I though we could use this space to place all our events, whether they are those organised by our board members or endorsed by our supproters or just any that interest us and have some relevance to the world, people and their growth.

Please refrain from dumping any 'party at my moms place friday night' or 'drink till you drop at the arm and leg pub' events - lol

Also, if your an organisation and would like to include your upcoming events, then by all means, use this channel to advertise that

thank you

BBC Correspondent and multi-millionaire philanthropist to speak at Afghanaid event

You are cordially invited to a briefing on Afghanistan from David Loyn, BBC’s Developing World Correspondent, and Percy Barnevik, the multi-millionaire businessman who has helped to set up microfinance groups around the globe.

Afghanaid is organising this free event which will be on

Wednesday 13 February
from 18.30 – 20.00 at the Frontline Club

13 Norfolk Place, London W2 1QJ.
Please email Amanda Curley at Amanda@afghanaid.org.uk to attend

Sustainable Education Exhibition
18 Feb, 09:00

Organised by Friends of the Earth

The Sustainable Education Exhibition will also be open Monday 18th to Friday 22nd of February 9am-5pm for all visitors to browse at their leisure, but we hope to see you at the evening showcase to view the range of multi discipline projects over a glass of wine and nibbles. Ranging from undergraduate to PhD, and exploring all forms of medium from research dissertation to eco-art, we hope to explore the world of environment and ethics through teaching and learning. We look forward to your visit.

Contact: sustainability@kingston.ac.uk
Location: Kingston University (Penrhyn Road campus) - C-SCAIPE Room
More info: Sustainability Team
[Ends: 17:00 - 22 Feb]

All lectures will held on Thursday evenings from 6pm to 7pm
Venue: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DR

The organisers acknowledge with gratitude the support of Earthscan.

Admission Free – All Welcome

Convenor: Feja Lesniewska
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Water Law Reform, Poverty and Development: The Case of India

Dr Philippe Cullet, SOAS

Date: 14 February 2008Time: 6:00 PM finishes at 7:00 PM

Type of Event: Lecture

Organiser: LEDC, in collaboration with IALS and FIELD
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There's No Place Like Home: Human Displacement and Climate Change

M J Mace and Ilona Miller, FIELD

Date: 24 January 2008Time: 6:00 PM- Finishes: Time: 7:00 PM

Type of Event: Lecture

The Browning of Britannia

by Faisal Abdu’Allah

Screenings in UK From 14 Feb 2008 - 18 May 2008

Film Screening

Venue: The BFI Southbank



The Browning of Britannia is a major new BFI commission that explores questions of truth and self-perception. An intriguing and controversial hall of mirrors, it continues and develops artist Faisal Abdu’Allah’s investigation of cultural identity.

Artist/Director - Faisal Abdu'Allah
Producer - Karlene Page through Big Hug Ltd
Researcher - Jackie Murphy
Director of Photography - Kelvin Richards
Sound - Jeff John, Albert Bailey
Offline editor - Kimaathi Spence
Online editor - Guy Brinsdon

The Browning of Britannia has been commissioned by the BFI and produced by Karlene Page through Big Hug Ltd and the BFI with a grant from Arts Council England.

Alhamdulillaah, by the Grace of Allah, Al-Madrassah Al-Athariyyah will be opening towards the end of April 2008 inshaAllaah at Durning Hall, Forest Gate.

A sisters bazaar has been organised to raise funds for the initial setting up of the madrassah. It will take place on Saturday 15th March 2008 in
Durning Hall, Earlham Grove, Forest Gate, E7. Please come along contribute to fundraising, feel free to invite as many sisters as you can.


For bazaar/stall information contact Taslima:
07904833541 / taslima_85@yahoo.co.uk

For food donation information contact Mariam:
07877221377 / bermeesruby@hotmail.com

For more information on the Madrassah contact Umm Amina:
07800876692 / mariasheikh@hotmail.co.uk

More details of the Madrassah will also be available at the Bazaar.

WEDNESDAY 5TH OF MARCH will be International Womens Day and Tower Hamlets have organised a women only enterprise day for small businesses.

There will be food, guest speakers and its free! So come along and join the fun and celebrations of being a woman!

The event will be held at Lifra Hall - 7 Halley Street London E147SS Telephone: 020 7790 9699

Still the opium of the masses?

