A cultural show which presented artistic and intellectual work from the Muslim  Community including music by Aashiq al Rasul, Royal Montreal Burdah Ensemble and artwork by Shahida Ahmed a leading local Muslim artist.
 

The event was attended by a number of special guests, including:
• Baron Lorn Thyssen- Bornemisza of Switzerland and the Lord Charles Pelham - Earl of Yarborough
• Shaykh Syed Irfan Shah Mashadi, leading Sufi and Islamic scholar of in the UK.  
• Shaykh Muhammad Rasool Bakhsh Sa'eedi President of Jamah Ahlu Sunnah UK
• Shaykh Rabbani Afghani who he holds the post of General secretary to Jamat Ahlusunnah UK.
 

 

Further Background Information:
 

• Arts & culture is helping to rescue an entire generation of young Muslims from extremists who seek to turn them into ‘holy warriors’ and suicide bombers,”
 

• Fed up at how Islamic extremists are radicalising young people and trying to encourage militant distortions of Islam, the founders of the new charity CSCA have set themselves the objective of inspiring a popular resistance to extremism.
 

Shaykh Hisham Kabbani is the spiritual guide of the Centre for Spirituality and Cultural Advancement. His global work is to spread the Sufi teachings of the brotherhood of mankind and the Unity of belief in God that is present in all religions and spiritual paths. His efforts are directed at bringing the diverse spectrum of religions and spiritual paths into harmony and concord, in recognition of mankind's responsibility as caretaker of this fragile planet and of one another.
 

SPIRITUALITY IN ACTION: MANCHESTER VIP EVENT