Canadian graduate of CMC. Following CMC, she served as a Chaplain in Hospital in Essex. She is an Alimah graduate from Jami'ah Hamidiya India, with a BSc in Psychology and Religion.

After studying traditional Islamic sciences for seven years, Saleem Seedat was awarded a scholarship to study a Diploma in Contextual Islamic Studies and Leadership at Cambridge Muslim College. Along with speaking at numerous schools, universities and festivals, he delivers Friday sermons and circles locally and continues to be invited as the Muslim representative for the engagements of the Cambridge Inter-Faith Programme. Along with his academic background, Saleem has experience of working in the Corporate Division of the NHS for more than five years and has been involved in many voluntary community initiatives in Blackburn. Currently he is a College Chaplain and lecturer of Islamic Studies at a local seminary. He is also due to complete his Masters in Politics, Philosophy and Religion at Lancaster University.

After studying traditional Islamic sciences for seven years, Saleem Seedat was awarded a scholarship to study a Diploma in Contextual Islamic Studies and Leadership at Cambridge Muslim College. Along with speaking at numerous schools, universities and festivals, he delivers Friday sermons and circles locally and continues to be invited as the Muslim representative for the engagements of the Cambridge Inter-Faith Programme. Along with his academic background, Saleem has experience of working in the Corporate Division of the NHS for more than five years and has been involved in many voluntary community initiatives in Blackburn. Currently he is a College Chaplain and lecturer of Islamic Studies at a local seminary. He is also due to complete his Masters in Politics, Philosophy and Religion at Lancaster University.

After studying traditional Islamic sciences for seven years, Saleem Seedat was awarded a scholarship to study a Diploma in Contextual Islamic Studies and Leadership at Cambridge Muslim College. Along with speaking at numerous schools, universities and festivals, he delivers Friday sermons and circles locally and continues to be invited as the Muslim representative for the engagements of the Cambridge Inter-Faith Programme. Along with his academic background, Saleem has experience of working in the Corporate Division of the NHS for more than five years and has been involved in many voluntary community initiatives in Blackburn. Currently he is a College Chaplain and lecturer of Islamic Studies at a local seminary. He is also due to complete his Masters in Politics, Philosophy and Religion at Lancaster University.

Shaykh Sohail Hanif graduated from Imperial University in 2000 with a BA in Information Systems Engineering. He then spent over a decade studying sacred knowledge in Jordan, and became a teacher in Arabic and Islamic Studies. He was Head of Arabic at the Qasid Language Institute in Amman, and taught online courses on hadith, tafsir and Islamic law at Qibla Islamic Sciences. He is now undertaking a DPhil at the University of Oxford, and has recently become head of the National Zakat Foundation's new research and development Initiative. CMC and NZF will be working together in the future.

Hassan Rabbani is a young Scottish scholar who was born and raised in Glasgow and began his Islamic studies by completing the Darse Niẓami programme at Jamia Al-Karam in Nottinghamshire. Subsequently he travelled to the prestigious Al-Azhar University (Cairo, Egypt) where he specialised in Theology and Ḥadith nomenclature, sitting in the company of great scholars of the Al Azhar. After graduating in 2010, he obtained an M.A from the University of Aberdeen completing his thesis on ‘Temporary marriage in Islam: A Sunni and Shi’i perspective.’ He is also a graduate of the Cambridge Muslim College. As well as teaching iSyllabus, Hassan is currently the Imam at a vibrant Mosque in the centre of Glasgow, pursuing an M.A in philosophy at the University of Glasgow. and is founder of the Zainab Cobbold Institute, an initiative aimed at educating young Muslims in and around Glasgow.

Nafeesa Mistry has an 'alimiyyah degree from an Islamic seminary in Bradford, at which she taught after graduation. She completed CMC's Diploma in Contextual Islamic Studies before embarking on a BA at SOAS. She graduated this year with first-class honours. Nafeesa also teaches in her local community.

