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A Muslim Perspective: The Assisted Dying Bill

A Muslim Perspective: The Assisted Dying Bill

Posted on 11 December 2024 by Sarah Marusek

Following his appearance on a briefing with the Religion Media Centre regarding the Assisted Dying Bill, Dr. Mansur Ali, Senior Lecturer with the Islam-UK Centre, Cardiff University, talks about the […]

Islam In Wales / Islam yng Nghymru: Exhibition Launch

Islam In Wales / Islam yng Nghymru: Exhibition Launch

Posted on 10 December 2024 by Sarah Marusek

A groundbreaking new exhibition on Islam in Wales is launched at Cardiff. Scroll down for English. Mae arddangosfa newydd arloesol ar Islam yng Nghymru yn cael ei lansio yng Nghaerdydd. […]

Sam Bartlett – Research Update on Islam in Wales Project

Posted on 22 March 2024 by Michael Munnik

Sam Bartlett, part of the Muslims in Wales project, came to the Madina Mosque in Cardiff to talk about the project. Watch more in this vlog. Ymwelodd Sam Bartlett, sy’n […]

Laura Jones – Radio Programme on Fasting

Posted on 11 February 2021 by Michael Munnik

Fasting has been a significant practice amongst Muslims since Islam’s inception and remains a common observance today, even amongst Muslims who may not adhere to other practices such as daily […]

Sophie Gilliat-Ray – In Memoriam: Ataullah Siddiqui – A Personal Reflection

Posted on 9 November 2020 by Michael Munnik

On 8 November 2020, the world of British Muslim Studies lost one of its most thoughtful founding scholars. Ataullah Siddiqui worked at the Islamic Foundation in Leicester and its sister institution, […]

Riyaz Timol – Understanding British Imams: Project Update

Posted on 31 July 2020 by Michael Munnik

For many of us, 2020 will have been the most disruptive year in living memory. While the ‘new normal’ we have been obliged to navigate has, by now, considerably aged, […]

Sophie Gilliat-Ray – Surviving Research in Difficult Times

Posted on 4 June 2020 by Mark Bryant

The Islam-UK Centre at Cardiff University specialises in approaches to research that are qualitative in nature. We flourish from our engagement with experiences, meanings, and ideas, either from the people with […]

Iman AbdoulKarim – How the MA Prepared Me for My PhD Journey

Posted on 21 May 2020 by Mark Bryant

I began the MA Islam in Contemporary Britain programme in 2017 as a part the US-UK Fulbright postgraduate programme, and will begin a PhD in Religious Studies at Yale University […]

Michael Munnik – Salman Rushdie and the ‘sudden visibilisation’ of British Muslims

Posted on 13 February 2019 by Michael Munnik

14 February marks the thirtieth anniversary of the fatwa pronounced by the Iranian religious and political leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini advocating the murder of Indian-British novelist Salman Rushdie. Some Valentine. […]