Something new is coming to help you build routines that stick

You know what to do. Sticking to it is the hard part.  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

August 3rd, 2026   |   Read online Al Salam Alaikum, A quick and honest question: How many times have you known exactly what you should be doing- waking up for Fajr with ease, working with focus, giving your family your best, ending the day without that heavy feeling of “I didn’t do enough”- and still found yourself stuck? You’re not lazy. You’re not lacking iman. And you’re definitely not alone. Most busy Muslims we speak to don’t have a knowledge problem. They have a routine problem.  The advice is everywhere- wake up early, time-block your day, protect your salah. But nobody sits down with you, looks at your actual life, and helps you build something that survives contact with real responsibilities: the job, the kids, the commute, the fatigue. That’s the gap we’ve been quietly working on. Over the next few days, we’re going to introduce something new – a way to get personal, one-to-one help with the routine you’ve been trying to fix on your own for months or even years. No generic checklist. No “just try harder.” Something built around your life. Keep an eye on your inbox. It’s coming tomorrow, inshAllah. Sincerely, The Productive Muslim Company Contactus@productivemuslim.com ProductiveMuslim.com   Update your email preferences or unsubscribe here © 2026 The Productive Muslim Company 3824 Cedar Springs Rd #801-8634 Dallas, Texas 75219, United States Powered by beehiiv

Muslim Institute Newsletter August 2026

Community Empowerment Fund launch, 11th Ibn Rushd lecture video.

View this email in your browser AUGUST 2026 Community Empowerment Fund 2026 launch. The Muslim Institute has formally launching a new and significant expansion of our Community Empowerment Fund, and opened the first strand for grant applications.    A new dedicated Community Empowerment Fund (CEF) web page is now live. The page includes a simple on-line form for grant applications, advice on who is eligible to apply, what kind of projects we are looking to fund, grant criteria and other guidance.  Applications for the Community Wellbeing strand are open now, and close midday Wednesday 30th September 2026. The successful applicants will be announced at our Winter Gathering at the end of November.  The CEF webpage went live at our annual Ibn Rushd lecture in London on 21 July. Deputy chair of trustees Asim Siddiqui outlined the thinking behind the fund and how it sits within the mission of the Muslim Institute, combining critical thinking and concrete action to help all our communities, particularly those most in need. Birmingham's Muslims: a new report commissioned by the Muslim Institute. To accompany and underpin the CEF launch, the Institute published a new report: Birmingham's Muslims: Conversations on grassroots community and change: An analytical overview.  The report, written by Humera Khan of the An-Nisa Society, and launched at the Ibn Rushd lecture, takes a deep dive into the experiences, concerns, aspirations and emerging trends of those Muslim-led organisations and individuals who are working at a grassroots level across the city. The report provides an insight into the changing realities facing Birmingham's Muslim communities, and centres the voices of those working hard to create positive change for all its people and institutions. Humera Khan writes in her introduction to the report that "Participants included community leaders, youth workers, academics, women activists, mental health practitioners, grassroots organisers, creatives, Muslim professionals, converts and young people. The research deliberately brought together established organisations alongside emerging community initiatives, reflecting the evolving diversity of Birmingham’s Muslim population and the range of voices shaping its future".  Please do read the report and circulate it via your networks.    The Muslim Institute 11th Ibn Rushd lecture:  'After Nations: Belonging'  Author Rana Dasgupta delivered an excellent, thought provoking and wide-ranging lecture to a capacity audience at the Artworkers' Guild, Bloomsbury, central London on Tuesday 21st July 2026. In his lecture, Rana Dasgupta returns to the work of the great Andalusian philosopher Ibn Rushd to argue for a different conception of human organisation that centres true progress and a common sense of humanity based on truth and rationality.  You can view the full lecture via the Muslim Institute website or on You Tube.    Rana Dasgupta is the author of the acclaimed new book 'After Nations: The Making and Unmaking of a New World Order' .    Critical Muslim 58: West is out now.  In this issue C Scott Jordan has a conversation on manifest destiny’; Ziauddin Sardar attempts to pin down the contours of ‘the West’; Liam Mayo uncovers how the West was won; John Liechty goes West (in America); Andrew Brown has doubts about Western civilisation: Adnan Delalić reveals how the West tied up Bosnia-Herzegovina; Salma Khalid is curious about Western curiosity; Qalandar Bux Memon tells us why he left the West behind, Boyd Tonkin wonders how Western is the novel; Sadia Zulfiqar explores the notion of the West in the novels of Leila Aboulela; and Robin Yassin-Kassab laments the loss of his Western friends. Also in this issue: Zain Sardar tackles enemies of truth: Abdelwahab El-Affendi traces wars of terror; Rajbir Singh Judge asks what happened to global Islam; social media artefacts; extract from miriam cooke’s upcoming novel; short story by Ayaz Shah; poems by Fatema Alzari and Rosie Jackson; Khuda Bushq watches the endless stream of Iranian Lego videos; and our list of Hollywood celebrities we admire. Edited by Ziauddin Sardar. Published quarterly by the Muslim Institute + Hurst Publishers. £20, but free to all Muslim Institute fellows.  The Great British Muslim Convert Study is an important new research project jointly commissioned by iERA (Islamic Education and Research Academy), the Convert Muslim Foundation (CMF) and conducted by the Ayaan Institute. They have launched a survey to allow converts across the UK to raise the issues that matter to them and help shape future services and support. Every experience is welcome, and the more converts who take part, the more accurately the findings can reflect the diversity of the community. You can take part in this important consultation by going to the survey website here.  The 2025 recipients of the Muslim Institute Community Empowerment Fund, the Wholesome Retreat, have launched a sponsorship package to fund future initiatives to create meaningful, faith-centred spaces for Muslim women across the UK. For more information on how you can support it email wholesomeretreats@gmail.com or go to the website at https://wholesomeretreats.co.uk/grounded Date for your diary: Muslim Institute Winter Gathering 2026 Fri 27 — Sun 29 November 2026 Sarum, College, Salisbury Theme: 'Muslim Europe and the curious case of amnesia' Registration for fellows only will open in early September for current fellows only.  Click here for details info@musliminstitute.org  |  www.musliminstitute.org Muslim Institute, 82 Tanner Street, London, SE1 3GN Copyright © 2026 Muslim Institute, All rights reserved. You are on our list because you have volunteered your email to us.

