In this panel discussion the speakers will share their thoughts concerning the modality of religious experiences in their respective religions.

Dr Nermina Lamadema obtained her doctorate at King’s College School of Medicine working on gene editing of tumour suppressor genes using zinc finger nucleases.

Kate Orton-Johnson is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Edinburgh. Her research interests relate to intersections between technology, culture and everyday life. She has conducted research and published work on student use of digital technologies and social media in HE, decentralised social media, digital leisure, and social media and parenting.

Professor Basyouni Hamada is currently, he is serving as the Editor of Digital Journalism Special Issue on “ Journalism and Digital Authoritarianism”. Professor Hamada has a B.A., an M.A. and a Ph.D in Mass Communication from Cairo University, Egypt.

In this talk, Professor Abdel-Haleem will describe some details of why and how he approached the task of translating the Qur’an into English. He will list some criteria for what makes a good translation. He will discuss his goals, problems, strategies and main sources with emphasis on the importance of context and stylistic and rhetorical features of the text of the Qur’an and how these affect the translation.

Kristin Aune is Professor of the Sociology of Religion at the Centre for Peace and Security, Coventry University. She has published widely on religion in higher education, and religion and gender, and conducted many externally funded research projects on these topics.