The Muslim Institute 9th Ibn Rushd lecture

Monday 15th July, central London

This year’s Ibn Rushd lecture will bring to life and honour the hidden histories of Muslim women in Britain.

Professor Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor, co-editor of a groundbreaking new book on the subject, will tell the stories of Muslim women who lived in Britain between the mid-nineteenth and mid-twentieth centuries, from Victorian times to the years immediately after the Second World War—just before immigration profoundly affected the size and composition of Britain’s Muslim communities. It reveals a rich variety of experiences, including Muslim women who travelled to or away from Britain, and many who converted to Islam within the British Isles.

Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor’s presentation for the Ibn Rushd lecture this year will reinstate Muslim women as actors, storytellers and storymakers who have shaped the history of Britain and of ‘British Islam’.