What We Do
bespoke training
speaking & consultancy
speaking & consultancy
We offer bespoke training programmes and workshops tailored to your needs so we can help improve your interaction and understanding of your colleagues and the clients you provide your services to.
HIGHLIGHTS
Approaching Islamic Ethics: Celebrating Diversity
Inclusion Day with Police Scotland
Scottish Interfaith Week: Tackling Islamophobia
The Concept of Health in Islam; Donating your Organs
speaking & consultancy
speaking & consultancy
speaking & consultancy
We provide speakers for all occasions whether it is for public/private events, lectures/seminar classes at educational establishments, podcasts, or acting as a representative on your behalf.
HIGHLIGHTS
Time for Reflection 2018
Interfaith Summit 2018
Queen's Reception - Buckingham Palace
BBC The One Show
United Nations Environment Assembly
Dunfermline City Conferral 2022
Kingussie Memorial Service 2022
research & writing
speaking & consultancy
research & writing
We collaborate or take lead on research projects designed to help you further with your services and also provide high-quality co-authoring, editing, proofreading as well as policy-writing for your organisation.
HIGHLIGHTS
Understanding British Imams
Vibrant Scottish Mosques
The Fall and Rise of Bengali Muslim Consciousness: Conceptualising the Identity of the Bangla Universal
PAST NOMINATIONS, AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
OUR ADVISORS
SHAYKH HASSAN RABBANI
Studied theology at Al-Azhar University and holds postgraduate degrees from the University of Aberdeen and the University of Glasgow. He is currently the Muslim Chaplain at Heriot-Watt University and a relationship counsellor at Relationships Scotland. He is active in interfaith dialogue and has worked with the Scottish government on nume
Studied theology at Al-Azhar University and holds postgraduate degrees from the University of Aberdeen and the University of Glasgow. He is currently the Muslim Chaplain at Heriot-Watt University and a relationship counsellor at Relationships Scotland. He is active in interfaith dialogue and has worked with the Scottish government on numerous projects. He also serves on the advisory board for Common Purpose.
PREVIOUS RESEARCH TITLES & ARTICLES
British Islam
- The Importance of British Imams Effectively Fostering the Development of British Muslim Identity among Young People
- British Islam: Identity, Its Projection & Compatibility
- To What Extent Can Muslims in Britain Talk About Identity?
- The Iron Cage of Capitalism: Hidden Commodities of Colonial Exploitation of South Asians in Britain
- Embracing the Modern: (Re)Forming British Islamic Law
- Meeting the Needs of Muslim Pupils in the Education Sector
- How should a British Muslim Religious Leader approach Interfaith initiatives?
- The Importance of Interfaith
- Today's Lessons from the Life of Shaykh Abdullah Quilliam
Islamic Law
- Islamic Contemporary International Law?
- Human Rights in Islam and the West: A Comparison between the Views of Abul A’la Mawdudi and Sayyid Qutb
- Stagnation of Islamic Jurisprudence
- The Illusion of Cultural Authenticity
- The Islamicity of Modern Legal Modalities
International Law
- The Link between Development and Migration through the Mobilisation of Capital
- The Universality of the Colonising State through the Disguise of Development
- Drawing an Invisible Line between Immunity and Impunity
- A ‘Lawless’ Law Bounded by Blind Faith
- Reliving the Traumas of Colonisation through ‘Liberation’
- The Struggles of the ‘BlackCrit’ Theory
- The American Dream: A Black Man’s Nightmare
- Unearthing the Grounds of Global Poverty
General Islam
- The Concept of Health and Medicine in Islam
- How Prophetic Medicine was the Inspiration to Muslim Contribution to Medicine
- The Qur’an; from Revelation to Uniqueness
- Qur’an & Science: Conformity or Conflict?
- Can Translations of the Qur’an ever be Justified?
- The Methodologies and Principles which Exist in ‘Uloom Tafsir
- Islam’s Compatibility with Different Cultures from both a Modern and Historical Perspective
- The Principles and Philosophy of Islamic Education
- The Teaching Styles and Qualities Necessary for Muslim Teachers
- What Makes a Good Community Leader?
- Reinhold Niebuhr and Islamic Theology: a Comparison
Islamic History
- Ibn Khaldun: Reviving non-European Thought for the Modern World
- The Fitnah of the Kharijites and How it is Relatable Today
- The Decline of the Mughal Empire and the Migration of Asians to the UK
- The Tanzimat and Constitutional Reforms in the Ottoman Period
- The Impact of the Crusades on the Formation of the Image of Islam and its Teachings in the Medieval European World
LATEST THESIS
The Fall and Rise of Bengali Muslim Consciousness: Conceptualising the Identity of the Bangla Universal
Abstract
The emergence of modern-nation states saw the end of the empirical era of exploitation and exercise of inherent racist tendencies towards the 'other'. However, the effect of that colonial system is still ever-present in the creation and governance of these newly independent states. While every new state aims to be 'modern', they adopt the international legal framework of the West as their own - a system they had initially wanted to escape. The concept of Muslim universality in the form of the ummah should have freed Pakistan from the shackles of its former colonial masters. Instead, this phenomenon was replaced by European universalism, aiding the subtle colonial expansion in a postcolonial world and further division in the Indian subcontinent.
Bangladesh recently entered the 50th anniversary of its independence; Bangladeshis worldwide enshrine this historical significance through annual celebrations commemorating its saviours. Nevertheless, the question of belonging still lingers despite liberation from British, Indian, and Pakistani rule as they seek to heal from the colonial trauma which has caused various identity shifts concerning their 'Bengaliness' and 'Muslimness'. This thesis aims to problematise and provoke discussions around what the Bangladeshi identity currently represents and whether the idea of Bengali Muslim consciousness goes beyond the postcolonial framework of nationalism. Historically, European epistemology has played a significant role in the self-image a person or group creates for themselves. There is a need to revisit and dismantle those frameworks to, ultimately, understand and conceptualise the identity of the Bangla Universal.
