Breaking the Silence: Bahraini Women Political Prisoners Expose Systemic Abuses – Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain

Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) and the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy are pleased to release Breaking the Silence: Bahraini Women Political Prisoners Expose Systemic Abuses, which examines the cases of nine former and current women political prisoners in Bahrain from the moment of their …

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2019 Majlis: A Spiritual Gathering for Imam Husayn

Princeton University Majlis a spiritual gathering for Imam Husayn with Zakira Shyrose Jaffar & renowned reciters WED SEPT 25 | 7.30 PM Carl Fields Center Living Room 58 Prospect Ave Princeton University Join us for a commemoration of the life and struggles of Imam Husayn (pbuh), the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), as we consider the struggles of justice in our own time.

Bahraini Court Rejects Appeal to Grant Prominent Human Rights Defender a Non-Custodial Sentence

17 September 2019 – Bahrain’s High Appeals Court refused to grant a non-custodial sentence to the country’s most prominent human rights defender, Nabeel Rajab, who is currently serving a five-year prison term for his critical comments on social media, the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) said.

Time for Reflection on the Day of Ashura to Members of The Scottish Parliament

On Tuesday 10th September, Ameed Versace of the Scottish Ahlul Bayt Society delivered a Time for Reflection on the Day of Ashura to Members of The Scottish Parliament. The Day of Ashura is observed by Muslims across the world.

1. 26th International Congress of the German Middle East Studies Association (DAVO) Combined with the Conference of the Section for Islam Studies of the Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft (DMG), Hamburg, 3-5 October 2019 Registration for participation is possible until the start of the conference and onsite. Program and further information: https://www.aai.uni-hamburg.de/en/voror/veranstaltungen/2019-davokongress.html

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1. Annual Conference of the British Association for Islamic Studies Monday 6th-Tuesday 7th April 2020 The Aga Khan University, Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations 10 Handyside Street, London, N1C 4DN Call for Papers and Panels Following the success of its conferences in Edinburgh (2014), London (2015 and 2016), Chester

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Bahrain: Denial of medical care for seriously ill imprisoned activist ‘latest act of cruelty’

The Bahraini authorities’ inhuman denial of urgent medical treatment for seriously ill Bahraini academic and opposition activist, Dr Abdel-Jalil al-Singace, is a denial of his right to health and an act of intentional cruelty, said Amnesty International today.

Book Launch – “The Rebel and the Imam in Early Islam” by Najam Haider

Eventbrite – Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations presents Book Launch – “The Rebel and the Imam in Early Islam” by Najam Haider – Wednesday, 16 October 2019 at Aga Khan Centre (Room 215, 2nd floor). Find event and ticket information.

A bird’s eye view of Asia: A continental landscape of minorities in peril

Many in Asia look at the Middle East with a mixture of expectation of stable energy supplies, hope for economic opportunity and concern about a potential fallout of the region’s multiple violent conflicts that are often cloaked in ethnic, religious and sectarian terms. Yet, a host of Asian nations led by men and women, who redefine identity as concepts of exclusionary civilization, ethnicity, and religious primacy rather than inclusive pluralism and multiculturalism, risk sowing the seeds of radicalization rooted in the despair of population groups that are increasingly persecuted, disenfranchised and marginalized.