The Edinburgh Alwaleed Centre is part of a unique network of Centres at prestigious universities around the world (Edinburgh, Cambridge, Harvard, Georgetown, the American University of Beirut, and the American University in Cairo). The Edinburgh Alwaleed Centre Image The Alwaleed Centre has developed a wide range of creative outreach projects, including this public mural painted by graffiti artist Mohammad Ali. The Edinburgh Alwaleed Centre is part of a unique network of Centres at prestigious universities around the world (Edinburgh, Cambridge, Harvard, Georgetown, the American University of Beirut, and the American University in Cairo), which are committed to encouraging better mutual understanding between the World of Islam and the West. In Edinburgh this is done through ground-breaking research and innovative outreach projects on different aspects of Islamic Studies, focused particularly on Islamic Civilisation and Muslims in Britain.Our objectives include: improving understanding of Muslims in Britain through a comprehensive educational outreach programme, and by helping to integrate the study of Islamic Civilisation into the school curriculum; advancing tolerance, mutual understanding and cross-cultural dialogue between the World of Islam and the West, by building new partnerships with institutions in the Muslim world, and with mosques and madrasas within the UK; fostering intellectual curiosity and building educational excellence among young Diaspora Muslims in the UK; creating the UK’s leading resource for expertise on Islam in the modern world; and producing a world-class cadre of researchers by providing studentships and fellowships designed to feed into the next generation of academics as well as the public and private sectors.Visit the website of the Edinburgh Alwaleed Centre to learn more. This article was published on 2024-08-28