Religion and radicalism

Thursday 6 March, 7pm @ Bishopsgate Institute

Islamic extremists, evangelical fundamentalists, Catholic militants – religion seems to pose an aggressive threat to secular society. But while atheists and humanists used to criticise religion for its conservatism – today it’s because faith is too radical. Has secular society just become conservative?

Speakers: Dolan Cummings (Research and Editorial Director, Institute of Ideas; Editor, Debating Humanism), Maryam Namazie (Spokesperson of the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain; National Secular Society's 2005 Secularist of the Year award winner)’ Andrew Scott (Student Christian Movement www.movement.org.uk) and Rashad Ali (Director, Quilliam Foundation, think tank of former islamists)

Chair: Alex Hochuli (Web Editor, Institute of Ideas; postgraduate student, King’s College London).

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Flogging a dead horse:

Can we make a positive case for atheism today?

Thursday 3 April, 7pm @ Bishopsgate Institute

The past few years have seen the rise of the ‘New Atheists’, such as Hitchens and Dawkins. But what do today’s atheists propose, beyond mere unbelief? Can one make a positive case

for atheism?

Speakers: Dr Michael Fitzpatrick (GP and author), Mark Vernon (journalist and author, Science, Religion and the Meaning of Life) and Martin Summers (corporate affairs advisor). Chair: Robin Walsh (science conference producer).


Tickets: £7 (£5) from 020 7392 9220 / Bishopsgate Institute

Walou:

an organisation similar to ours working with children in morocco wil be holding an event on the 5th of april. it would be brill for us to show our support for these types of events. ill keep you posted of thingslike posters and flyers. walou and rb are also in talks about collaborating in the future!

Originally posted by AK, i just moved it
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Brick Lane Circle Presents

Where is the Bangladeshi Community in the London Economy?
Seminar by Murad Qureshi, London Assembly Member
7pm-9pm, Thursday 27th March 2008

Having worked in Housing and Regeneration for 15 years, Murad helped establish Ethnic Housing Associations in the East End. He was a member Westminster Council from 1998 until 2006. Murad is a Board Member of BRAC UK, a London based international development organisation that seeks to alleviate poverty and empower the poor in the UK and abroad. http://www.muradqureshi.com

This is a FREE seminar and is on a first come first serve basis.

Refreshments available.

Venue:

Lab 1, Whitechapel Idea Store
321 Whitechapel Rd, London E1 1BU
Tube: Whitechapel Station
(District and Hammersmith & City)
Bus: 25, 205, 258

Contact Info:
07960844117
www.bricklanecircle.org
bricklanecircle@yahoo.co.uk

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In case any of you are free, you might like to attend the above event. Might help with promoting RB? or perhaps just to supplement your knowledge and understanding of poverty in Bangladesh!
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SOAS/UEL Framing Muslims Seminar Series
Framing Muslims: Representation in Culture and Society Post 9/11 - Seminar


"Gender, Security and Citizenship: the gendered politics in and of Britain's Muslim communities"



By Katherine Brown


Abstract:

This paper assesses the impact of security debates in the UK on the development of British Muslim identities and citizenship. The discourses of state agencies locate Islam and Muslim communities not simply as "problem communities" but as security concerns. Thus, debates about how minority communities can realise rights and citizenship are more than the 'politics of difference' and now include the 'politics of fear'. This paper argues that for some Muslim women adopting a religio-political identity has enabled complex forms of political engagement with the state through the opening up of 'opportunity spaces' generated by security discourses. Paradoxically, this engagement relies on and challenges both the "politics of fear" and the "politics of difference". The paper uses 'gender' as a variable by focusing on Muslim women and as an analytical category with which to deconstruct the simplified assumptions prevailing in the securitization of Muslim communities. The paper will focus on three case studies: shari'a law debates in the UK; the pro-hijab campaigns and the 'forced marriage-immigration' debate.

Speaker biography:

Katherine recently joined the department of Defence Studies of Kings College London, prior to which she had been a lecturer in the Department of Politics and IR at the University of Southampton. Her current research project examines the role and appropriation of Muslim women in security politics/policies in the UK. Another element within this research considers Muslim women's participation in political violence and resistance. This research stems from an interest in the role of gender in the securitisation of political Islam as part of the 'war on terror'.