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ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS In India, "the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has urged the Supreme Court to dilute or reconsider its proposed rules on the use of artificial intelligence in courts, saying that AI could undermine constitutional… Read on blog or Reader Islamic Law Blog Read on blog or Reader Islamic Law in the News Roundup August 3, 2026 ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS In India, "the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has urged the Supreme Court to dilute or reconsider its proposed rules on the use of artificial intelligence in courts, saying that AI could undermine constitutional rights, harm marginalised communities and reinforce social inequalities." "Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is pushing to expand the footprint of religious liberty in Texas while simultaneously directing state lawmakers to find ways to prevent the implementation of Sharia law." In Qatar, the "General Directorate of Endowments at the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs has registered a new charitable will from a benefactor allocating one-third of her estate to the Waqf Fund for Righteousness and Piety,... highlighting growing public awareness of the importance of endowments and wills as mechanisms for sustaining charitable giving and extending its impact beyond an individual’s lifetime." "The issue of Islamic endowments, known as waqf, has moved to the forefront of public debate and media analysis in Syria, as officials at the Syrian Ministry of Endowments announce plans to recover and reorganize endowment properties."  CASES, FATWĀS, LEGISLATION ON ISLAMIC LAW "At least 137 people, including 25 women, were publicly flogged across Afghanistan between April 1 and June 30, the United Nations said on Tuesday, warning that corporal punishment and other human rights violations continue despite growing international criticism." For more content and context on the recent developments in Afghanistan, consult our Editor-in-Chief Professor Intisar Rabb’s “Resource Roundup: Afghanistan, the Taliban, and Islamic Law.”  For more news blurbs relating to harsh applications of Islamic criminal law, consult our “Islamic Criminal Law in the News Roundup.” "Pakistan’s Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) on Friday (July 24) agreed to revisit its controversial ruling that upheld the marriage of a Muslim to a 13-year-old Christian girl allegedly abducted, forcibly converted to Islam and married against her will." In Nigeria, the "Kano State Sharia Commission has banned the practice popularly known as 'attachment,' in which commercial tricycle (keke napep) riders carry female passengers on the sides of their tricycles, describing it as contrary to Islamic teachings due to the close physical contact involved." In Egypt, "Al-Azhar said the draft [Family] Law had not yet been referred to it and that it had not taken part in drafting it. In a statement, the institution said it had submitted its own proposal for a personal status law in April 2019, reflecting its Islamic legal perspective on the issue, and that it would issue its religious opinion once the draft was formally referred to it by parliament." "Under Nigerian law, a Muslim man who contracted a marriage under the Marriage Act could still marry another Muslim woman under Islamic law." UPCOMING EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES Events:  Workshop: Archival Abundances and Silences in Islamic Studies, Princeton University, October 2–3, 2026 Conference: Middle East Studies Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, November 21–24, 2026 Conference: The Institutional Embedding of Shiʿi Imams: Kinship, Caliphs, Courts and Companions (700-900), University of Leiden, January 13–15, 2027 Conference: Rupture or Continuity in Sharīʿa: (De)Colonizing Sharīʿa? International Conference, Centre for Islamic Studies (ISAM), Istanbul, Turkey, June 9–11, 2027 Opportunities:  Award: Student Travel Award, Association for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies, September 1, 2026 Call for Papers: Legal Research & Analysis, September 29, 2026 Call for Papers: Trends in Intellectual Property Research, September 30, 2026 Comment

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