Misba has studied under numerous shaykhs both in the UK and abroad. She has a BA honours in Arabic from the University of Manchester in addition to graduating from the University of Alexandria in Egypt. After which she went on to further enhance her Arabic studies in Damascus for a short period before returning to the UK. Alongside her Arabic studies Ustadha Misba studied tajweed in Egypt and received her ijaza in the Qira'a of Hafs an Asim. Whilst in the UK she studied under many prestigious scholars including Mawlana Mohammad Amar, Allama Rasul Baksh Saeedi and his senior students. She later travelled to Tarim, Yemen and studied under the Habaib and their family whilst having the priviledge of teaching at the renowned Dar al Zahra in Tarim. She also has had the honour of teaching the children of Shaykh Muhammad al Yaqoubi for a year in Morocco whilst also benefitting from the noble Shaykh. During her further studies in Morocco, she took ijaza in the Qira'a of Warsh an Naafi' and also ijaza in the classical ajrummyah text from Shaykh Arabi. Additionally she studied tajweed with Shaykh Tawfiq Nouri and had the honour of studying Riyadh us Saaliheen and benefiting immensely from the humble Shaykh Muhammad at-Tawil. She also took ijaza in Shamail Muhammadiya and Arabeen Nawawi from the son of The Great Muhadith of Morocco, the late Allama Shaykh Abdul Aziz bin Siddiq al Ghomari and also took ijaza from The Grand Muhadith Allama Abdullah bin Abdul Qadir al Talidi al Hasani in Tanger.

Nasir is currently a student on CMC's Diploma in Contextual Islamic Studies and Leadership. Professionally trained as an audiologist, he also studied Islamic sciences for over 12 years in Faizan e Rasool Institute in Birmingham. He has been teaching 'Alim studies for over 5 years with over fifty students at various levels. He is a public speaker and has given khutbahs in Solihull.

Shams Tameez is a graduate of UK-based seminary Jamia al-Karam and Cambridge Muslim College. After graduating from CMC's Diploma in Contextual Islamic Studies and Leadership, he worked as an imam at Aylesbury Mosque in Buckinghamshire before embarking on further studies in Istanbul with the Istanbul Foundation for Research & Education, CMC's partner institution in Turkey, where he studied Turkish and logic.

Hassan Rabbani is a young Scottish scholar who was born and raised in Glasgow and began his Islamic studies by completing the Darse Niẓami programme at Jamia Al-Karam in Nottinghamshire. Subsequently he travelled to the prestigious Al-Azhar University (Cairo, Egypt) where he specialised in Theology and Ḥadith nomenclature, sitting in the company of great scholars of the Al Azhar. After graduating in 2010, he obtained an M.A from the University of Aberdeen completing his thesis on ‘Temporary marriage in Islam: A Sunni and Shi’i perspective.’ He is also a graduate of the Cambridge Muslim College. As well as teaching iSyllabus, Hassan is currently the Imam at a vibrant Mosque in the centre of Glasgow, pursuing an M.A in philosophy at the University of Glasgow. and is founder of the Zainab Cobbold Institute, an initiative aimed at educating young Muslims in and around Glasgow.

Dr Samer Dajani studies the different methodologies of the Sunni schools of jurisprudence, as well as broader theories on legal diversity and the nature of the Shari’a. Samer received his BA in Arab & Islamic Civilizations from the American University in Cairo, followed by an MA and PhD in the field of Islamic Studies from SOAS, University of London. He is the author of Reassurance for the Seeker: A Biography and Translation of Salih al-Ja’fari’s al-Fawa’id al-Ja‘fariyya, a Commentary on Forty Prophetic Traditions (Fons Vitae, 2013). He is currently a Research Fellow at Cambridge Muslim College.

Nafeesa Mistry has an 'alimiyyah degree from an Islamic seminary in Bradford, at which she taught after graduation. She completed CMC's Diploma in Contextual Islamic Studies before embarking on a BA at SOAS. She graduated this year with first-class honours. Nafeesa also teaches in her local community.

