To request a workshop, talk or information session for your organisation or service, drop us an email at [email protected].
The Social Hub, March 2026 - Iftaar with MLXN
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Come along to our new monthly social hub starting on 6th December 2025!
We’ll have guest speakers, games, and, most importantly, tea and biscuits!
Join us every first Saturday of the month in Westminster.
Sign up required - register here.
We’ll have guest speakers, games, and, most importantly, tea and biscuits!
Join us every first Saturday of the month in Westminster.
Sign up required - register here.
Past events
Social Hub (February 2026) - Faith and Wellness, Sheikh Abdulkarim Saleh
Social Hub (January 2026) - Let's Talk Winter Blues, Sister Mahveen
Heart Revival - Pre-Ramadan Sisters' Evening!
A pre-Ramadan gathering for sisters to strengthen our eman as we prepare to welcome Ramadan, inshaAllah!
📅 Saturday 31 January 2025
⏰ Time: 4-8pm
📍 Norbury, South London
🎟️ Fee: £5 per ticket + admin costs*
Join us for a beautiful afternoon featuring:
✨ Qur’an recitation
🕌 Uplifting Islamic talk by Ustadha Humayraa (Zidna Foundation)
🎨 Tasbih-making & Ramadan vision board workshops
🤲 Charity auction
🍰 Sweet treats
… and lots of sisterhood!
More info and book tickets here!
📅 Saturday 31 January 2025
⏰ Time: 4-8pm
📍 Norbury, South London
🎟️ Fee: £5 per ticket + admin costs*
Join us for a beautiful afternoon featuring:
✨ Qur’an recitation
🕌 Uplifting Islamic talk by Ustadha Humayraa (Zidna Foundation)
🎨 Tasbih-making & Ramadan vision board workshops
🤲 Charity auction
🍰 Sweet treats
… and lots of sisterhood!
More info and book tickets here!
Sakinah Circle - faith, healing and sisterhood
We are pleased to announce the launch of our new monthly sisters circle led by sister Nabeela.
Join us for discussions focusing on mental health as we draw strength from Islamic teachings to nurture emotional wellbeing and inner peace. With weekly reminders and shared reflections in a WhatsApp group, we strive to support and empower each other whilst trusting in Allah ﷻ's mercy and guidance.
When: every 3rd Thursday of the month, 7-8pm
(commencing 17th April 2025)
Where: online on Zoom
If you would like to sign up, please express interest via email ([email protected]) with your name and contact number, and you will be sent the Zoom link and added to the WhatsApp group.
Join us for discussions focusing on mental health as we draw strength from Islamic teachings to nurture emotional wellbeing and inner peace. With weekly reminders and shared reflections in a WhatsApp group, we strive to support and empower each other whilst trusting in Allah ﷻ's mercy and guidance.
When: every 3rd Thursday of the month, 7-8pm
(commencing 17th April 2025)
Where: online on Zoom
If you would like to sign up, please express interest via email ([email protected]) with your name and contact number, and you will be sent the Zoom link and added to the WhatsApp group.
Sign up to our mailing list to be alerted of future events
'Cultural Competence within Muslim Communities' training for NHS Talking Therapies
This week (12/11/25), we delivered a training session for NHS Talking Therapies teams across South West London. With the support of Counsellor and Ustadh Muhammad Raja, we explored the basics of cultural competence, how it applies to Muslim communities within the context of mental healthcare, and the link between Islam and mental health.
To request a similar session for your team, drop us an email at [email protected]
To request a similar session for your team, drop us an email at [email protected]
MLXN Volunteer Open Day
Interested in using your lived experience in peer support and other voluntary opportunities?
Come along to our Open Day for Volunteers to learn more!
🗓️ Sat 25th Oct 2025
⏰ 12.30-4pm
📍 Westminster
👥 Brothers and sisters
Refreshments provided.
Register here: CLOSED
Come along to our Open Day for Volunteers to learn more!
🗓️ Sat 25th Oct 2025
⏰ 12.30-4pm
📍 Westminster
👥 Brothers and sisters
Refreshments provided.
Register here: CLOSED
MLXN/Muslim Aid Walk for Palestine
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Interested in connecting with our supportive community, getting your steps in AND supporting a good cause? 🍉
We are excited to announce MLXN WALKS FOR PALESTINE in collaboration with @muslimaid
As this is our first charity event, spaces are extremely limited and are being offered on first come first served basis.
🗓️ Sat 18th Oct
📍 White Cliffs of Dover
🎟️ £20 registration fee
👥 Brothers and sisters
Fundraising target per person: £300 (including registration fee)
The walk will be up to 2 hours. A coach pick up and drop off from London is included. Refreshments will be provided.
Register to join the walk & fundraise for Palestine : Trek for Palestine with MLXN | Muslim Aid
Funds raised will be contributed to one of Muslim Aid’s projects serving Palestine depending on the situation at the time.
Link to donate : MLXN Walks for Palestine | LaunchGood
Interested in connecting with our supportive community, getting your steps in AND supporting a good cause? 🍉
We are excited to announce MLXN WALKS FOR PALESTINE in collaboration with @muslimaid
As this is our first charity event, spaces are extremely limited and are being offered on first come first served basis.
🗓️ Sat 18th Oct
📍 White Cliffs of Dover
🎟️ £20 registration fee
👥 Brothers and sisters
Fundraising target per person: £300 (including registration fee)
The walk will be up to 2 hours. A coach pick up and drop off from London is included. Refreshments will be provided.
