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03 July 2026 / 17. Muharram 1448

Deadline Extended to 7th January 2014: Pre-Engagement Workshop - ‘A 5-step practical process on how you know you have found the right spouse’

Updated 2 January 2014

The World Federation in Partnership with The Council of European Jamaats have organised a Pre-Engagement Workshop for single males and females aged 18 and over on spouse selection.

The workshop will be facilitated by Brother Abbas Merali, co-author of Selecting a Spouse. The deadline for registration has been extended to Tuesday 7 January 2014.

Where: Hyderi Islamic Centre, 26 Estreham Road, London, SW16 5PQ
When: Sunday 12 January 2014, 9.30am – 5.30pm
Cost: £7.50 per person

This is a unique opportunity, to register please email: [email protected]

“hmm, there was so much I took away from this workshop, the interaction, the real life examples, the real life stories, the small break out groups, the discussions etc, wish we had more time, it is definitely not what I had expected and will really help m going forward” Orlando, November 2013

This is not what I had expected, practical, real, eye opening, I had never realised the mistakes I was making – wish this was there 5 years ago” Peterborough, UK  March 2013

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