Programme 1 scholars
Dr Saeed Bahmanpour
Professor of Qur'an and Hadith Studies at the London Islamic
College and director of the London Hawza – a Shi'a Muslim institution
for religious education.
Aisha Bewley
Convert and translator of many key Islamic texts from Arabic into
English, including the Noble Qur'an and the life of the Prophet Muhammad.
Imam Muhammad Arshad Misbahi
Imam and Khatib (orator) of Manchester Central Mosque and a leading
Muslim figure in the north west of England,
Dr Mohammad Naseem
Lay Chairman of Birmingham Central Mosque, previously an imam
for many years, and a prominent media spokesman for British Islam.