Short Courses

The Centre runs introductory courses on:

This course helps students to learn to understand the Qur'an. However, participants must have a basic knowledge of the Arabic script. No charge is made for the course, but students are required to register.

These classes consider the rituals of purification (taharah), prayer (salah) and funerals (jana'iz) in the context of Muslim worship. No charge is made for the course, but students are required to register.

This course, offered at three different levels to cater for individual abilities, is designed to develop students' capability in Arabic. While Arabic has many local and regional variants, modern standard Arabic serves to provide a common language that is understood throughout the Arab world.

Designed as an introduction to Islam, this course explores three important aspects of the religion: beliefs, practices and spirituality. It helps students to understand the basic sources of the faith and provides an introduction to Islamic history. This course will be running in MT2010. See Department for Continuing Education website for details..

Email: Academic.Office@oxcis.ac.uk