About this Event
Organised by Islamic Courses, Nida Trust with the support of Ebrahim College:
LAUNCH OF THE MULTIPLEX EDUCATION CERTIFICATION PROGRAMME
With Professor Recep Şentürk [President of Usul Academy and Dean of the College of Islamic Studies, Hamad Bin Khalifah University, Qatar]
Date and time: Saturday 4th July 2026, 10.30am - 12.30pm
Venue: Ebrahim College, 399-401 High Street, Stratford, London E15 4QZ
[Live in-person at the college and online]
[All welcome, FREE ENTRANCE but pre-registration]
Come and find out about the 'Multiplex Education Certificate Programme' launched by the Usul Academy.
Multiplexity refers to the multiple ontological, epistemological, and methodological layers, levels, and approaches to the study of reality. It postulates the multiple levels of being to which correspond epistemological modes of knowing and multiple methodological approaches for each modality.
Why Multiplex Education? Over the past decade, there has been an explosion of interest and a growing number of publications on topics related to Islamic Education. Alongside the growth in the literature, this period has also witnessed the increased establishment of Islamic schools and conferences, symposiums, and courses on Islamic Education. Such an interest for Islamically-oriented educational theory and practice continues to grow alongside the interest in the new generation of Muslim educators who desire supplementary training in Islamic knowledge and the rich tradition of Islamic Education to incorporate into their teaching and research. Muslims have become dissatisfied with merely importing Western ideas and models to their countries and communities and are in search of truly Islamically-rooted answers to the educational challenges. Furthermore, the broader field of education is also looking to add diverse voices and perspectives to the discourse. Yet there is a dearth of programs that can adequately address this urgent ummatic need. While some programs in Islamic Education do now exist, none offer an integration of traditional Islamic perspectives and values with contemporary educational theory and practice like the Multiplex Education Certificate. Usul Academy aims to address this urgent need.
This 12-month certificate is a rigorous foundational holistic education course of study that brings traditional Islamic knowledge and practice into dialogue with contemporary educational theory and practice to better prepare teachers in the emerging field of contemporary Islamic Education.
Who Should Apply? Who is the program aimed at? The certificate is designed to be appealing to a wide spectrum of Muslims working on the broad area of education:
1. Teachers; Educators working in Islamic schools and non-Islamic schools
2. Home educators who are educating their own children at home (homeschooling).
3. Leaders, school principals, and school administrators working in Islamic schools or with Muslim students.
4. Imams and coordinators of Islamic Studies programs at schools.
5. Curriculum designers/developers working in or for Islamic schools or Islamic curriculum projects.
6. Students with Islamic Studies Background (Dar al-‘Ulum or other) looking to work in the field of education.
Come and find out in this open day session with the President of Usul Academy, Professor Recep Şentürk and learn about 'Multiplex Education' and ask questions to him directly on the program structure, prerequisites, particulars, evaluations, assessments and anything else.
About the speaker: *Professor Recep Şentürk is the president of Usul Academy and teaches Sirah; Riyah al-Salihin; 40 Hadiths of Imam Nawawi and Comparative Theories and Methods. He currently serves as Dean of the College of Islamic Studies at Hamad Bin Khalifah University. He was the founding president of Ibn Haldun University (IHU) in Istanbul (2017-2021). He obtained his BA from The School of Islamic Studies at Marmara University and MA in Sociology at Istanbul University. He pursued his PhD in Sociology at Columbia University in New York. He served as a researcher at The Center for Islamic Studies (İSAM) in Istanbul, and the founding director of the Alliance of Civilizations Institute. He is head of the International Ibn Haldun Society. He has published widely in English, Arabic and Turkish on a whole range of topics, including social theory and methods, civilization, modernization, sociology of religion, networks of ḥadīth transmission, Malcolm X, Islam and human rights, modern Turkish thought, and the life and ideas of Ibn Khaldūn. Among his books are: Narrative Social Structure: Hadith Transmission Network 610-1505; Malcolm X: The Struggle for Human Rights, and in Turkish; Open Civilization: Towards a Multi- Civilizational Society and World; Islam and Human Rights; Ibn Khaldun: Contemporary Readings; Malcolm X: Struggle for Human Rights; Social Memory: Hadith Transmission Network 610-1505. Şentürk’s works have been translated to Arabic, Japanese and Spanish.
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ALL WELCOME - FREE ENTRANCE! PRE-REGISTRATION ONLY!
DEADLINE FOR BOOKINGs APPLY after which registrations will close!
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Ebrahim College - Stratford, 401 High Street, London, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00
