August Update: Report & video of Ninth Annual Ibn Rushd lecture 2024: The History of Muslim Women in Britain

View this email in your browser AUGUST 2024 Ninth Annual Ibn Rushd lecture 2024: The History of Muslim Women in Britain   On Monday 15th July 2024 the Muslim Institute held its ninth annual Ibn Rushd lecture in Bloomsbury, central London.  The topic of this year's lecture was The History of Muslim Women in Britain, with the keynote delivered by Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor, professor in the Sociology of Islam at the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations at Coventry University.  Professsor Cheruvallil-Contractor spoke to a full house of Institute fellows and friends, in the setting of the main hall of the Artworkers' Guild. The meeting was chaired by writer and Muslim Institute trustee Shenaz Bunglawala.  Click here to watch the lecture The Ibn Rushd lecture was followed by the announcement of this year's recipient of the Community Empowerment Fund, launched in 2023 by the Muslim Institute in partnership with our colleagues at the Halal Food Authority. Each year the Fund seeks to grant up to £10,000 to support grassroot organisations and individuals doing important work in our communities that is often neglected or overlooked.  This year's award will go to west London community activist Tahseen Mehar, supported by the highly-regarded An-Nisa Society that has been strengthening communities in West London for decades. Tahseen has 20 years experience of working within the Education, Local Government and Charity sectors in London. Most recently, Tahseen served as Director of the Brent Multi-Faith Forum, where she spearheaded several initiatives around mental health, homelessness and interfaith work. Tahseen will use the award to run an intensive programme for young Muslim girls to support their personal growth and wellbeing within a safe and inclusive space. Tahseen Mehar accepts the 2024 Community Empowerment Award.  In 2023 the Community Empowerment Fund provided £10,000 to a new organisation called Be based in Oldham, near Manchester. The group focusses primarily on young men and boys. The fund met the cost of workshops and outreach projects to build aspiration and support in pursuing education and entrepreneurship, culminating in a residential.  Click here to watch a short video documenting Be's three day residential in Birmingham with the young men they have been working with over the past year. The meeting also launched the landmark 50th edition of Critical Muslim (see below). The event was followed by a hot buffet and a book-signing of Professor Cheruvallil-Contractor's new book Muslim Women in Britain, 1850–1950: 100 Years of Hidden History of which she is the co-editor.  Dr Abdul Matin Khan, chair of the Halal Food Authority ******************************************** HOLD THE DATE: Against Genocide - is a new Israel/Palestine possible? ANNUAL MUSLIM INSTITUTE WINTER GATHERING:  Friday 1st - Sunday 3rd November 2024 Sarum College, Salisbury. PRELIMINARY DETAILS HERE ALSO: The full video of the Muslim Institute Inaugural Annual Ibn Sina Lecture held in April 2024 at Leeds Civic Hall and the book launch held in March 2024 of the new ground-breaking The Qur'an: A Verse Translation are now available to view. Halal: Issue 50 of Critical Muslim out now! Hassan Mahamdallie faces a halal/haram backlash; Isham Pawan Ahmad argues that much of what goes under the rubric of halal is not ethical; Iqbal Asaria thinks halal finance is up the gum tree; Mohammad Aslam Haneef confesses he does not know how to teach halal economics; Adnan Delalić shows what halal and haram now means in German law; Christopher Jones outlines three tomorrows of halal. Shaheed Tayob suggests that halal certification can be detrimental to small businesses; Zaynab El Bernoussi is astonished at the expansion of the halal market; Raza Ali just can't understand those who see music as haram; Nayab Khalid promotes halal degrowth; Zaliha Latif finds British Muslims have a di cult time navigating a halal lifestyle; Scott Jordan considers the limits of a false sense of importance and ego; Shazia Mirza leads a cast of halal comedy queens; Asim Siddiqui witnesses the birth of UK's Halal Food Authority, and our list of ten halal/haram debates. Also in this issue: Boyd Tonkin is overawed by Edward Burtynsky's exhibition Extraction/Abstraction; Robin Yassin-Kassab is appalled with Arab world's Thugocracy; Humera Khan studies the leadership qualities of the Prophet; Sadek Hamid remembers British orientalist explorers; Naomi Foyle's verdict on recent poetry collections; short stories by John O'Donoghue and Juniad Ashraf; and poems by Mevlut Ceylan and Samantha Terrell. Get your copy here. Fellows receive complimentary copies. info@musliminstitute.org  |  www.musliminstitute.org 7 - 14 Great Dover Street, London, England, SE1 4YR   Copyright © 2023 Muslim Institute, All rights reserved. You are on our list because you have volunteered your email to us.

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