Strengthening links with Islamic heritage

In order to strengthen links with those who are interested in the Arab-Islamic heritage and culture, the al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation has organised a series of public lectures and seminars. These lectures and seminars draw on topics that connect the Islamic heratige with the concerns of contemporary society.

They cover a wide range of subjects on the spiritual and intellectual issues in the Muslim world, including Human Rights, Christ in the Islamic Cultural Tradition, Muslim Constitutional Theory, the discovery of the House of Khadija, where the Prophet Muhammad spent 28 years of his life in Makkah.

Speakers include an array of honourable scholars from around the world, Muslims and non-Muslims. Some of the celebrated figures whose presence has graced the Foundation include the following:

Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Nic Robins
Jan Just Witkam
Lamia al-Galaini Werr
Jermy Johns
Nadia Jamil
Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu
Doris Behrens-Abouseif
Ibrahim Chabbouh
Annemarie Schimmel
Alan Kirwan
Yusuf Ibish
Roshdi Rashid
Briony Llewellyn
Nara Garbatt
Geoffrey Roper
Francois Deroche

The topics covered in these lectures included the following:

The Secrets of Creative Love: the work of Muhammad Iqbal
Annmarie Schimmel

Islam and the Wonders of Creation: the animal kingdom
Annemarie Schimmel

The poets Geography
Annemarie Schimmel

Science in Islam and Classical Modernity
Rochdi Rashid

The Cuisine of the Muslims
Ibrahim Chabbouh

Music in Muslim Civilisation
Muhammad Salih al-Mahdi