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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
Does Ontological Contingency Entail Epistemological Contingency?
In this seminar, Dr Najah Nadi (Cambridge Muslim College Lecturer) addresses the compatibility of Sunni occasionalism with classical foundationalism within Muslim theological traditions. She explores this question within [...]