Short Courses
Qur'anic Arabic (tajwid)
This year-length course helps students to improve their recitation of the Qur'an. Participants must have a basic knowledge of the Arabic script. No charge is made for the course, but students are required to register.
Applications to this course are now CLOSED.
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Qur'an recitation for beginners
This 24-week course helps students to begin learning how to recite the Qur'an. No prior knowledge is required and no charge is made for the course, but students are required to register.
Applications to this course are now CLOSED.
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Essentials of Islamic worship
This modular course is designed to provide a foundational understanding of the key acts of worship in Islam, offering practical guidance about how to perform these devotional acts. No prior knowledge is required and no charge is made for the course, but students are required to register.
Applications to this course are now OPEN.
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Modern Standard Arabic
This course, offered at four different levels to cater for individual abilities, is designed to develop students' competence in Arabic. While spoken Arabic has many local and regional variants, Modern Standard Arabic serves as a common language understood throughout the Arab world.
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Modern Standard Arabic - 'Express' courses
These condensed format courses are offered at Beginner Level 1a and Elementary Level 1b running over 20 weeks from January to June 2025.
Applications for this course are now OPEN for 2026 entry.
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History of Early Islamic Public Law
In this 8-week course, we will venture to explore and reconstruct the evolution of Islamic law and its application within its various dimensions. You will engage with an eclectic mix of genres in Classical Arabic accompanied by English translations, such as administrative documents, papyri, fiqh (jurisprudential texts), and mirrors for princes, and fatāwā (legal pronouncements).
It is hoped you will come away from this class with a nuanced understanding of the Islamic justice on both theoretical and practical levels, while at the same time becoming acquainted with the diversity of Islamic society
Applications to this course are now OPEN.
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