Our friends at Karima have a new course!
As we watch the brutal Israeli occupation create a new frontier in the Gaza strip, countless university students have taken the bold moral stance to challenge their institutions involvement with Israeli universities, investments, and defence industry. Settler colonialism is opposed fully by Islam so it is no surprise that many students in the University encampments are Muslim. Nevertheless, much of the discourse against colonialism is grounded in, among others, decolonial thought. The conundrum for Muslims; how to reflect their faith while undoing coloniality? Are aspects of decolonial programs and scholarship antithetical to Islam? If so, to what extent can we reconcile between the two?
Join us for this 5-week course were we tackle these questions, explore what decoloniality is and dissecting it vis-à-vis Islam. There will be responses, critiques and also attempts at reconciling Islam and decoloniality. This is a very important course for any Muslim interested in activism, politics and political philosophy.The sessions will mostly run on Wednesdays with times being announced the week before due to time zone differences.
Register at: karima.org.uk/e/decolonial
This Friday at 7:15 pm we have a special evening with Ahmed Paul Keeler
At Ilford Islamic Centre - Ilford (Nearest Station Ilford)
Assalamu Alaikum, Our friends at Smartmuslima are holding a FREE "Defy Toxic Beauty Standards Workshop" today at 7pm GMT with Farhat Amin, author of Smart Teenage Muslimah.
smartmuslima.com/muslim-teenage-workshops
The live workshop will:
* Expose how the beauty industry grooms women to hate their bodies
*Offer Islamic alternatives to boost confidence
* Offer advice on how to break free from self-loathing
Secure your spot to get the Zoom link on the workshop day and to get updates for future events. Let's empower our girls to thrive in this life and the Hereafter. Don't miss out—spread the word and join us!
The Thinking Muslim podcast is happy to facilitate this student-led initiative to help guide, educate, and activate Muslim students and student societies on university campuses.
This special live programme aims to answer your questions and worries about pro-Palestine activism. We have scholars, legal experts and UK and US student leaders. The call will also explore setting up a new network.
Muslim Students for Palestine is a student-led advice network that will help students over the next couple of months with Palestine-related advocacy, pooling resources, and connecting student societies.
We also have some updates from Muslims on encampments.
Our Panelists:
• Shaykh Sohail Hanif - CEO of the National Zakat Foundation
• Shaykh Fuad Abdo - Goodmayes Masjid
• Johaer Jilani - Student Director of MSA North America
• Mohamad Habehh - American Muslims for Palestine
• Lila Tamea - a former Student Union President (2019-2021) who is now a postgraduate researcher exploring Islamophobia and Muslim activism in Higher Education.
• Sagheer Hussain - Solicitor & Legal Advisor to CAGE and other civil society organisations.
• Muhammad Rabbani – Cage International
• Dr Ayo Khalil – Medical doctor and community worker who does talks and workshops on anti-racism, Blackness, Muslim identity, Islamophobia and student political literacy
• Abu Bakr Nanabawa – The Muslim Vote, with extensive experience on campus.
This Friday 6pm - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjLYR...
The Thinking Muslim podcast is happy to facilitate this student-led initiative to help guide, educate, and activate Muslim students and student societies on university campuses.
This special live programme aims to answer your questions and worries about pro-Palestine activism. We have scholars, legal experts and UK and US student leaders. The call will also explore setting up a new network.
Muslim Students for Palestine is a student-led advice network that will help students over the next couple of months with Palestine-related advocacy, pooling resources, and connecting student societies.
Our Panelists:
• Shaykh Sohail Hanif - CEO of the National Zakat Foundation
• Shaykh Fuad Abdo - Goodmayes Masjid
• Johaer Jilani Student Director of MSA North America
• Mohamad Habehh American Muslims for Palestine
• Lila Tamea is a former Student Union President (2019-2021) and regulator who is now a postgraduate researcher exploring Islamophobia and Muslim activism in Higher Education.
• Sagheer Hussain Solicitor & Legal Advisor to CAGE and other civil society organisations.
• Muhammad Rabbani – Cage
• Dr Ayo Khalil – Medical doctor and community worker who does talks and workshops on anti-racism, Blackness, Muslim identity, Islamophobia and student political literacy
• Abu Bakr Nanabawa – The Muslim Vote, with extensive experience on campus.
• Kings Isoc Student Representative
Tonight in London!
*Imam Tom Facchine is in the UK!*
Muslims have been navigating the politics of the Western hemisphere for the last couple of centuries, and, in more recent times, have become more cognisant of trying to center their Islam in any political project they instigate.
Our two main speakers have both, in their own unique way, been presenting ideas on how Muslim in the West should understand politics, and also the path they should take for the revival of Muslim political thinking in the UK and US.
Join us as we host these three amazingly gifted scholars, each with their own understandings and attempted grappling with the current Muslim context in the West, as we attempt a deep dive into their visions and plans moving forward.
Further details available at karima.org.uk/e/pol
SPACES ARE LIMITED - Open to All.
Eid Mubarak to you all; to those who resist the American empire and her settler colonies, to those who fight for justice, to those who show resilience, and to those who show patience with faith.
Our joy is muted by our pain. We pray for better times and a just world order.
Ramadan Mubarak!
Once again, we meet this month with hope and sadness. Our ummah in Gaza and around the world cannot share in our comforts. Let's make this month one of spiritual renewal, intellectual clarity and political awakening.
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