On Wednesday, we had the huge pleasure of hosting Professor Tariq Modood of Bristol University to discuss some of his latest research. His presentation, ‘How to evaluate State-Religion connexions’, derives from recently completed research for an EU Horizon2020 funded project, ‘Radicalisation, Secularism and the Governance of Religion: Bringing Together Diverse Perspectives (GREASE)’. Professor Tariq Modood […]
Dates for the next ‘Sharing Perspectives’ pilgrimage hosted by St George’s College in Jerusalem are 26 February to 6 March, 2023. The pilgrimage is an interfaith experience for Jews, Christians and Muslims in which they will encounter the land of prophets, monarchs, and holy people of the Abrahamic faiths. It provides those with an abiding […]
We have initiated a series of seminars this year on the theme ‘Blasphemy, ‘cancel culture’ and freedom of expression’, with two seminars taking place so far and further ones planned in the new year. In the first seminar in September, we heard Christian perspectives on blasphemy and freedom of expression from Bishop Martin Gorick, Bishop […]
Much of the coverage of the religion data release from the Census 2021 has focused on the marked increase in the number of people selecting the ‘no religion’ category; up from 25.2% to 37.2%. While the numbers of those selecting Christian has seen a fall since the last census period to 46.2%, the number of […]
During InterFaithWeek this year we were privileged to host Dr Reyhan Durmaz of the Middle East Center at the University of Pennsylvania for a discussion on themes from her book, ‘Stories between Christianity and Islam: Saints, Memory, and Cultural Exchange in Late Antiquity and Beyond’. Dr Durmaz delivered a splendid presentation on the shared story […]
A timely and constructive roundtable meeting organised by The Trussell Trust on addressing the cost of living crisis was held in this week. The meeting, hosted at the Lambeth Palace Library, brought together a wide range of faith groups to discuss ways in which they were supporting communities affected by the sharp rise in energy […]
CMF Trustee Aliya Azam MBE was invited to meet with King Charles III at Lambeth Palace on the eve of the funeral of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Aliya was among the representatives of minority faiths invited to attend the state funeral on Saturday 19 September at Westminster Abbey.
CMF continues to participate in the regular stakeholder meetings of the UK Forum on Freedom of Religion or Belief, and this year trustees also attended the Ministerial conference hosted by the Government on 5 and 6 July. The conference brought together governments, parliamentarians, faith and belief representatives, and civil society to urge increased global action […]
We were delighted to host Dr Stephen Jones of Birmingham University on Friday 17 June for a discussion about Islamophobia in British society. Dr Jones is author of the report ‘The Dinner Table Prejudice: Islamophobia in Contemporary Britain.’ Dr Jones spoke to us about his recent research into Islamophobia drawing on a commissioned poll by […]
CMF Trustee and Chair of the Mosques & Imams National Advisory Board, Imam Qari Asim MBE, has penned an article reflecting on Jesus in Islam. Read on to discover how Jesus provides common ground for dialogue between Christians & Muslims. According to Christians, Christmas marks the birth of Jesus. For Muslims the birth of Jesus […]
For InterFaith Week this year, CMF hosted an online meeting on Gender and Piety with guest speakers Revd Fr Jan Nowotnik, National Ecumenical Officer, Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, and Aliya Azam MBE, of the Al Khoei Foundation and CMF Trustee. Fr Jan spoke on ‘The Motherhood of Mary’ and Aliya’s presentation ‘Maryam […]
On 28 October, we were privileged to host Revd Mark Umpleby, Anglican Priest in the United Benefice of Batley in the Diocese of Leeds and Shaykh Irfan Soni, Imam In Batley, Co-Chairs of the North Kirklees Interfaith Forum (NKIF) and members of CMF’s Church-Mosque Twinning programme, to discuss the controversy and media coverage of events […]