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 […]
Today, we held our annual meeting with our Patron, The Most Revd Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury on the topic, ‘Evangelism and Da’wah: Archbishop Justin in conversation with Imam Qari Asim and Sarwat Tasneem’. Our meeting began with a brief presentation by Canon Dr Andrew Smith offering a background to the CMF Ethical Witness Guidelines […]
This week we held an online meeting on ‘Christians in the Holy Land’ with the CEO of Embrace the Middle East, Tim Livesey, and Canon Andrew Thompson MBE, of St Margaret’s Church, Uxbridge. Tim’s presentation addressed the question: ‘Do Palestinian Christians in the Holy Land think about the Occupation and the prospects for peace differently […]
With the approach of Christmas this year, as the Christian Muslim Forum, we wanted to celebrate the way Christians and Muslims come together at this time of year and how traditions associated with the Christian festival have been adapted by other faith communities in this country. We have produced a short booklet, An Inclusive Christmas, […]
Last month, we lost the renowned Professor Ataullah Siddiqui, an architect and founding president of the Christian Muslim Forum. Professor Siddiqui was a much admired and respected pioneer of Christian-Muslim dialogue in this country and a tremendous asset to CMF. An obituary by Dr Farooq Murad of the Markfield Institute, where Professor Siddiqui taught for […]