Islamic Psychology
From Marginalisation to Meaning: Islamophobia, & Mental Health
Date: 23rd & 24th October, 2025
Day 1:
Day 1 of this year’s Mission of Hope Mental Health Conference centres the urgent need to understand and respond to the psychological and wellbeing consequences of Islamophobia. Through trauma-informed, faith-aligned, and anti-oppressive lenses, the program addresses communical trauma, burnout, youth mental health, and collective resilience. This day is a call to acknowledge pain, disrupt erasure, and co-create healing pathways grounded in dignity and justice.
Day 2:
Day 2 shifts toward revival and restoration. As the field of Islamic Psychology rapidly grows worldwide, there is a renewed interest in re-rooting psychology within the Islamic tradition — a tradition that has long understood the human psyche through integrative and divine-centred paradigms.
The second day explores:
– Applied Islamic Psychology in therapy, education, and spiritual care
– Models that bridge neuroscience with Qur’anic anthropology
– Challenges of dilution and self-styled expertise in the popularisation of Islamic Psychology
– The importance of accreditation, ethics, and epistemology
– Case studies from Muslim-majority and Muslim-minority contexts.
Together, these two days form a complete arc — from witnessing pain to restoring meaning. From confronting systems of oppression to anchoring ourselves in a psychology that honours the fitrah, integrates the deen, and serves the ummah. This conference is not just about information; it is about transformation. It is about reclaiming the Muslim mind and spirit, both in healing from harm and in reimagining the future of mental health.
