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Event Date: 22nd May 2019
Organiser: Dialogue Society Leicester Branch & Spring Education Society

Dialogue Society Leicester Branch organised a community iftar dinner under the theme of “Understanding the Other: Prospects of Dialogue and Tolerance in a Turbulent Age”.

Batool Al-Toma, Director of the New Muslims Project Rev. Leigh Greenwood, Minister at Stoneygate Baptist Church Prof Paul Weller, Research Fellow in Religion and Society, Regent’s Park College, University of Oxford and Professor in the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University Amrin Razal, Humanitarian Aid worker with the Syrian Refugees / Poet / Radio Presenter Miriam Levene, Member of Neve Shalom, Leicester Resham Singh Sandhu, Chairman of Sikh Welfare & Cultural Society, UK & British Sikh Society Advisor

Event Date: 25th October 2019
Organiser: Dialogue Society Leicester Branch & Spring Education Society

Dialogue Society Leicester Branch organised a panel discussion with Prof Anwar Alam on the roots of radicalisation and how to alleviate it through a healthy dialogue process.

Prof Anwar emphasised that any radical thought is mostly shaped through the lack of an individual’s social bonds with other individuals. According to Alam, alienated individuals are most prone to foster radical thought and behaviour especially in the case of modern Western societies where immigrants confront mainstream society in ambiguous ways. Prof Alam also pointed out the role of activities such as those of Dialogue Society in promoting peaceful coexistence of different layers of society.

Event Date: 7th Nov 2018
Organiser: Dialogue Society Leicester Branch & Spring Education Society

Spring Educational Society and Dialogue Society organized a mini-conference on Brexit under the title of “Integration and Identity Politics in Post-Brexit Britain.”

The conference aims to discuss the impact of the United Kingdom’s leave of the European Union on various ethnic and religious communities and mainstream British society.

Speakers:
Kerim Balcı, Project Coordinator, Dialogue Society
Revd Dr Tom Wilson, Director of St Philips Centre
Dr Manmit Bhambra, Research Assistant, Middle East Centre, London School of Economics
Dr Simona Guerra, Associate Professor in Politics, University of Leicester
Dr Aleksandra Sojka, Visiting Fellow, European Institute, London School of Economics

Event Date: 12th January 2018
Organiser: Dialogue Society Leicester Branch & Spring Education Society

Dialogue Society Leicester branch held a roundtable discussion with Prof Robert Allison, Vice Chancellor and President of the Loughborough University, on ‘What can we do to prevent violence by religious extremism?’.

Prof Allison talked about the root causes of religious extremism and discussed how students from over 100 countries can feel at home and live in harmony at Loughborough University owing to set of values in place in the campus.

About Prof Robert Alison

Prof Robert Allison is the Vice-Chancellor and President of Loughborough University. He holds a BA degree in Geography at Hull University. Professor Alison has contributed to a number of organisations including the Natural Environment

Event Date: 13 Feb 2021

We are launching a three-month reading campaign in order to revive the three months of the holy time and inculcate the habit of reading and individual spirituality in our students.

For this purpose, special books were determined for each age group and individual targets were given. Our campaign started on February 13 and ended on May 12. Each student who completed their goals was given a gift.

Event Date:15th April 2021

Easter camp is full 2-day fun and religious education camp was held for 2 to 6 age groups.

Easter camp is full 2-day fun and religious education camp was held for 2 to 6 age groups. At the same time, children were encouraged by reading books + religious information categories. At the same time, talked about Ramadan and decorated places with kid’s drawings activities in this camp.

Event Date: 25th May 2018
Organiser: Dialogue Society Leicester Branch & Spring Education Society

Ramadan community iftar with Lord Mayor of Leicester and with many distinguished guests

Dialogue Society Leicester branch held a community iftar in Leicester, hosting more than 100 people from different communities. Lord Mayor of Leicester Councillor Ross Grant along with many other distinguished guests talked about dialogue and tolerance. In addition to delicious Turkish food, the iftar included an astonishing demonstration of calligraphy and Paper marbling (Ebru).

Event Date: 27th April 2021

We came together to organize an iftar program together with our student group.

We came together to organize an iftar program together with our student group, in order to understand the blessings of Ramadan and to have conversations about Ramadan. We prepared meals before iftar, and decorated the dining hall with pictures made by our students.

In the Iftar program, iftar was made from our traditional meals and gifts were given to the students.