Playing Imaginatively within Seerah Stories: A Multi-Site Design Experiment
A cluster of children waits for me to open the playroom door in a neighborhood in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. When I do, Tala, a four-year-old Syrian girl, bounces [...]
How Do You Read Fatāwā?
In this seminar, Dr Talal Al-Azem (Cambridge Muslim College Academic Director) outlined the trajectory on the madhhab-law tradition after the Islamic empire’s rule shifted from Damascus and Cairo [...]
Afghanistan Dispossessed: Women, Culture and the Taliban
Afghanistan, a country which despite being often associated with conflict, oppression, and turmoil, abounds with a rich cultural tradition in arts, crafts, and music. From oral poetry and [...]
Abū Bakr al-Jaṣṣāṣ: Life, Theology and Qur’anic Hermeneutics
In this seminar, Dr Ramon Harvey (Cambridge Muslim College Lecturer and Programme Lead, Research) explored the life of the significant early Ḥanafī jurist and exegete Abū Bakr al-Jaṣṣāṣ (d. [...]
The Sharīʿa as Mercy and Grace
O People, a teaching from your Lord has come to you, a healing for what is in [your] hearts, and guidance and mercy for the believers. Say to [...]
Sound and Islam in Singapore: Ethnomusicological Approaches to Islam
In this seminar, Lutfi Bin Othman (Cambridge University, PhD Candidate), explores Singapore’s sound landscapes with special reference to the Sufi practices of remembrance (dhikr). Bin Othman examines the multifaceted [...]
A Tale of Two Ṭarīqas: The Iraqi and Khurasani Shāfiʿī Communities
In this seminar, Dr Mariam Sheibani (Cambridge Muslim College Associate Academic Director and Head of Research) analyses the historical, theological, and legal developments of the Shāfiʿī school in [...]
Science and the Transmission of Islamic Knowledge in Britain
In December 2022, two of Cambridge Muslim College’s BA in Islamic Studies students, Mohammed Imran Khan and Hamzah Zahid, participated in the ‘Science and the Transmission of Islamic [...]