Register to join the walk & fundraise for Palestine : Trek for Palestine with MLXN | Muslim Aid
Funds raised will be contributed to one of Muslim Aid’s projects serving Palestine depending on the situation at the time.
Link to donate : MLXN Walks for Palestine | LaunchGood
'Cultural Competence within Muslim Communities' training
This week (10/09/25), we delivered a training session for OASIS teams across South London (supporting people experiencing psychosis). With the support of Imam Shakeel, we explored the basics of cultural competence, how it applies to Muslim communities within the context of mental healthcare, and the link between Islam and mental health.
To request a similar session for your team, drop us an email at [email protected]
To request a similar session for your team, drop us an email at [email protected]
Flowering Your Foundation
We are so excited to deliver a wellbeing session on Tackling Self-Sabotage and Raising Self-Esteem with 248impact for young women. Details on flyer.
Unhelpful Thinking Styles and Islam
MLXN delivered an exciting workshop at the Yaseen Youth (YYT) Summer Camp on Unhelpful Thinking Styles and Islam. The aim of the workshop was to give young people a nuanced understanding of mental health and wellbeing. We started off with lived experience stories from the network, followed by psycho-education and a fun wellbeing activity!
Insights from a Broken Mind with Chair Hamza
✨ Mark your diaries… ✨
Hamza talks about his personal experiences with mental health, positive coping mechanisms and his journey from a patient to a practitioner. Not one to miss!
🗓️ Sat 21st June
⏰ 6-8pm
📍 Lewisham Islamic Centre
👥 Open to brothers and sisters
Will you be joining us at our first in-person event organised by the lovely team at @lewishammosque?
Share with a friend you think may benefit and let us know if we’ll be seeing you on the day, inshaAllah! 🙌🏽
Hamza talks about his personal experiences with mental health, positive coping mechanisms and his journey from a patient to a practitioner. Not one to miss!
🗓️ Sat 21st June
⏰ 6-8pm
📍 Lewisham Islamic Centre
👥 Open to brothers and sisters
Will you be joining us at our first in-person event organised by the lovely team at @lewishammosque?
Share with a friend you think may benefit and let us know if we’ll be seeing you on the day, inshaAllah! 🙌🏽
MLXN at Nurturing Minds Conference
MLXN Chairs were kindly invited to speak at the Nurturing Minds: Child Development & Mental Health in the Muslim Community conference organised by the Muslim Researcher's Network, MRN Psychology, Mental Health & Islam Research Group and The Reflection Project.
📅 Date: Saturday, 3rd May 2025
📍 Location: Newnham College, University of Cambridge
🕙 Time: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
📅 Date: Saturday, 3rd May 2025
📍 Location: Newnham College, University of Cambridge
🕙 Time: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Mental Health: An Islamic Perspective with Imam Omar Hajaj
We are delighted to host Imam Omar who will be speaking on an incredibly important topic. We all have mental health and as Muslims it's vital we understand what this means for us from an Islamic perspective. The concept of 'mental health' within the secular Western framework can often lead to misconceptions about how to care for our own mental wellbeing and that of others in our community. We invite both brothers and sisters to join us for this insightful session! Network members will be sent a link automatically.
Recording and visual scribing of session below.
Recording and visual scribing of session below.
Islamophobia Awareness event (Tues 11th Feb)
Are you aware of the causes of Islamophobia and what can be done by Muslims and non-Muslims to respond?
To keep conversations going beyond Islamophobia Awareness month (November), we hosted Abdullah Saif from Muslim Engagement and Development (MEND) to deliver an informative and timely session on the Causes and Cures of Islamophobia. Check it out below and share your thoughts with us.
To keep conversations going beyond Islamophobia Awareness month (November), we hosted Abdullah Saif from Muslim Engagement and Development (MEND) to deliver an informative and timely session on the Causes and Cures of Islamophobia. Check it out below and share your thoughts with us.
Islam and Mental Health Q&A Session with Zidna Foundation (Sisters)
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Do you have a question related to mental health that you would like answered from an Islamic perspective?
We are delighted to host Ustadha Humayraa (Zidna Foundation) for a Q&A session for sisters on Friday 25th October at 6.30pm. To register for the session, sign up to our mailing list below. (Members already on our mailing list will automatically receive an invite). Submit a question to Ustadha Humayraa anonymously here. We encourage attendees to submit questions beforehand as these will take priority on the day. 
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Finding Solace in the Quran and Sunnah (Workshop Series)
A 6-week online workshop series on Finding Solace in the Quran and Sunnah. Sessions run weekly on Sundays from 08/09/24 to 20/10/24 (No session on 29/09/24). Attendees welcome to attend one, some or all sessions.
To rewatch some of the recorded sessions, please visit our YouTube page here.
To rewatch some of the recorded sessions, please visit our YouTube page here.
Finding Solace in the Quran and Sunnah (Taster Session)
If you missed the session, or would like to watch again, you can find the recording here.
Sisters Peer Support Group (Pilot Ended)
Fortnightly online peer support group for sisters, on alternating Thursdays at 7.30pm.
Please note, the pilot for the Sisters' Peer Support Group has now ended and we are currently reviewing our peer support offer. More information to follow.
Please note, the pilot for the Sisters' Peer Support Group has now ended and we are currently reviewing our peer support offer. More information to follow.
NHS Staff Event
The Muslim Lived Experience Network held a safe space for NHS staff impacted by the 2024 riots. The event was attended by Muslims and non-Muslims and highlighted the impact of community and hope in the face of hate, racism and Islamophobia.
