Imam Monawar Hussain

Imam Monawar Hussain

Department of Theology and Religion
Founder, The Oxford Foundation, UK
Muslim Tutor at Eton College, Windsor, UK
Honorary Fellow, Edward Cadbury Centre

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I am interested in the promotion of religious harmony by educating young people and the wider public in different religious beliefs and cultures to deepen their understanding of  distinctive features and common ground in order to promote good relations between persons of different faiths and to challenge extremism in all its manifestations.

Qualifications

Imam Monawar read Theology at the University of Oxford, majoring in Islam and the West. He trained as an Imam under the tutelage of the late Sheikh Dr Zaki Badawi KBE at the Muslim College, Ealing, United Kingdom. He also holds a Master of Arts degree in Abrahamic Religions awarded by the University of London.

Research

His research interests include Islam and the West, Interfaith dialogue, Islamic reform movements, Sufism and English literature.

Other activities

Publications

Books

  • Spiritual Journeying: An exploration in the light of Spenser's The Faerie Queene and 'Attār's Conference of the Birds (Oxford: The Oxford Foundation, 2016).