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The official account for the Centre for the Study of Islam in the UK
Cyfrif swyddogol y Ganolfan Astudiaethau Islam yn y DU
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Islam UK Centre @islamukcentre.bsky.social · 25d
We are a serious academic research centre, but we're not immune to celebrating a little star power. 20 years ago, folk singer Yusuf / Cat Stevens came to Cardiff to open our centre. He wasn't able to join us in September for the anniversary but sent this message of support: youtu.be/GINccE7JzLs?...
Yusuf Islam: 20 years of the Islam-UK
YouTube video by Islam UK (IUKC)
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As the university winds down its activity, we're also winding down our social media presence. We hope you all keep safe, and we'll see you back here in January.
December 17, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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With recent news of plans to attack a Cathays mosque & a Welsh Jewish Cemetery, the planned interfaith gathering seems very important.

Church in Wales & Darul Isra Mosque host a talk about Mary mother of Jesus.

18th Dec 7.30-9pm
Darul Isra Mosque
All are welcome
Sign-up: forms.gle/yEp8WxqKTDZf...
Poster for interfaith event. Who is Mary, mother of Jesus, in Islam and Christianity? Details of registering and description of theme. Photos of two speakers, Dr Abdul-Azim Ahmed and Canon Andrew Lightbown. Thursday 18 Dec at Darul Isra Mosque CF24 4BG 7:30-9:00 pm, and community logos
December 17, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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We are a serious academic research centre, but we're not immune to celebrating a little star power. 20 years ago, folk singer Yusuf / Cat Stevens came to Cardiff to open our centre. He wasn't able to join us in September for the anniversary but sent this message of support: youtu.be/GINccE7JzLs?...
Yusuf Islam: 20 years of the Islam-UK
YouTube video by Islam UK (IUKC)
youtu.be
December 16, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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We are a serious academic research centre, but we're not immune to celebrating a little star power. 20 years ago, folk singer Yusuf / Cat Stevens came to Cardiff to open our centre. He wasn't able to join us in September for the anniversary but sent this message of support: youtu.be/GINccE7JzLs?...
Yusuf Islam: 20 years of the Islam-UK
YouTube video by Islam UK (IUKC)
youtu.be
December 16, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Hear this powerful poem from @hananelizabethissa.bsky.social National Poet of Wales, which we commissioned for our 20th anniversary. "Where Two Rivers Meet" imagines knowledge flowing like a river, rooting our contributions in a place while propelling them into the world. youtu.be/8KfKtk3cjIw?...
Hanan Issa: 'Where Two Rivers Meet'
YouTube video by Islam UK (IUKC)
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December 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Centre staff, including deputy director @abdulazim.bsky.social, attended an event to remember Srebrenica at the Temple of Peace in Cardiff yesterday. Ahmed, as Secretary-General of the Muslim Council of Wales, joined faith leaders, rights advocates, and the Lord Mayor of Cardiff Adrian Robson.
Two bearded Asian men in dark formal clothing stand in a foyer before an information sign for Srebrenica and the Bosnian war. One wears a hat and scarf and leans on a red umbrella. Three men stand before a podium that bears the poster Remembering Srebrenica. The man on the left is bearded with a hat and scarf over a dark coat; the man centre wears a kippah and a navy suit with vibrant blue tie; the man right is in the black robes with red accents that mark him as a Christian priest. He is speaking at a microphone. Men standing in conversation in a room with pale walls.
December 10, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Poetry for a cold, wet Friday in December? National Poet of Wales @hananelizabethissa.bsky.social shared her memories as a teenager in Cardiff when the Islam-UK Centre opened 20 years ago - "history was being made" - then recited a commissioned poem "Where Two Rivers Meet". youtu.be/8KfKtk3cjIw?...
Hanan Issa: 'Where Two Rivers Meet'
YouTube video by Islam UK (IUKC)
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December 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Director @sgilliatray.bsky.social speaks about the independence and integrity of the Islam-UK Centre in its relations with partners and funders. This has allowed us to provide research that stands up academically and remains in touch with the grassroots.
Full video here: youtu.be/8Vb66SucUEA?...
December 4, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Centre director @sgilliatray.bsky.social presents a large woven basket, collecting a series of objects with which she tells the story of 20 years of the Islam-UK Centre.

The clip below is an invitation to play "Show and Tell".

Unpack the basket on our YouTube channel! youtu.be/8Vb66SucUEA?...
December 2, 2025 at 11:12 AM
islamukcentre.bsky.social
Centre director @sgilliatray.bsky.social presents a large woven basket, collecting a series of objects with which she tells the story of 20 years of the Islam-UK Centre.

The clip below is an invitation to play "Show and Tell".

