LAUNCH OF THE MULTIPLEX EDUCATION CERTIFICATION PROGRAMME

Organised by
Islamic Courses, Nida Trust
with the support of
Ebrahim College
:
LAUNCH OF THE MULTIPLEX EDUCATION CERTIFICATION PROGRAMME
With
Professor Recep ?entürk
[
President of Usul Academy and Dean of the College of Islamic Studies, Hamad Bin Khalifah University, Qatar
]
Professor Abdul Mabud
[
Director General of the Islamic Academy, Cambridge and author of
Islamic Philosophy of Education: Principles and Applications
]*
Hafiz Mushfiq Uddin
[
Founder and Chairman of Ebrahim College
]
Ashfaque Chowdhury
[
Chairman of Association of Muslim Schools
]
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 ENTRANC
E
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 ?entürk 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 ?entürk 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 (?SAM) 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 ?ad?th transmission, Malcolm X, Islam and human rights, modern Turkish thought, and the life and ideas of Ibn Khald?n. 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. ?entürk’s works have been translated to Arabic, Japanese and Spanish.
*Professor Abdul Mabud
is the Director General of the Islamic Academy in Cambridge, set up in 1983. He completed his studies in 1970 from University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh, then his doctorate at Cambridge University and a postdoctoral degree in education. His academic interests include Western educational philosophy and its influence on the curriculum of Muslim countries, and the philosophy of Islamic education and written several books on the subject. He is the editor of the Cambridge-based education journal Muslim Education Quarterly, which focuses on Muslim educational issues worldwide. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA), a member of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, a member of the Executive Committee of the Standing Committee on Peace Education (PESC), a division of the World Conference on Religion and Peace (WCRP); editor of the International Journal of Comparative Religious Education and Values; and a member of the Advisory Board of the International Journal of Islamic and Arab Education. A co-organizer of the Seventh and Eighth World Conferences on Muslim Education, Mabud values ??the education of Muslim children and youth in Western societies and the extent to which one should embrace Western curricula. He is the director of a major research project on curriculum and textbooks at the primary and secondary levels in Bangladesh and has also worked with other Muslim organizations across the ummah. He has taught at the University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh, and at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City in the USA and recently was Professor at the Sultan Omar 'Ali Saifuddien Centre for Islamic Studies the University of Brunei.
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