Tahir Abbas
Speaker biography:

Tahir Abbas is Reader in Sociology and Director of the Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Culture at the University of Birmingham. He was previously a Senior Research Officer at the Home Office as well as the Department for Constitutional Affairs in London, Project Director of Race Equality West Midlands in Worcester, ESRC Research Fellow at the University of Central England Business School, and PhD Research Student at the University of Warwick Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations. He has published widely and his key books include, The Education of British South Asians, and as editor, Muslim Britain, Islamic Political Radicalism, and Immigration and Race Relations: Sociology and John Rex (with Frank Reeves).



5:30-7.00pm on Thursday, 17 April 2008

Room L67, SOAS (Lower Ground Floor, Main Building, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square WC1H 0XG)


All are Welcome. Booking is not required.

For further information contact: Peter Morey on p.g.morey@uel.ac.uk or Amina Yaqin on ay@soas.ac.uk

Palestine: 60 years of dispossession and resistance
Nakba Day events at the University of East London



15 and 16 May 2008, Docklands Campus, UEL





On Nakba Day, 15 May, Palestinians mark events which resulted in mass displacement and exclusion. In 2008 it will be 60 years since a million people were compelled to leave their homes - most never returned.



You are invited to the Docklands Campus of the University of East London to join historians, social scientists and film-makers in discussion on the conflict of 1948, its outcomes and the implications

for Palestinians and for Israeli society.



Thursday 15 May, 2pm @ 8.30pm. Lectures and discussion on 1948 and the Palestinian refugee issue today. Speakers include:


· Prof Joseph Massad (Columbia University, New York)

author: The Persistence of the Palestinian Question



· Dr Nur Masalha (University of Surrey)

author: Imperial Israel and the Palestinians



· Dr Dina Matar (School of Oriental & African Studies)

editor: Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication



· Prof Haim Bresheeth (University of East London)

author: The Nakba in Palestinian Cinema



· Nizar Hassan (Sapir College, Sderot)

film-maker: director Egteyah (ìInvasionî), Karm Abu Khalil



· Dr Eyal Sivan (University of East London)

film-maker: director Route 181



· Prof Moshe Machover (Kings College London)

writer and activist



· Omar Barghouti (Tel Aviv University)

Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel



· PLUS film - 1948 by Mohammad Bakri (Israel, 1998, 90 min)





Friday 16 May, 2pm - 10pm. Films introduced by directors and their collaborators:


· The Roof by Kamal Aljafari (Palestine, 2006, 61 min)

· Egteyah by Nizar Hassan (Palestine, 2003, 90 min)

· Route 181 by Michele Khleifi and Eyal Sivan (2003, France, 4hr 30 min)

· A State of Danger by Haim Bresheeth and Jenny Morgan (UK, 1989, 30 min)

· Karm Abu Khalil by Nizar Hassan (Palestine, 2003, 90 mins)



Organised by: Refugee Research Centre, UEL; Matrix East Research Lab, UEL; and Framing Muslims - an AHRC research programme. Entrance is free: you are strongly encouraged to book a place by contacting Phil Marfleet; p.marfleet@uel.ac.uk; tel 020 8 223 7690.



Docklands Campus is adjacent to Cyprus Station, Docklands Light Railway





A website link is: http://www.haimbresheeth.com/2008/04/01 ... nts-at-uel

Is anyone going this?

I would be interested in going

i would go but will be in bangladesh instead woo hoo!

Forthcoming Islamic Circles courses and events:

Assalamu 'alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu,

Please find a list of Islamic Circles events
and courses starting shortly, inshallah

CONTENTS

- Islamic Circles Events and Courses
- Regular Events and Services

********************* ISLAMIC CIRCLES EVENTS IN BRIEF *******************

1) THE BIG DEBATE: WHAT MAKES SENSE - ISLAM OR CHRISTIANITY ? C London, 18th April
2) 10 WEEK ISLAMIC AND ARABIC STUDIES FOR GIRLS: E London, 19th April
3) MUSLIM MARRIAGE EVENT FOR THOSE UNDER 30: E London, 26th April
4) PREPARING FOR THE NEXT SUPERPOWER - 10-WEEK INTENSIVE MANDARIN COURSE: E London,
26th/27th April
5) SISTERS ONLY 10 WEEKS ARABIC FOR COMPLETE BEGINNERS: E London, 26th April
6) 10-WEEK INTENSIVE SISTERS ONLY BEGINNERS LEVEL TAJWEED COURSE: E London, 26th April
7) 15 WEEK INTENSIVE CLASSICAL ARABIC COURSES LEVEL 1 & 2: E London, 11th/18th May

