Developing new directions in the Study of Islam

Through publications, blogs, seminars, training and workshops.

About us

The Centre has Three Research Areas:

Contemporary Islamic Thought

The centre produces analysis on Islam's conversation with modernity and contemporary developments in Islamic thought

Interfaith Relations

The centre works towards stronger interfaith solidarities as we face global challenges as faith communities

Islamophobia

The centre develops tools, resources and networks to challenge Islamophobia, both in the UK and abroad

Media library

Access our online material

Prof Mark Sedgwick - Islamic Traditionalism

Prof Raihan Ismail - Understanding Salafism

Madrasah Conference

Dr Jawad Qureshi: Islamic Studies as a Practice

Dr Haroon Bashir: Race in the Islamicate Past

Madrasah Conference

Dr. Yasir Qadhi: Traversing Traditions: From Medina to Yale

Madrasah Conference

Dr Faizal Ahmad Manjoo: A pedagogical paradigm shift for Darul Ulooms

Madrasah Conference

Fatima Khan: Accessibility of Religious Education

Madrasah Conference

Ricky Bains: Dar al-Ulums & Higher Education Institutes

Madrasah Conference

Professor Abdulkader Tayob: Negotiating Intellectual Traditions

Events and Publications

Contributing academic resources

Islam and Gender Egalitarianism in Theory and Practice

A public lecture organised colloboratively by MCCI (MIHE) and the School of Divinity from the University of Edinburgh

Islam and the Study of Slavery

A workshop exploring methodological issues within the study of slavery organised collaboratively by MIHE and the University of Leicester

MCCI Advisors visit the Campus

Islam and the Emancipatory Ethic: Liberation Theology and Prison Abolition

Historical Authenticity of Numbers in the Sira

Contemporary Islamic Thought

Black Excellence and the Curse of Ham: Debating Race and Slavery in the Islamic Tradition

Contemporary Islamic Thought

Rethinking Women's Dress Prescriptions in the Qur'ān: An Intratextual Reading of Zīna

Contemporary Islamic Thought

Reading the Past, Writing the Future: Scholarship as Worldmaking

The Madrasah and the Modern Academy: Convergences, Departures and the Possibility for Collaboration

The MCCI (MIHE) and University of Johannesburg held a 3-day online conference exploring issues surrounding the teaching of Islam in contemporary times

Launch of the MCCI

In commemoration of 20 years since the inception of the Markfield Institute, the MCCI was officially launched