Cardiff Muslim Medics
Est. 2016. A faith-rooted, alumni-sustained medical society at Cardiff University — and the story of how it grew.
Our history
From a study circle in a Heath Park common room to a network of 500+ Muslim medics across Wales and beyond.
A society of Muslim medics — together since 2016.
Cardiff Muslim Medics started as a group of friends who couldn't find a quiet place to pray between ISCE stations. Today, we're a registered student society at Cardiff University, with active alumni in every Welsh deanery and most major UK trusts.
We're rooted in two things: the practice of medicine, and the practice of faith. The two are inseparable for our members — and the society exists to make both possible at once during the hardest years of medical training.
Run by students.
Sustained by alumni.
- Humanitarian giving — annual graduation well through OneUmmah and orphan sponsorship.
- Faith-rooted — Islamic ethics, jum'ah space, iftar dinners, every committee.
- Specialty mentorship — matched alumni in your chosen field.
- Community health — BLS training at mosques and occasional health checkups with BIMA.
The journey
Scroll the timeline. Every milestone was built by a different cohort — and every cohort relied on the last.
Three medics start a society to run iftars and study circles during Ramadan exam season.
Free Basic Life Support training for the wider Muslim community — manikins on loan, tea provided.
Senior medics begin formally mentoring first-years through finals season.
CMM launches its first fundraiser through OneUmmah — a graduation well dedicated in the name of the graduating cohort.
CMM partners with BIMA Lifesavers to deliver Basic Life Support training at local mosques and community venues.
Formal alumni chapter founded in Wales and London. WhatsApp groups by specialty.
The society passes 500 active and alumni members across the UK.
Monthly giving goes live with founding alumni. CMM raises funds for its first orphan sponsorship alongside the annual graduation well.
The verses we return to
A society is sustained by what it remembers. These are ours.
Be part of the next chapter
The story keeps being written by every alumnus who returns something to the society that held them through finals. Become one of them.
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