IERA

The Islamic Education and Research Academy (iERA) is a UK-based charity dedicated to providing a better understanding of Islam in order to create a more peaceful and harmonious society. iERA is involved in supporting more than 80 local community and volunteer groups around the country, many unknown to the organisation. Our aim is to encourage Muslim communities to engage with the wider society and communicate more openly about common values and the religion of Islam. We feel this creates awareness about the true nature of the Islamic religion and its traditions. We also regularly roll out value based campaigns (e.g. Anti-Racism, Helping the Elderly etc) which support our work and help in our aim to remove common misconceptions about Islam. This helps to reduce unnecessary tensions that often arise between communities due to a lack of understanding. The tremendous amount of community work that iERA embraces as part of its core ethos can be witnessed on our community pages on this website. All of our staff and volunteers are involved in a range of outreach efforts including tackling homelessness, active support of anti-domestic violence campaign groups and many other community cohesion activities. We actively encourage others, both Muslims and non-Muslims, to do the same. Find out more at http://www.iera.org/about-us