Articles about Islam
This article is for paying subscribers African Apocalypse
African Apocalypse, directed by Rob Lemkin (2020),
written by Femi Nylander and Rob Lemkin and starring Femi Nylander
This article is for paying subscribers MAPPING FAITH: Theologies of Migration and Community
DR LIA DONG SHIMADA of the Susanna Wesley Foundation has edited a colourful book examining migration and faith. Mapping Faith: Theologies of Migration and Community is both a book and a dialogue.
This article is for paying subscribers Pots of Gold
BBC TEACH has a rich suite of resources for primary schools that is curated to meet the needs of teachers across the school calendar, says its Executive Producer Alex Harris.
This article is for paying subscribers Windows on Worldviews
A NEW FREE FILM RESOURCE FOR RE TEACHERS
This article is for paying subscribers REAL PEOPLE REAL OPINIONS: Real Voices
We asked people questions to get them thinking about their perspectives on values and ethics. You might want to use these personal, real-life reflections in your RE lessons, or perhaps invite pupils to respond to the...
This article is for paying subscribers WHAT MATTERS TO YOU? YOUNG MUSLIMS SHARE THEIR VALUES
There is strong interest in learners as researchers in RE presently, and this article sets your pupils up to do some research for themselves about Muslims and values. RE Today’s National Muslim Youth Survey (2022)...
This article is for paying subscribers Inspiring Change
The 2023 Templeton Prize winner, EDNA ADAN ISMAIL, and the power of education and compassion
This article is for paying subscribers Real voices
In keeping with our theme of messy religions and worldviews, we sought contributions from people whose beliefs and ways of living do not fit neatly into the traditional categories we often refer to in RE. Here they...
This article is for paying subscribers Hoping for world peace
His Holiness Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad is the Fifth Caliph of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim community. It was my honour and privilege to interview him early in 2023 at the community’s headquarters in Tilford, near...
This article is for paying subscribers What’s worth celebrating?
We asked members of different faith and belief communities a set of questions about their own lives of celebration. Here Buddhist, Bahá’í, Christian, Sikh and Muslim respondents explain what celebration means for...
This article is for paying subscribers Young Muslims and experiences of stereotyping
RE Today’s national Muslim youth survey (2022) enabled over 200 young British Muslim people aged 11–18 to give their views, opinions and ideas on wide-ranging questions that explore ways in which being a young...
This article is for paying subscribers ‘Happy birthday, Prophet Muhammad’: honour or heresy?
Zameer Hussain considers the controversy within Islam about the celebration of the Prophet’s birthday. Read the article with your learners and discuss the questions at the end.
This article is for paying subscribers Religion yesterday and tomorrow
GoharIhsanis Chair an of the North East Islamic Centre for Education
This article is for paying subscribers Jerusalem: a mosaic of cultures and identities
Mohammed Ali Amla, Youth & Partnerships Director, offers an introduction to the education charity Solutions Not Sides.
This article is for paying subscribers What do young Muslim people value about the life of the mosque?
Lat Blaylock reports the results of RE Today’s national Muslim youth survey (2022). This survey enabled more than 200 British Muslim people aged 11–18 to give their views, opinions and ideas on wide-ranging...
This article is for paying subscribers Rais Bhuyan: an amazing story of forgiveness
In this study, pupils learn about forgiveness from an Islamic example, connecting to Qur’anic text, a Hadith of the Prophet, contemporary concerns about fanaticism and far-right extremism, and some ethical and...
Religion and RE: yesterday and tomorrow
RE is a subject with a past and a future, linked in all kinds of ways. Our communities press our governments across the UK to change the subject to be better suited to learning in the coming decade.
This article is for paying subscribers Inside a faith
We invited members of different communities to share their ideas about the theme of REToday for this term, and the following pages give their views. You could use these questions with senior students in your school as...
This article is for paying subscribers RSE from an Abrahamic perspective: what sort of ‘worldview’?
Aliya Azam explores how her Shi’ah Muslim worldview relates to the new requirements of Relationships and Sex Education. What can we see when looking at issues about sex and
This article is for paying subscribers Proud to be a Muslim?
In our British Muslim Youth Survey we inquired among more than three hundred Islamic school pupils aged 11–18. The survey was completed with the supervision of RE teachers in about twenty different schools. Some...