Dr Samer Dajani studies the different methodologies of the Sunni schools of jurisprudence, as well as broader theories on legal diversity and the nature of the Shari’a. Samer received his BA in Arab & Islamic Civilizations from the American University in Cairo, followed by an MA and PhD in the field of Islamic Studies from SOAS, University of London. He is the author of Reassurance for the Seeker: A Biography and Translation of Salih al-Ja’fari’s al-Fawa’id al-Ja‘fariyya, a Commentary on Forty Prophetic Traditions (Fons Vitae, 2013). He is currently a Research Fellow at Cambridge Muslim College.

Dr Samer Dajani studies the different methodologies of the Sunni schools of jurisprudence, as well as broader theories on legal diversity and the nature of the Shari’a. Samer received his BA in Arab & Islamic Civilizations from the American University in Cairo, followed by an MA and PhD in the field of Islamic Studies from SOAS, University of London. He is the author of Reassurance for the Seeker: A Biography and Translation of Salih al-Ja’fari’s al-Fawa’id al-Ja‘fariyya, a Commentary on Forty Prophetic Traditions (Fons Vitae, 2013). He is currently a Research Fellow at Cambridge Muslim College.

Hassan Rabbani is a young Scottish scholar who was born and raised in Glasgow and began his Islamic studies by completing the Darse Niẓami programme at Jamia Al-Karam in Nottinghamshire. Subsequently he travelled to the prestigious Al-Azhar University (Cairo, Egypt) where he specialised in Theology and Ḥadith nomenclature, sitting in the company of great scholars of the Al Azhar. After graduating in 2010, he obtained an M.A from the University of Aberdeen completing his thesis on ‘Temporary marriage in Islam: A Sunni and Shi’i perspective.’ He is also a graduate of the Cambridge Muslim College. As well as teaching iSyllabus, Hassan is currently the Imam at a vibrant Mosque in the centre of Glasgow, pursuing an M.A in philosophy at the University of Glasgow. and is founder of the Zainab Cobbold Institute, an initiative aimed at educating young Muslims in and around Glasgow.

Sajida Gangat was a student at CMC from 2013-14. Prior to CMC, she completed an 'alimiyyah degree in Jamiyah Hameediyah in India, and also worked as a Qur'an and Tajweed teacher for a number of years. After CMC, she returned to India to study the seven modes of Quranic recitation (Qira'at Sab'a) in Tadkeshwar,Gujarat, India under Qari Siddique Falahi and Qari Abdul Aziz. She is currently a student, and teaching Quranic recitation.

Nasir is currently a student on CMC's Diploma in Contextual Islamic Studies and Leadership. Professionally trained as an audiologist, he also studied Islamic sciences for over 12 years in Faizan e Rasool Institute in Birmingham. He has been teaching 'Alim studies for over 5 years with over fifty students at various levels. He is a public speaker and has given khutbahs in Solihull.

Shaykh Sohail Hanif graduated from Imperial University in 2000 with a BA in Information Systems Engineering. He then spent over a decade studying sacred knowledge in Jordan, and became a teacher in Arabic and Islamic Studies. He was Head of Arabic at the Qasid Language Institute in Amman, and taught online courses on hadith, tafsir and Islamic law at Qibla Islamic Sciences. He is now undertaking a DPhil at the University of Oxford, and has recently become head of the National Zakat Foundation's new research and development Initiative. CMC and NZF will be working together in the future.

Nasir is currently a student on CMC's Diploma in Contextual Islamic Studies and Leadership. Professionally trained as an audiologist, he also studied Islamic sciences for over 12 years in Faizan e Rasool Institute in Birmingham. He has been teaching 'Alim studies for over 5 years with over fifty students at various levels. He is a public speaker and has given khutbahs in Solihull.

Sajida Gangat was a student at CMC from 2013-14. Prior to CMC, she completed an 'alimiyyah degree in Jamiyah Hameediyah in India, and also worked as a Qur'an and Tajweed teacher for a number of years. After CMC, she returned to India to study the seven modes of Quranic recitation (Qira'at Sab'a) in Tadkeshwar,Gujarat, India under Qari Siddique Falahi and Qari Abdul Aziz. She is currently a student, and teaching Quranic recitation.

