Ramadan Mubarak

Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Assalamu alaikum

It is with great joy and love, that I reach out to you all at the start of the Blessed Month of Ramadan. The year has indeed been a difficult year for us all; nationally and internationally.
As Ramadan approaches we are reminded to pray that Allah blesses us with ease from this terrible virus and brings us light and better times for our collective futures. With the vaccination programme being in full swing, I hope that life will be able to return to some much needed face-to-face gatherings later this year.

I hope that you have enjoyed our programme of online Masterclasses, E-Circles, newsletters, Schools Training as well as the amazing Ayah magazine. We have tried to remain relevant and active during this past year so that families can enjoy learning together and the spiritual growth that is so necessary for us all.

We hope that you are enjoying:
YM programmes for your 11 to 16-year-olds,
Sixth form circle for 16 to 18-year-olds,
Campus initiatives for 17 to 26 year olds,
and all the other activities that we have developed.

We also welcome back our Family Study Circle Packs. An opportunity for families to sit together (virtually where needed) and share some important lessons and remembrance of Allah. Please access the packs from here: https://www.isb.org.uk/ramadan-study-circle/

We hope that with your help and prayers, we will be able to organise even more exciting, inspirational and creative events for the coming year IA. There is so much more we can do... together. Please do get involved with your ideas, energy, time and duas!

Meanwhile may I wish you all a fulfilling and spiritually enlightening Ramadan.

Your Brother
Khalid Anis
Chair Islamic Society of Britain
Please email info@isb.org.uk if you would like to get involved.

ISB & ISB CAMPUS RAMADAN PROGRAMME
ISB & CAMPUS

Join us and be inspired for our Ramadan e-circle on
Wednesday 14th April
18:00-18:45

Quran Recitation with Khadeejah Muslim

Remember Me by Dr Riza

Join us this Ramadan for a spiritually uplifting experience!

Qur'anic Arabic Course
ISB Campus have organised a weekly Qur'anic Arabic course.
Open to all, free course.
Starting Saturday 17th April, 6-7pm GMT
Course Tutor: Dr Riza Mohammed
Duration - 5 months
Register your interest HERE

Attendees will have to register beforehand to join the YM e-Circle using the link below - you will receive an email with a calendar invite. Please then set the appointment in your diary to recurring and click on it to log in each week.
A breakout room is active for 13-16 year olds. Please email nadim@ymuk.net with your children's details if you want them to join.

Resgister your child HERE
Please sign up to the YM e-Circle WhatsApp group to receive updates.

Visit ymuk.net for more details

FREE LAPTOPS available for youngsters -
YM Birmingham have been given 5 reconditioned laptops from Serco, and would like to give them to families who may benefit from the resource to attend the YM e-Circle, inshaAllah!
If you know of any families who could benefit from this, please contact them, and if they would like to apply for a laptop, please ask them to email nadim@ymuk.net, or email us on their behalf.

Have you ever wondered:

- Why didn’t the Prophet (S) ban slavery?
- How do we know that the Prophet would have liked to ban slavery?
- Why were Muslim countries the last to ban slavery?
-Raiding innocent villages for slaves may be barbaric but is this what Muslims did?
- Can you take people as moral guides - even when they kept slaves?
All these questions and more are addressed in this series of 4 videos on ‘Slavery’ with Dr Rizwan Syed - ACCESS HERE

For those who missed Mubashir Khan’s fantastic e-circles on International Human Rights, please find the links here:
Part 1 - International Relations: Does Jihad Mean Perpetual Warfare?
Part 2 - The Human Rights Debate

The 2 recordings on Gender Ethics are now available on our YouTube channel.
By Sara Saigol and Rizwan Syed
1. The Beauty of Gender in The Quran
2. Gender and Law

If you have missed any of our previous events, you can find them on our YouTube channel BritIslam. Please do visit, subscribe and share!

Dr Shehzad Saleem: Critical Issues in the History of the Quran
Dr Muna Abdel Aziz & Shaykh Dr Rafaqat Rashid: Covid-19 Vaccine - Explaining the Facts
Dr Munir Ahmed & Dr Kahdijah Elshayyal: Women in Mosques
Dilwar Hussain, Mahmooda Qureshi, Mahdiya Abdul-Hussain & Raahim Ali Zafar: Shi’a - Sunni Dialogue
Harris Irfan: Capitalism is Broken - Does Islam Offer an Economic Solution?
Dr Riza Mohammed & Batool Al-Toma: The Journey of the Soul (part 1)
Batool Al-Toma & Henrietta Szovati: The Journey of The Soul (part 2)
Dr Shoaib Ahmed Malik: Atheism and Islam
Ismael Lea South: Black British Muslim History
Dr Shuruq Naguib: Female Companions of the Prophet (SAW)
Dr Shoaib Ahmed Malik: Islam & Evolution
Ahtsham Ali: Gender Segregation
Aman Durrani: Your Mental Health
Pearls of Wisdom from Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool
Batool Al Toma: Why People Embrace Islam & Why Others Leave

All the E-Circles can be found here.
Some of the titles include:
Gender Ethics (part 2): Gender and Law - Dr Sara Saigol & Dr Rizwan Syed
Gender Ethics (part 1): The Beauty of Gender in The Quran - Dr Sara Saigol
The Human Rights Debate - Mubashir Khan
International Relations: Does Jihad Mean Perpetual Warfare? - Mubashir Khan
The Forgotten Stories of Female Hadith Narrators/The Muhadithaat - Dr Sara Saigol
Imam Bukhari & the Tradition of Tajdid - Mubashir Khan
Making Sense of the Sunna: Literalism vs Reason - Dr Rizwan Syed
Choosing Scholars Carefully - Dr Rizwan Syed
The Science of Hadith - Mubashir Khan
Countering the Doubts of Early Islam - Dr Rizwan Syed
Islamic Slavery? Introduction - Rizwan Syed
Islamic Slavery - Text and Context - Dr Rizwan Syed & Dr Sara Saigol
Islam and The Slave Trade - Dr Rizwan Syed
Islam and The Abolition of Slavery - Dr Rizwan Syed & Dr Sara Saigol
The Spiritual Code - Dr Rizwan Syed
Imam Malik: Capturing the Sunna of the Prophet [S] - Dr Rizwan Syed
Imam Abu Hanifa: The Sunna as Principles - Dr Rizwan Syed
Imam Shafi'i: The Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence - Dr Rizwan Syed
Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal and the Sunna - Dr Rizwan Syed
Imam Bukhari & the Tradition of Tajdid - Mubashir Khan
Making Sense of the Sunna: Literalism vs Reason - Dr Rizwan Syed
Choosing Scholars Carefully - Dr Rizwan Syed
The Science of Hadith - Mubashir Khan
Countering the Doubts of Early Islam - Dr Rizwan Syed

This list, developed by ISB Campus, is primarily for the use of university ISocs to help them access speakers for their events or projects.
All access to speakers must be made via the ISB office at info@isb.org.uk or campus@isb.org.uk
Disclaimer: The views or opinions expressed by any of the speakers (in any setting) are solely their own and do not represent the views or opinions of ISB or its members.

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