Imams and Rabbis Council of the United Kingdom

Charity Registration Number: 1133235

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About

The Imams and Rabbis Council of the United Kingdom was established in 2009 following the historic mission of European imams and rabbis to the United States, when it was resolved that a religious body be founded in the United Kingdom which is wholly owned by qualified Jewish and Muslim religious scholars and clergy.

The registered charity Bnai Avraham-Banu Ibrahim (Children of Abraham) was accordingly established in which every single Trustee and staff member is qualified Jewish and Muslim clergy holding appropriate degree qualifications in the field from Jewish and Islamic universities and colleges of higher learning. This makes us a unique body in the field of Jewish-Muslim dialogue and cooperation.

The Imams and Rabbis Council of the United Kingdom is led by its Chair, Rabbi Reuben Livingstone, an Orthodox rabbi who is an academic scholar and lecturer in Jewish Studies at the Montefiore College, the London School of Jewish Studies and King’s College London. He is Senior Jewish Chaplain to Her Majesty’s Armed Forces and pioneer of Jewish-Muslim engagement on an international stage.

The Vice Chair is Sheikh Professor Mohamed Elsharkawy, Dean of Al-Azhar College, Al-Azhar Al-Sharif, and a senior scholar from Al-Azhar Al-Sharif, the oldest seat of Islamic learning in the world. He is a senior officer in the British government working on countering extremism and represented Al-Azhar Al-Sharif at the Anglican/Al-Azhar Dialogue at Lambeth Palace in 2007. The Board of Trustees include a spectrum of senior Orthodox and Progressive rabbis and senior imams from different Islamic traditions.

The charity is a member of the Inter Faith Network for the United Kingdom and a founding member of the Scriptures in Dialogue Academic Collaboration of Jewish, Christian and Islamic colleges and academic bodies.

Events

Inter Faith Week 2010

23 November 2010 – Children of Abraham Event for Jewish, Muslim and Christian Clergy at the House of Lords

25 November 2010 – Scriptural Reasoning: Religious Leaders, Worldly Power at the University of Oxford

Inter Faith Week 2011

21 November 2011 – Children of Abraham Event at the House of Lords: “Faith-ful or Faith-less – the Voice of God in the Public Sphere” launching the Scriptures in Dialogue Academic Collaboration

22 November 2011 – Countering Violent Extremism Workshop for Security and Law Enforcement Professionals at Camden Town Hall

22 November 2011 – Civic Reception for Jewish and Muslim Community Leaders at Camden Town Hall

Limmud Conference 2011 at the University of Warwick

27 December 2011 – Imams and Rabbis Panel: Building Understanding in an Age of Fracture

27 December 2011 – Imams and Rabbis Panel: Countering Violent Extremism

27 December 2011 – Fighting for the Diaspora: Jewish Soldiers in National Armed Forces

27 December 2011 – What Should Jews Talk About with Christians and Muslims?

Contact

Please write to us at enquiries [at] childrenofabraham.org.uk

Telephone: 020 7193 7943