Shaykh Sohail Hanif graduated from Imperial University in 2000 with a BA in Information Systems Engineering. He then spent over a decade studying sacred knowledge in Jordan, and became a teacher in Arabic and Islamic Studies. He was Head of Arabic at the Qasid Language Institute in Amman, and taught online courses on hadith, tafsir and Islamic law at Qibla Islamic Sciences. He is now undertaking a DPhil at the University of Oxford, and has recently become head of the National Zakat Foundation's new research and development Initiative. CMC and NZF will be working together in the future.

Shams Tameez is a graduate of UK-based seminary Jamia al-Karam and Cambridge Muslim College. After graduating from CMC's Diploma in Contextual Islamic Studies and Leadership, he worked as an imam at Aylesbury Mosque in Buckinghamshire before embarking on further studies in Istanbul with the Istanbul Foundation for Research & Education, CMC's partner institution in Turkey, where he studied Turkish and logic.

Shams Tameez is a graduate of UK-based seminary Jamia al-Karam and Cambridge Muslim College. After graduating from CMC's Diploma in Contextual Islamic Studies and Leadership, he worked as an imam at Aylesbury Mosque in Buckinghamshire before embarking on further studies in Istanbul with the Istanbul Foundation for Research & Education, CMC's partner institution in Turkey, where he studied Turkish and logic.

Juz' 3 is by Muhammad Kazi, who studied at CMC (Diploma in Contextual Islamic Studies and Leadership) in 2014-15. Muhammad completed the memorisation of the Qur'an in 2004 at a traditional Islamic seminary in Bury, and has since led tarawih prayers yearly both locally and abroad (including Japan!). He graduated from the same seminary with a distinction in Islamic Studies. Thereafter, he studied Arabic and tafsir in Jordan for 2 years, and obtained an ijaza in Qur'anic recitation under Shaykh Salah al-Kurdi. He also taught some online courses for Seekers Hub.

Juz' 2 is by Muhammad Kazi, who studied at CMC (Diploma in Contextual Islamic Studies and Leadership) in 2014-15. Muhammad completed the memorisation of the Qur'an in 2004 at a traditional Islamic seminary in Bury, and has since led tarawih prayers yearly both locally and abroad (including Japan!). He graduated from the same seminary with a distinction in Islamic Studies. Thereafter, he studied Arabic and tafsir in Jordan for 2 years, and obtained an ijaza in Qur'anic recitation under Shaykh Salah al-Kurdi. He also taught some online courses for Seekers Hub.

Juz' 1 is by Muhammad Kazi, who studied at CMC (Diploma in Contextual Islamic Studies and Leadership) in 2014-15. Muhammad completed the memorisation of the Qur'an in 2004 at a traditional Islamic seminary in Bury, and has since led tarawih prayers yearly both locally and abroad (including Japan!). He graduated from the same seminary with a distinction in Islamic Studies. Thereafter, he studied Arabic and tafsir in Jordan for 2 years, and obtained an ijaza in Qur'anic recitation under Shaykh Salah al-Kurdi. He also taught some online courses for Seekers Hub. Currently, Muhammad divides his time between teaching in Ebrahim College in London and studying for a Masters at SOAS. Support our future leaders. Donate to CMC: http://www.cambridgemuslimcollege.org/support-us/

This lecture explores the influence of Islamic practices on the nature and development of Gandhi’s satyagraha movement, and his own avowed appropriation of the Prophet of Islam’s exercise of patience and righteousness in the face of overwhelming odds during the pre-Hijra Meccan period. Dr Karim Lahham, Barrister of the Inner Temple, London, read law at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, and completed a doctorate in Islamic Studies at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He also has a Masters from the Royal College of Art. This was a public lecture given at CMC in March 2015.