******************** ON GOING SERVICES AND EVENTS ******************

1) FREE WEEKLY WALK-IN ISLAMIC COUNSELLING & MEDIATION SERVICES
2) REGULAR CIRCLES FOR SISTERS

****************** ISLAMIC CIRCLES EVENTS IN DETAIL *******************

Islamic Circles presents:

1) THE BIG DEBATE: WHAT MAKES SENSE - ISLAM OR CHRISTIANITY ?

With Robert Scott (St Helen’s Church)*
Vs Adam Deen (I Think Therefore Islam)*

Date: Friday 18th April 2008
Time: 6pm - 8pm
Venue: Lecture Room B35,Basemement, Birkbeck College,
Malet Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7HX

All welcome and free entrance

For more information please contact:
Tel: 07092 032 136
E-mail: debates@islamiccircles.org

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Islamic Circles presents:

3) MUSLIM MARRIAGE EVENT FOR THOSE UNDER 30

Date: Saturday 26th April 2008
Time: 2.30pm - 5.30pm
Venue: Froud Centre, Romford Road, Manor Park, London, E12 5JF

DEADLINE FOR BOOKING: WEDNESDAY 23rd APRIL 2008

A marriage event especially geared towards to Muslims
under the age of 30. All Muslims irrespective of race,
origin and statuses are welcome. Mahrams are encouraged
to attend and assist where possible. Profiles of brothers
and sisters are to be displayed on the wall and meetings
will be arranged at the venue, insha'Allah. No attendance
means no display of profiles.

This event is for sincere and serious people only,
not time wasters and people with bad manners.

Light refreshments will be provided. Registration will
be at 2pm and latecomers will be penalised.

Prior registration is compulsory so please book
online at www.muslimmarriageevents.org

For more information please contact:
Tel: 07956 983 609 / 07504 336 911
E-mail: marriage@islamiccircles.org
Website: www.muslimmarriageevents.org

****************** ISLAMIC CIRCLES COURSES IN DETAIL *******************

PLEASE NOTE: All our courses are NOT FREE and for serious people.
No time wasters or those holding a poor record of punctuality
and a 'freebie' mentality. Please book early as only limited
places are left.

Venue for all courses: Froud Centre, Romford Road, Manor Park, London, E12 5JF

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Islamic Circles presents:

2) 10 WEEK ISLAMIC AND ARABIC STUDIES FOR GIRLS

Taught by The Habiba Institute*

Dates: Saturday 19th April - Saturday 21st June 2008
Time: 11am - 1pm

For girls aged between 7 - 11. Course covering
Arabic- written, Spoken, Seerah, Islamic arts and crafts
(including calligraphy), light tajwid and more.

To book or for more information please contact:
Tel: 07903 573 031 / 07955 113 653
E-mail: women@islamiccircles.org

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Islamic Circles in association with Zheng He Foundation presents:

4) PREPARING FOR THE NEXT SUPERPOWER - 10-WEEK INTENSIVE MANDARIN COURSE

Date: Saturday 26th April - Saturday 28th June 2008
Time: 10am - 12 Noon

And or

Dates: Sunday 27th April - Sunday 29th June 2008
Time: 9am - 11am

An ancient Chinese proverb says, "May you live in interesting times."


For more information please contact:
Tel: 07956 983 609
E-mail: info@zhenghe.org.uk / mandarin@islamiccircles.org
Website: www.zhenghe.org.uk

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Islamic Circles Presents:

5) SISTERS ONLY 10 WEEKS ARABIC FOR COMPLETE BEGINNERS

Taught by The Habiba Institute*

Date: Saturday 26th April - Saturday 28th June 2008
Times: 1.30pm - 2.30pm

Suitable for new Muslim sisters or sisters who just don't
know the basic arabic alphabets. Classes are small thus
giving more more individual attention .

Pre-registration is required. Book early as only limited places are left.