Unpack the basket on our YouTube channel! youtu.be/8Vb66SucUEA?...
December 2, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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This is a key community for the staff and students of our Centre. Save the date, and we hope to see some of you in Nottingham next summer!
bsasocrel.bsky.social BSA Sociology of Religion Study Group @bsasocrel.bsky.social · Nov 28
SAVE THE DATE: We are pleased to announce that the SocRel annual conference for 2026 will be held at the University of Nottingham, from the 29th of June to the 1st of July in the Monica Partridge Building, University Park.
The call for papers will be shared in the coming weeks.
December 1, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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Wendy Larner, vice chancellor of @cardiffuni.bsky.social, calls our centre "a living example of the aspirations we hold here at Cardiff University as we look forward." It's about excellence as well as community partnerships!

Full speech here:
youtu.be/hfK0-ANnaFU?...
November 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Deputy Director @abdulazim.bsky.social was hanging up a display from the History of Islam in Wales project he's been leading on. Hyfred to have these materials in the Senedd as Islamophobia Awareness Month draws to a close.
Easels with posters and also a concertina board with posters in a large, slate-floored mezzanine in the Welsh Senedd. The roof has undulating beams of red cedar, and there are wide windows. A bearded man in a grey jumper fastens a poster to a grey temporary wall.
November 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
islamukcentre.bsky.social
Deputy Director @abdulazim.bsky.social was hanging up a display from the History of Islam in Wales project he's been leading on. Hyfred to have these materials in the Senedd as Islamophobia Awareness Month draws to a close.
Easels with posters and also a concertina board with posters in a large, slate-floored mezzanine in the Welsh Senedd. The roof has undulating beams of red cedar, and there are wide windows. A bearded man in a grey jumper fastens a poster to a grey temporary wall.
November 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Wendy Larner, vice chancellor of @cardiffuni.bsky.social, calls our centre "a living example of the aspirations we hold here at Cardiff University as we look forward." It's about excellence as well as community partnerships!

Full speech here:
youtu.be/hfK0-ANnaFU?...
November 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Our Research Associate @haroonsidat.bsky.social was respondant at the launch for a collection of essays on Islamic Education in honour of Syed Ali Ashraf. Abdul Mabud of the Islamic Academy in Cambridge edited the volume and spoke about Ashraf. @sadekhamid.bsky.social hosted the event in Manchester.
A book cover, facing the camera but perched on a stack of more books, with a blurred background showing a man in a beard and classes speaking to someone else just inside the frame. The book is Education of the Interior: Essays in Honour of Professor Syed Ali Ashraf, edited by Shaykh Abdul Mabud. Three men of South Asian ethnicity stand before a banner and an upturned table and before a table with stacks of books and, to the right, a microphone. All are bearded: the man on left is in a tan coat and pale scarf, the man central is in trousers and a white shirt with a grey jacket overtop, and the man at right is in a smart slate-blue suit with white shirt and pale silver tie.
November 24, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Warm words from Wendy Larner, vice chancellor for @cardiffuni.bsky.social, about our Centre for the Study of Islam in the UK on the occasion of its 20th anniversary.

Her welcome speech in full is available here: youtu.be/hfK0-ANnaFU?...
November 24, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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Vice Chancellor Wendy Larner speaks about how the Islam-UK Centre aligns with @cardiffuni.bsky.social's priorities as a global-civic institution. This was from our 20th anniversary celebration event in September.
November 21, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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Vice Chancellor Wendy Larner speaks about how the Islam-UK Centre aligns with @cardiffuni.bsky.social's priorities as a global-civic institution. This was from our 20th anniversary celebration event in September.
November 21, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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Our research associate @haroonsidat.bsky.social was in Turkey recently and spoke about Muslims in Britain with television station TVNet. His packaged piece is up on YouTube - the narration and captions are in Turkish but Haroon's comments (from 2:15) are in English. www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_Rr...
Avrupa İslam’ın yeni merkezi mi?
YouTube video by TVNET X
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November 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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As Civic Mission Lead for my school and a staff member with @islamukcentre.bsky.social I'm glad to share this video on the same day as Cardiff Uni's Global-Civic Conference. I think our work epitomises the principles of partnership (and our vice chancellor thinks so, too) youtu.be/miHedozIUt8?...
20 years of the Islam-UK Centre
YouTube video by Islam UK (IUKC)
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November 5, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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A lovely look back at our 20th anniversary event from the start of the academic year.

Please watch and share!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=miHe...
20 years of the Islam-UK Centre
YouTube video by Islam UK (IUKC)
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November 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Job opportunity in Glasgow! There's a vacancy in the Sociology department with a focus on social justice and inequalities.
October 28, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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Last month, we celebrated 20 years as the first research centre dedicated to understanding Muslims in Britain in sociological perspective. One of our current PhD students, Nancy Kemal, has written up her reflections on the event and its significance for her.

blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/islamukcentr...
A row of seven people seated behind and around a long tale covered with a red tablecloth. The front reads Centre for the Study of Islam in the UK and its translation in Welsh, along with logos for Cardiff University and the centre itself. The people are mostly older. A woman to the right in a white jacket and skirt holds a microphone and reads from comments on a paper.
October 28, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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Mabrouk and llongyfarchiadau to our colleague @karinwahlj.bsky.social of @cujournmedcul.bsky.social as the newly incoming president for @icahdq.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 10:15 AM