Articles about Muslim
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 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...
This article is for paying subscribers ‘A dangerous race for eternal economic growth’
Cat Stevens grew from being a teen idol of the 1960s into one of the most influential singer-songwriters of his time. In addition to his vast musical achievements, his lifelong spiritual quest has added intrigue and...
This article is for paying subscribers REVIEW: 365 Days with the Prophet Muhammad
Nurdan Damla, illus. Osman Turhan, Goodword Books 2014, 360pp, hbk, $14 (£8.37), ISBN 978-81-7898-833-7. www.goodwordbooks.com
Using sociological data in RE lessons
Home, belonging, culture, difference:
This article is for paying subscribers Reviews – My way: A Muslim Woman’s Journey
A Muslim visitor making a difference
Staff at Selby Community Primary School wanted to deepen their pupils’ understanding of Islam, so they invited Imran to come and run some workshops there. We asked how it went.
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Moving between two educational traditions and Research in Christian education
This article is for paying subscribers Believing, belonging and behaving: some considerations when teaching about Islam
Even for teachers who have acquired specialised knowledge about religions, teaching about particular traditions can be daunting: I don’t think I know enough. What happens if I get things ‘wrong’? Am I up to...
This article is for paying subscribers Research update
In this research update, there are two very different snapshots of work that is occurring within the field of RE. The first is a summary of the doctoral work of Matthew Vince, who has been focusing on the experiences...
This article is for paying subscribers Believing, belonging and behaving: some considerations when teaching about Islam
Reviews
As I read the reviews below I was reminded of the writings of philosopher Maria Lugones¹ and her use of the metaphor of ‘worldtravelling’. She describes how by travelling to the ‘worlds’ of others we can...
This article is for paying subscribers ‘Following Acts 7–10 is impossible for a Muslim living in a non-Muslim country’
The title of this article is taken from a 12-mark question at GCSE, and it raises an interesting question. We will think about answering this question to GCSE standard using the music of Canadian Muslim hip hop duo...
This article is for paying subscribers The ‘Islam in Britain’ quiz in action:
My Year 11s were greeted with REtoday’s ‘Muslims in Britain today: a reality check’ on their first day back after the holidays. It looked like a win-win; they show off their knowledge, I gain a sense of any...
The stories we tell ourselves:
Faith in science? Faith in God?
This term’s theme is about the nature of faith and about the frontiers and borders between science and religions. We invited people from different religions and beliefs to contribute a personal perspective on the...
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This article is for paying subscribers The wisdom of dialogue
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