To register or for more information please contact:
Tel: 07903 573 031 / 07955 113 653
E-mail: info@habibainstitute.co.uk

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Islamic Circles Presents:

6) 10-WEEK INTENSIVE SISTERS ONLY BEGINNERS LEVEL TAJWEED COURSE

Taught by the Habiba Institute*

Dates: Saturday 26th April - Saturday 28th June 2008
Times: 2.30pm - 4pm

Each lesson will be roughly divided into three sections:
•Ahkam Teaching of the rules
•Qira’ah Supervised recitation
•Hifz Memorisation

Course Outline : Etiquettes of Quranic Recitation, Makharij al Huruf. Places
of Articulations of the Arabic alphabets. Jawf, Halq, Lisan and its four
categories of letters, Shafathan.and Khaishoom Sun Letters and Moon Letters
Methods of reciting Istia’adha & Basmalah Ahkam Nun Sakinah and Tanween
Idhar, Idhgham, Iqlab & Ikhfa. Surah Fatihah, Shahadah [Assisted memorisation
of Surah Nas – to Surah Zilzal with correct Tajwid.

Pre-registration is required. Book early as only limited places are left.

To register or for more information please contact:
Tel: 0207 168 0147 / 07955 113 653 / 07947 866 355
E-mail: tajweed@islamiccircles.org
Website: www.habibainstitute.co.uk

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Islamic Circles Presents

7) 15 WEEK INTENSIVE CLASSICAL ARABIC COURSES LEVEL 1 & 2

Delivered by The Ibn Jabal Institute (www.ibnjabal.com)

Level 1: Sunday 11th May - Sunday 24th August 2008
Level 2: Sunday 18th May - Sunday 31st August 2008

Times: 9am - 11am



To book or for more information please contact:
E-mail: arabic@islamiccircles.org
Website: www.ibnjabal.com

******************** ON GOING SERVICES AND EVENTS ******************

Islamic Circles Presents:

1) FREE WEEKLY WALK-IN COUNSELLING AND MEDIATION SERVICES

Date: Every Saturdays
Time: 5pm - 7pm
Venue: Froud Centre, Romford Road, Manor Park, London, E12 5JF

This service has been organised due to the increasing number of social
problems within the Muslim community and the pitiful lack of support
from mosques and Muslim organisationsin addressing such issues. The sessions
will be run by experienced and practicing Muslim counsellors, and both brothers
and sisters will be available. We hope to offer a confidential and professional
service to all Muslims with concerns ranging from personal, social, family or
academic worries to longer term, often more complex, psychological problems.
Attendees will benefit from a one-to-one service.

We will also be joined by the Muslim Mediation Service* who will be offering
one-to-one drop in sessions with a Muslim Mediator, where you can discuss any
matters arising from any conflicts you are experiencing within the home or
the community free of charge.

*The Muslim Mediation Service has been resolving family and community conflicts
since 2003. Their trained and experienced Mediators have been supporting individuals,
parents and children and couples facing disputes by working with them to resolve
their issues through listening, understanding and communicating effectively.

Please note that the initial session will be free and if the person requires further
help then they would need to contact alternative services or the individual
counsellors
themselves. All are welcome.

For more information please contact:
Brothers: 07864 980 890 / 07894 915 183
Sisters: 07909 941 179 / 0770 6187 058
Mediation: 079410 22 371
E-mail: counselling@islamiccircles.org

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2) REGULAR CIRCLES FOR SISTERS

Time: Every Thursdays, 10.15am - 11.30am
Venue: Dawah Centre, 398 High St North, Manor Park, London E12
(Please note: Entrance via the back on Coldrige Avenue)

Come learn the basics of Islam in a clean, relaxed and comfortable environment.
The sessions will be discussing issues related to women and mothers in a
practical manner. This is an opportunity to share concerns, exchange ideas
and learn how to improve as a Muslim woman and mother. There will also be
sessions on tafseer of Quran, purification of the soul, and Tajweed.

Every Monday : Tafsir of Quran in Urdu between 10am - 11.30
Every Tuesday : Tajweed between 10am - Noon
Every Wednesday: Basic Arabic covering Medina Book 1
Every Thursday: Talks & discussion in English for young mothers between 10.30am-11.30am

* Islamic Counseling Services available
* All sisters and children welcome
* Buses: 101, 104
* Nearest Tube: East Ham

For more information please contact:
Tel: 07909 941 179
E-mail: women@islamiccircles.org