Reminder: ‘On the Margins: The Life and Contribution of Muhammad Asad’ - Wed 30 July

View this email in your browser JULY 2025 The Muslim Institute welcomes you to the 10th Annual Ibn Rushd lecture: 'On the Margins: The Life and Contribution of Muhammad Asad' When: Wednesday 30 July 2025, 6pm to 9pm Where: The Art Workers' Guild Hall, 6 Queen Square, Bloomsbury London WC1N 3AT Attendance open to all but by registration only for catering purposes.  To book your place click here Speaker Dr Josef Linnhoff Dr Linnhoff holds a PhD in Islamic Studies from the University of Edinburgh (2020). He is Editor-in-Chief and Research Fellow at The Institute for Advanced Usuli Studies ("The Usuli Institute") in Columbus, Ohio. He has published on various aspects of the life and thought of Muhammad Asad and is Editor of the forthcoming volume - The Life, Thought and Legacy of Muhammad Asad: Essays on Modern Muslim Reform - which will be published by Edinburgh University Press.  "Why is it that, even after finding my place among the people who believe in the things that I myself have come to believe, I have struck no root?" Muhammad Asad, The Road to Mecca   The Austro-Hungarian Jewish convert to Islam, Muhammad Asad (1900-92), was one of the most remarkable Muslim thinkers of the last century. Best known for his iconic autobiography, The Road to Mecca, Asad's long career stretched almost the entire twentieth century and offers a window into many social, political and intellectual trends of modern Islam. Asad wrote widely in many genres of Islamic thought, from Qur'an translation to hadith commentary, political theory to Islamic law, and made notable contributions to each.    Yet, Asad remains a marginal figure whose ideas have not received the interest and attention they deserve. Many of his works remain little-known today and some of his most important contributions—on anti-Zionism, or Islamic legal reform—have been entirely overlooked.  His magnum opus, The Message of the Qur'an, reveals a mastery of the Islamic intellectual tradition that has yet to be recognized or examined.    Over three decades since his death in 1992, we still await a comprehensive biography of Asad in English. Dr Josef Linnhoff  All these issues, and more, will be addressed in the 2025 Ibn Rushd Annual lecture. Dr Josef Linnhoff will combine a biographical sketch of Asad with a close look at some of his most important works. Linnhoff will shed light on overlooked aspects of Asad's thought, challenge some misconceptions around Asad, and explore his complex relationship with the Muslim community of his day, asking why Asad found himself "on the margins," in his own time and in the years since.    The result will be a deeper understanding and appreciation of the life and legacy of one of the most important, if neglected, Muslim thinkers of recent times.    Schedule 6.00PM TO 6.15PM Registration Introduction by Hassan Mahamdallie, Director, Muslim Institute   6:15PM to 7:45PM Ibn Rushd Lecture  by Dr Josef Linnhoff and Q&A   7:45PM -8PM Launch Critical Muslim 54: Liberalism   8:00PM - 8:15PM Muslim Institute Research initiative & Empowerment Fund.    8:15PM-9PM Hot Buffet ******************************************** Date for your diary: Annual Muslim Institute Winter Gathering Friday 28 November – Sunday 30 November 2025. Sarum College, Salisbury.   The theme for 2025 will be 'By Any Means Necessary': Muslims, Politics And Power In The 21st Century. Details to follow.   ********************************************   ALSO: Watch the Second Ibn Sina Lecture: Modern Medicine and the Legacy of Ibn Sina held in Bradford City Hall on 31 May 2025 and view the photos here. Watch the 9th Annual Ibn Rushd Lecture: The History of Muslim Women in Britain held in July 2024, the 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. Muslim Institute Fellows  Code of Conduct The Muslim Institute is a Fellowship society dedicated to promoting thought, knowledge, creativity, and critical debate within Muslim communities and wider society. Our Fellows play a vital role in this mission. The Trustees of the Muslim Institute have established a Code of Conduct that sets the standard for respectful, inclusive, and responsible engagement, including both in-person and digital interactions.  Please read our Code of Conduct here Muslim Institute Fellows Code of Conduct 2025.  By accepting a Fellowship with the Muslim Institute, you affirm that you have read, understood, and agree to uphold this Code of Conduct in all your interactions. Become a Muslim Institute fellow here. CM 53: WATER IN THIS ISSUE: Scott Jordan immerses himself in images of water: Ebrahim Moosa is drowned and then saved by water; Liam Mayo learns a few lessons about water and modernity from the animated film Rango; Luke Wilkinson explores the notion of sea in the Qur'an, Christopher Burr Jones investigates our complex relationship with water; Wietske Merison suggests that the Sharia has a great deal to say about sinking cities; Jeremy Henzell-Thomas has a dream (several actually) of oceans and divinity, Shani Alexander remembers the well in her Carriacou home; Naomi Foyle comes to terms with metaphors of water, John Liechty reveals his deep reverence for water; Alev Adil has a sinking feeling; and Khuda Bushq meanders around Kuala Lumpur trying to discover how water speaks. Also in this issue: James Brooks and Liam McKenna go to the cinema to see films about Palestine; Iftikhar Malik reads a book that venerates the British Empire; Ghazal Tipu visits halal dating apps; a short story by Steve Noyes; poems by Saadia Peerzada and Abigail George; and our list of refreshing bidets (travel options included!).  Free to Muslim Institute fellows. About Critical Muslim: A quarterly publication of ideas and issues showcasing groundbreaking thinking on Islam and what it means to be a Muslim in a rapidly changing, interconnected world. Each edition centers on a discrete theme, and contributions include reportage, academic analysis, cultural commentary, photography, poetry, and book reviews. Critical Muslim is edited by Ziauddin Sardar. To order this issue and subscriptions click here info@musliminstitute.org  |  www.musliminstitute.org Muslim Institute, 82 Tanner Street, London, SE1 3GN Copyright © 2025 Muslim Institute, All rights reserved. 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