Carrying the Trust!

Jamia Al-Karam has long prioritised education, scholarship and the transmission of sacred knowledge from one generation to the next. Founded by Shaykh Muhammad Imdad Hussain Pirzada in 1985, and later established at its home of Eaton Hall in Retford, Jamia Al-Karam has, for over four decades, nurtured generations of scholars, Imams, teachers and community servants who continue to serve mosques, institutions and wider society across the United Kingdom and beyond.

Over the years, Jamia Al-Karam has also actively pursued public engagement through a range of initiatives, including outreach workshops, seminars and training courses, nationwide lectures, partnerships with Al-Azhar University, and landmark gatherings such as the Gateway to Divine Mercy events in Manchester and Birmingham, as well as its annual conferences in Milton Keynes and Retford. Central to this tradition are its official conferences, which in 2024 took on a renewed form as JAK 2024 Convention, titled Embracing Change: Navigating New Realities, followed by JAK 2025 Convention, titled Echoes of Guidance.

Building on the success and uplifting experience of the previous conventions, Jamia Al-Karam now welcomes you to JAK 2026 Convention; its annual gathering of learning, reflection and purpose.

In this renewed form, the convention reflects Jamia Al-Karam’s transition into a new chapter: one that builds upon inherited scholarship while engaging modern Britain with confidence, relevance and a clear sense of belonging.

This year’s convention, titled Carrying the Trust, brings together a rich programme of lectures, panel discussions, tributes, presentations, awards and the graduation ceremony of Jamia Al-Karam’s male and female scholars. It will explore themes including British Muslim leadership, the role of the Imam in society, lessons from Muslim Spain, Islamic worship, artificial intelligence and Islamic scholarship, humanitarian action, illness and faith, and the final witness of El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz.

The convention aspires, by Allah’s will, to be a day of knowledge, remembrance, clarity and renewal; rooted in tradition, attentive to the realities of contemporary Britain, and committed to nurturing scholarship, service and moral responsibility for our time.

Carrying the Trust!

Jamia Al-Karam has long prioritised education, scholarship and the transmission of sacred knowledge from one generation to the next. Founded by Shaykh Muhammad Imdad Hussain Pirzada in 1985, and later established at its home of Eaton Hall in Retford, Jamia Al-Karam has, for over four decades, nurtured generations of scholars, Imams, teachers and community servants who continue to serve mosques, institutions and wider society across the United Kingdom and beyond.

Over the years, Jamia Al-Karam has also actively pursued public engagement through a range of initiatives, including outreach workshops, seminars and training courses, nationwide lectures, partnerships with Al-Azhar University, and landmark gatherings such as the Gateway to Divine Mercy events in Manchester and Birmingham, as well as its annual conferences in Milton Keynes and Retford. Central to this tradition are its official conferences, which in 2024 took on a renewed form as JAK 2024 Convention, titled Embracing Change: Navigating New Realities, followed by JAK 2025 Convention, titled Echoes of Guidance.

Building on the success and uplifting experience of the previous conventions, Jamia Al-Karam now welcomes you to JAK 2026 Convention; its annual gathering of learning, reflection and purpose.

In this renewed form, the convention reflects Jamia Al-Karam’s transition into a new chapter: one that builds upon inherited scholarship while engaging modern Britain with confidence, relevance and a clear sense of belonging.

This year’s convention, titled Carrying the Trust, brings together a rich programme of lectures, panel discussions, tributes, presentations, awards and the graduation ceremony of Jamia Al-Karam’s male and female scholars. It will explore themes including British Muslim leadership, the role of the Imam in society, lessons from Muslim Spain, Islamic worship, artificial intelligence and Islamic scholarship, humanitarian action, illness and faith, and the final witness of El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz.

The convention aspires, by Allah’s will, to be a day of knowledge, remembrance, clarity and renewal; rooted in tradition, attentive to the realities of contemporary Britain, and committed to nurturing scholarship, service and moral responsibility for our time.