This talk was given at the CMC Retreat, March 2016. Dr Samer Dajani studies the different methodologies of the Sunni schools of jurisprudence, as well as broader theories on legal diversity and the nature of the Shari’a. His research focuses on the influence of Sufi thought on the jurisprudential theories of several key figures and movements. His PhD focused on the links between the legal thought of four major Sufi figures from the 3rd/9th century until the 19th centuries, as well as the influence of their ideas on later revivalist movements in the 19th and 20th centuries. He received his BA in Arab & Islamic Civilizations from the American University in Cairo, followed by an MA and PhD in the field of Islamic Studies from SOAS, University of London. He is the author of Reassurance for the Seeker: A Biography and Translation of Salih al-Ja’fari’s al-Fawa’id al-Ja‘fariyya, a Commentary on Forty Prophetic Traditions (Fons Vitae, 2013).

Shaykh Hassan Rabbani is a young Scottish scholar who was born and raised in Glasgow and began his Islamic studies by completing the Darse Niẓami programme at Jamia Al-Karam in Nottinghamshire. Subsequently he travelled to the prestigious Al-Azhar University (Cairo, Egypt) where he specialised in Theology and Ḥadith nomenclature, sitting in the company of great scholars of the Al Azhar. After graduating in 2010, he obtained an M.A from the University of Aberdeen completing his thesis on ‘Temporary marriage in Islam: A Sunni and Shi’i perspective.’ He is also a graduate of the Cambridge Muslim College. As well as teaching iSyllabus, the Shaykh is currently the Imam at a vibrant Mosque in the centre of Glasgow, pursuing an M.A in philosophy at the University of Glasgow. and is founder of the Zainab Cobbold Institute, an initiative aimed at educating young Muslims in and around Glasgow. This talk was given at the Cambridge Muslim College Retreat, March 2016.

This talk was given at the University of Tübingen in February 2016.

This lecture will examine some of the most common obstacles to our really understanding one another’s faith. This is not undertaken in the hope of negotiating an agreement but with the aim of reducing confusion and refining our disagreements. Daniel A. Madigan SJ is the Jeanette W. and Otto J. Ruesch Family Associate Professor in the Department of Theology, and a Senior Fellow in the Al-Waleed Centre for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University, Washington D.C. He is a Professorial Fellow of the Australian Catholic University and was the founding director of the Institute for The Study of Religions and Cultures at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome. He has studied and taught in Australia, India, Pakistan, Egypt, Turkey, Italy and the United States, and this year is a Visiting Fellow at Campion Hall, Oxford.

This talk was held at Cambridge Muslim College on 27 Jan 2016. Shaykha Anse Tamara Gray is the founder of Rabata, an organization dedicated to promoting positive cultural change through individual empowerment, spiritual upbringing of women by women, and the revival of the female voice in scholarship. She lived in Syria for twenty years, studying sacred knowledge and traveling along the road of tarbiya (spiritual upbringing). Anse Tamara studied a full curriculum of Islamic sacred texts and subjects including: Shāfiʿī jurisprudence (fiqh), Islamic theology (ʿaqīda), Quranic sciences (tafsīr and tajwīd), Arabic grammar (naḥū), geography of the Muslim world, Islamic civilization and culture, Islamic history and classical methods of spiritual growth (tazkiya). Her specialty area is the life of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him (sīra), which she studied in-depth with the foremost sīra scholar of our time. She is fluent in both spoken and classical Arabic and received her ijāza in the recitation of Quran from the late Shaikh Muḥyī al-Dīn al-Kurdī in 1997. Anse Tamara is a doctoral student in the Leadership, Policy and Administration program at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN. She holds a master’s degree in Curriculum Theory and Instruction, and works in the field of education, focusing on instruction, curriculum design and implementation, administration, and teacher training.

Dr Leonard Lewison Senior Lecturer, Iran Heritage Foundation Fellow in Persian and Sufi Literature, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter. This was a public lecture given at Cambridge Muslim College in 2014.

Marwan Muhammad Spokesperson, Collectif Contre L'Islamophobie en France This was a public lecture given at Cambridge Muslim College in 2014.

Dr Çefli Ademi Lawyer and Postdoctoral Researcher Zentrum für Islamische Theologie Münster, at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster This public lecture was held on Wednsday 30 April 2014 at Cambridge Muslim College.