The International Imam Hussain Council invites all to attend the Syeda Fatima Interfaith Conference.
The theme of the event is ‘Women as peacemakers: bridging divides and overcoming difference’.
Date: 5th of July
Time: 13:00 hrs for a !4:00hrs start
Venue: London, House of Lords.
Speakers include Rev Rose Chaplain House of Lords, Lynne Townley QC,
Jaffer Ladak, Bharti Taylor, Gurmit Kaur , Rabbi Debbie Young Somners
Lynne Townley -barrister and lecturer at City Law School, City, University of London. I am currently working on a PhD on crimes involving honour violence and forced marriage. I am a committee member of the Association of Women Barristers, a charity encouraging and assisting women and other minority candidates to become practising barristers.
Yarjan Abdul Samad-materials scientist working with European space agency on space related research.He will be part of a zero gravity flight end of this year to perform some of his scientific experiments”.
Revd Rose- Chaplain House of Lords
Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers is the Community educator at The Movement for Reform Judaism. She teaches World Religions 101; Dialogue and Encounter to student Rabbis at Leo Baeck College. She was ordained in 2009, and her first degree was in Religious Studies (2001). She is a Buber Fellow of Paideia, the European Centre for Jewish Studies. Debbie has been active both professionally and as a volunteer in the interfaith world since her teens. Her first Rabbinic post was at West London Synagogue where she co-ordinated Interfaith activities and the Jewish Preparation programme. She has been published in magazines, books, Jewish press and journals, and is a regular contributor to Radio 2’s Pause for Thought and In Spirit on BBC London
