This event will start with a 10 minute specially recorded message from Shaykh Hamza Yusuf addressing our Bradford audience.

The tenth century theologian, writer and mystic Al-Ghazali is one of the

most important and influential Islamic scholars of all time and his

seminal work the Ihya’ Ulum al-Din’ (The Revival of Religious

Sciences), blending critical thought and theology with al-Ghazali’s

mystic experiences of Sufism, had a significant impact on medieval Muslim

and Christian philosophy. Many Muslim scholars consider this work to be

the most important literary contribution for Muslims after the Qur’an and

Hadith.

We are delighted to host the UK launch of the Ghazali Children’s Project

which has been created to impart the beauty of this work to children

through storytelling, guided reflection, and instruction to teach them how

to preserve the pure hearts they were born with. The project has created

beautifully illustrated books and workbooks for children as well as parent

and teacher manuals.

In this event Aisha Gray Henry, head of non-profit interfaith publishing

house Fons Vitae, which has created the series, will be discussing the

project, why the writings of al Ghazali remain important and relevant in

the twenty-first century, and the critical importance of conveying this

message to the next generation.