The Bishop of Gloucester, The Rt Rev Rachel Treweek has written a deeply moving piece about her recent visit to Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory of East Jerusalem and the West Bank in June 2024. She writes: In the past I have been wary of using the word apartheid to describe the situation in […]
This week we were hugely privileged to engage in discussion with Dr Richard McCallum, one of our longstanding friends, on the topic of his recently published book, ‘Christian Evangelical Responses to Islam: A contemporary overview’. Published by Bloomsbury Academic, the book draws on over 300 texts published by Evangelicals in the first two decades of […]
CMF Trustee, Shaykh Ibrahim Mogra, was a speaker at the one day conference, ‘The Bloom Review, One Year On: Multi-Faith Perspectives’ hosted by the Woolf Institute and the Centre for Faith in Public Life at Wesley House in Cambridge on 30 April. Examining the questions: ‘Does Government ‘do God’? and ‘Just what role can faith […]
Our online discussion today focused on the ongoing siege of Gaza and the future prospects for a lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians. The violent attacks in southern Israel on 7 October has unleashed an unprecedented level of violence against the Palestinian communities in the Gaza Strip and West Bank. To date, an estimated 1200 […]
CMF organised its first interfaith media training session this month with young Christians and Muslims. The training, delivered by expert agency Media Friendly, saw a small group of young Christians and Muslims learn essential broadcast media skills like giving interviews, honing the message, responding to journalists’ questions and pitching their stories. The training was a […]
Today, we were delighted to host Farhana Mayer of Oxford University for an online discussion about faith responses to climate change. Farhana’s new publication entitled ‘An Introduction to Qur’anic Ecology and Resonances with Laudato Si’’ presents Qur’an-based theological and ethical principles that are applicable to integral ecology and that can be referred to by Muslims […]
We were privileged to be back at Lambeth Palace this year for our annual meeting with our Patron, The Most Rev Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury. Archbishop Justin and our guest speakers on the day Professor Francis Davis, Aliya Azam MBE and Dr Usaama Al-Azami, offered reflections on the following theme: Bearing in mind that […]
Eddie Tulasiewicz, Head of Policy at the National Churches Trust, was our guest speaker at an online meeting this week to discuss church contributions to economy and society. According to research by the National Churches Trust (NCT), the annual social and economic value of church buildings alone to the UK is worth around £55 billion. […]
This week we hosted an online meeting with Dr Usaama Al-Azami to discuss his latest research on British Muslim contributions to civil society. Published by Mercy Mission UK and titled ‘The British Muslim Civil Society Report’, the report offers a vista into the workings of Britain’s Muslims and the invaluable social contribution they make to […]
This week we convened a meeting in London on the subject of ‘Women in Religious Leadership’ with The Rt Rev Bishop Rachel Treweek, Bishop of Gloucester and Dr Shuruq Naguib, Lecturer in Islamic Studies, Lancaster University. We heard guest speaker presentations on ‘Women in Religious Leadership and ‘Overcoming challenges to women in religious leadership’ followed […]
To our great delight, CMF Trustee Aliya Azam MBE was present among representatives of minority faiths at the Coronation ceremony of King Charles III at Westminster Abbey on Saturday 6 May.
With generous support from Near Neighbours, CMF convened our first meeting in a new series on Race and Faith to explore race, religion and intersectional identities among Black Christian and Black Muslim communities; to chart an agenda for change on race equality and to promote greater inclusivity in interfaith dialogue. With guest speakers Dr Richard […]