Muslim Educational Trust
Encyclopedia
The Muslim Educational Trust is a British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 based organisation offering information, advice and publications about Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and .   : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...

 and the educational needs of Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...

 children in particular. It is based at 130 Stroud Green Road, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

, N4 3RZ.

Many of the Trust's publications, particularly Islam: Beliefs and Teachings
Islam: Beliefs and Teachings
Islam: Beliefs and Teachings is an internationally recognised book by Ghulam Sarwar of the Muslim Educational Trust. It was published by Sarwar as the first English textbook for madrasa students in Britain .-Publication details:...

 are offered as standard in Religious Education
Religious Education
Religious Education is the term given to education concerned with religion. It may refer to education provided by a church or religious organization, for instruction in doctrine and faith, or for education in various aspects of religion, but without explicitly religious or moral aims, e.g. in a...

 classes across the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

. Its director is Ghulam Sarwar
Ghulam Sarwar
Professor Ghulam Sarwar, born 1945 in Bangladesh, director of the Muslim Educational Trust based at Stroud Green Road in London. He is also a highly respected and recognised writer on Islam in English. -Background:...

, author of the above publication. Ed Husain
Ed Husain
Mohammed Mahbub Husain is the author of The Islamist, a book about Islamic fundamentalism, and an account of his five years as an Islamist activist. Husain also helped to create, with Maajid Nawaz, the counter-extremism organisation the Quilliam Foundation. He is currently at senior fellow at the...

 writes extensively about this book in his expose of Islamic extremism
Islamic extremism
Islamic extremism refers to two related and partially overlapping but also distinct aspects of extremist interpretations and pursuits of Islamic ideology:...

, The Islamist
The Islamist
The Islamist: Why I Joined Radical Islam in Britain, What I Saw Inside and Why I Left, is a book about Ed Husain's five years as an Islamic fundamentalist. Husain became an Islamist at the age of sixteen, but rejected fundamentalist teaching and returned to normal life and his family...

.

Books and Posters

The Muslim Educational Trust has written a variety of books.
  • Islam: beliefs and teachings- Ghulam Sarwar
  • The Beginners Book of Salah- Ghulam Sarwar
  • Islam for Younger People- Ghulam Sarwar
  • British Muslims and Schools- Ghulam Sarwar
  • Sex Education- The Muslim Perspective- Ghulam Sarwar
  • What does Islam Say?- Ibrahim Hewitt
  • Letter and Number Fun- F. Yasmeen Sarwar and Dr. Faruq N. Arefin


MET also have a series of 6 posters.

Reflect

The Reflect is a discontinued magazine that was published thrice a year. It was made for Muslim teenagers, and had articles about various topics and people, featuring articles by Ruqaiyyah Waris Mahmood, and other authors. The magazine also features interviews with a few well-known Islamic personalities, including artist Dawud Wharnsby-Ali.
The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK