ADVANCED STUDY WEEKEND ON SIRAH, LEADERSHIP AND STRATEGIC THOUGHT

Islamic Courses with support of Ebrahim College present:

ADVANCED STUDY WEEKEND ON SIRAH, LEADERSHIP AND STRATEGIC THOUGHT

Delivered by Professor Joel Hayward [Chief Executive of the Cambridge Muslim College, UK]*

An intensive weekend advanced study on re-examing the Prophet’sﷺ biography in light of leadership development and strategic thought and decision making for academics, ulema, thinkers and policy makers and anyone interested in leadership in the Muslim world.

This short intensive course by Muslim scholar Professor Joel Hayward [Cambridge Muslim College]— a well-published historian and strategic studies scholar known for his works of Sirah and other books — weaves together classical Islamic knowledge and methodologies and the source-critical Western historical method to make innovative yet carefully reasoned sense of complex historical issues that are still important in today’s world.

The key topics covered will be:

1. Understanding the Sirah and both its traditional construction and the modern analytical methodology of the discipline of history

2. Understanding the role of human agency in the key events of the Prophet’s ﷺ life

3. Understanding the transformational role of tribal competition and warfare in the establishment of the first Islamic ummah

4. Understanding the Prophet’s ﷺ strategic vision and his principles for what we today call statecraft

5. Developing a firm grasp of the Prophet’s ﷺ societal, military, and diplomatic leadership

6. Gaining a clear Sunnah-based working model for leadership in today’s complex world

About Professor Joel Hayward is Chief Executive of the Cambridge Muslim College. The daily newspaper Al Khaleej called him “a world authority on international conflict and strategy”. The National newspaper called him a “distinguished historian of warfare and military strategy”. Kirkus Reviews said that he “is undeniably one of academia’s most visible Islamic thinkers”. He is listed in the 2023 edition of The Muslim 500 as one of “the world’s five hundred most influential Muslims”. Hayward has earned ijazāt (teaching authorizations) in several Islamic sciences. ʿAqīdah (Islamic theology) and Sīrah (the Prophet’s biography) are his main interests. He has held various academic leadership posts, including Director of the Institute for International and Civil Security at Khalifa University (UAE), Chair of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences (also at Khalifa University), Head of Air Power Studies at King’s College London, and Dean of the Royal Air Force College (both UK). He is the author or editor of eighteen books and major monographs and dozens of peer-reviewed articles, mainly in the fields of strategic studies, the Islamic ethics of war and conflict, and both Islamic and western history. His recent books include Warfare in the Qurʾān (2012), War is Deceit: An Analysis of a Contentious Hadith on the Morality of Military Deception (2017), Civilian Immunity in Foundational Islamic Strategic Thought: A Historical Enquiry (2019), and The Leadership of Muhammad: A Historical Reconstruction. The latter won the prestigious prize of “Best International Non-Fiction Book” at the 2021 Sharjah International Book Awards. His newest book is The Warrior Prophet: Muhammad and War (2022), which has received widespread praise from reviewers. Professor Hayward has given strategic advice to political and military leaders in several countries, has given policy advice to prominent sheikhs, and was tutor to His Royal Highness Prince William of Wales, the heir apparent to the British throne. In 2011, he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and in 2012 he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. In 2016, he was named as the “Best Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences” at the Middle East Education Leadership Awards. Professor Hayward is also active in the literary arts and has published three books of fiction and four collections of Islamic poetry.

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All welcome, limited spaces, pre-registration required!

DEADLINE FOR BOOKINGS APPLY after which prices increase

For more information call/tel: 07956735301 or email: info@islamiccourses.org

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*Please note, time and resources have been set aside to ensure the programme runs in a smooth and professional manner for the maximum benefit of participants and thus unless the programme has been postponed or cancelled, there are NO REFUNDS as part of the terms and condition policy.

*Lunch and refreshments can be purchased at cafe’s or restaurant’s near to the venue and not included in ticket price.

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