The issue of organ donation is a contentious issue amongst Muslims. This is because the scriptural sources of Islam have no clear guidelines on it and the religious advise available to UK Muslims are outdated and have emerged from the Muslim world. The introduction of the ‘Human Transplantation Act (Wales) 2013’ in December 2015 and…
On Tuesday 19th April, staff and students from Ebrahim College and Ebrahim Academy set off to Snowdonia in Wales where they trekked up mount Snowdon to raise funds in support of Islamic Education. Snowdon is the highest mountain in Wales, at an elevation of 1,085 metres (3,560 ft) above sea level, and the highest point…
Guests from Mumbai Jama Masjid visited EC as part of their tour of London this afternoon, 25 July 2018. Mufti Mohammed Ashfaq Kazi (Imam of Mumbai Jama Masjid) and Maulana Essa Mansuri (World Islamic Forum) met with Shaykh Shams and Shaykh Ashraf to share stories and ideas about education and the future of Islamic studies….
INNOVATION and entrepreneurship are important concepts that should be included in Islamic studies. In an interview held on the sidelines of the 5th SOASCIS International Conference (SICON 5), Professor Datuk Dr Osman Bakar, director of Sultan Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien Centre for Islamic Studies (SOASCIS), Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) said incorporating these concepts is crucial given…
The first Oxford Muslim-Christian Summer School organised by the Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies, Oxford, in association with Ebrahim College and the Islamic College for Advanced Studies, London, and was 7 days of intensive shared study for 6 Christian and 6 Muslim UK-based theological students in their 20s and 30s. The residential programme at St Stephen’s…
