CEI has consistently delivered a pioneering portfolio of programmes in Central London for two decades including the LONDON SHORT COURSE & LONDON ACADEMY delivered by Dr Akram Nadwi, Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam, Shaykh Ahmad Babikir, Shaykh Thaqib Mahmood, Ustadh Amin Buxton and Dr Saquab Ashraf.
We also have many Qur’an focussed (Qx) programmes such as Q-CLUB (SOHO) and Q-IMMERSION (UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD). Scroll down for further details and find out more about the whole range of CEI and Qx programmes at:
Website: www.ceiuk.com
Instagram: @cei.uk
The Q-Institute is the necessary next step to allow CEI to achieve financial independence, develop and enrich our current content, broaden the scope of our work and further widen access to the Qur’an.
The Institute will be housed in a state-of-the-art building with teaching and research facilities as well as a café, art gallery, Qur’an library and members’ lounge all designed to nurture the desire and provide the means for understanding, researching and making the Qur’anic and Islamic sciences accessible to people with or without the Arabic language. .
Q-Institute will serve both the grass roots and academic communities with dedicated programmes and facilities for digital, podcast and social media content production to enrich the wider community and culture.
The Institute will be mixed use and financially sustainable, incorporating diverse income streams such as residential and commercial units.
Central London is at the social, cultural and academic heart of the English speaking world and is accessible to people from the around the country and world at large.
The Q-Institute will be located in the Knowledge Quarter of Central London so that it can make use of all the city has to offer to achieve its purpose of increasing engagement with the Qur'an.
Our aim is to establish the means for accessible, serious engagement with the Qur'an in the heart of London and thereby weave it into the cultural and social fabric of the country and wider world.
The Messenger of Allah blessings and peace of Allah be upon him, said: "The best of you is he who learns the Qur'an and teaches it." And he also said: "Allah has family from among mankind." The Companions asked: "Who are they, O Messenger of Allah?" He replied: "The people of the Qur'an; they are the people of Allah and His elect."
The Quran highlights the need to contemplate it in a deep and profound way: ‘Will they not contemplate the Qur’an, or do they have locks on their hearts?’ (Q. 47:24)
The Qur’an mandates reflection and demands that its audience seriously engages with it, not simply read it. Establishing the Q-Institute in central London will enable us to put the Qur’an in it’s rightful place: front and centre.
Teaching: The Q-Institute will house teaching facilities to accommodate and support the expansion of our long-established weekly programmes to promote a deeper understanding of the Qur’an.
Research: The Q-Institute will create a Qur’an centred research community in the heart of London, and will be home to a members’ lounge and a comprehensive working library of Qur’anic material.
Community: The Q-Institute will be a nexus for a growing community of people dedicated to engaging the Qur’an with facilities for socialising and networking as well as teaching and learning.
We need to raise £1m to secure the deposit for a building in central London.
1000 people donating £1000 (either one-off or £84/month for a year) or
333 people setting up a fundraising page to raise £3000 with the help of family and friends
Would be enough for us to SECURE a building to house the Q-Institute.
Donations are Zakat and Gift-Aid eligible.
- Click the GIVE NOW button to DONATE £1000 one-off or monthly (£84/month for 12 months), or whatever you can afford.
- Click the START FUNDRAISING button above to sign up to lead a fundraising initiative to RAISE £3000 in aid of the Q-Institute.
- CONTACT info@ceiuk.com for support with your campaigns or if you are in a position to offer us an interest free loan to help us secure a building to house the Q-Institute.
CEI and Qx platforms deliver more than a dozen well established, high quality programmes of varying duration, cadence and intensity including:
LONDON ACADEMY (EUSTON)
https://ceiuk.com/london-academy-overview/
A two-year programme consisting of modules in Tafsir, Hadith, Fiqh, Aqidah, Prophetic Sciences and Spirituality taught by a wide range of teachers with expertise in the subject material and delivery .
LONDON SHORT COURSE (EUSTON)
https://ceiuk.com/london-short-course-overview/
Distinct, thematic courses delivered in weekly sessions each term course covering a range of classical texts and traditional commentaries.
https://ceiuk.com/q-club-overview/
A weekly, free guided reading and discussion takes place in a cafe in Fitzrovia. Attendees cover an entire medium length sura in detail over an academic year.
Q-IMMERSION (UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD)
https://ceiuk.com/q-immersion-overview/
Annual residential programme within the walls of an Oxford college engaging an entire sura over a weekend with detailed tafsir, workshop participation, presentations, a formal dinner and a communal reading of the entire Qur’an.
FIND OUT MORE
To find out more about these and the other 9 programmes currently delivered as part of the CEI and Qx platforms please go to our website or instagram page:
Website: www.ceiuk.com
Instagram: @cei.uk
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