The Centre for Academic Shia Studies (CASS) is pleased to announce a weekly discussion event during the month of Ramadan. The discussions will be held at the Al-Khoei Foundation every weekend at 8.00 pm and will be followed by the breaking of the fast (iftar).

Saturday 11 June 2016: Arab Shi’as: Nationalism, Citizenship and Loyalty

Ranj Alaaldin, LSE

Jane Kinninmont, Chatham House

Ali Allawi, National University of Singapore

Saturday 18 June 2016: ISIS and the End of Times

Ayatollah Fadhil Milani, Imam Khoei Islamic Centre

Charles Tripp, School of Oriental and African Studies

Mina Al-Oraibi, Yale University

Saturday 25 June 2016: What is Shi’ism?

Ayatollah Fadhil Milani, Imam Khoei Islamic Centre

Amina Inloes, The Islamic College

Sajjad Rizvi, University of Exeter

Friday 1 July 2016: Militancy in Post-2003 Iraq

Luay Al-Khatteeb, Columbia University

Michael Stephens, Royal United Services Institute

Hayder Al-Khoei, Chatham House, CASS.

Kindly RSVP to events@shiaresearch.com

Seminar to Commemorate the Martyrdom of Imam Ali

SUNDAY 19th JUNE 2016 – 2:00 PM

VENUE – RUDOLF STEINER HOUSE

35 PARK ROAD, LONDON NW1 6XT

Opposite Mumtaz Restaurant

Tube station: Baker Street

Chair: Dr Gurdofarid Miskinzoda

Dr Gurdofarid Miskinzoda is Head of the Shiʿi Studies Unit in the Department of Academic Research and Publications at the Institute of Ismaili Studies. Gurdofarid is an Alumna of the Institute’s Graduate Programme in Islamic Studies and Humanities and the recipient of the Institute’s Doctoral Scholarship Programme. She received her BA in Oriental and African Studies (1998) and her MA in Arabic Studies (2000) from the Institute of Asian and African Countries of Lomonosov Moscow State University. Gurdofarid completed her studies with a PhD in the History of the Near and Middle East and Islam from SOAS, University of London (2007). Her thesis, entitled On the Margins of Sīra: Mughulta’i (689–762/1290–1361) and His Place in the Development of Sīra Literature focused on a work of Mughulta’i on the biography of the Prophet Muhammad. It also examined new trends in the understanding of sīra literature and some current issues of studying sīra as a genre of Muslim literary and historical tradition.

Dr. Reza Shah-Kazemi

Imam Ali’s Discourses to Kumayl

Dr. Reza Shah-Kazemi studied International Relations and Politics at Sussex and Exeter Universities before obtaining his PhD in Comparative Religion from the University of Kent in 1994. Formerly a Consultant to the Institute for Policy Research in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Dr Shah-Kazemi is at present a Research Fellow with the Department of Academic Research and Publications at the Institute of Ismaili Studies where he is Managing Editor of Encyclopaedia Islamica, the English translation and edition of the on-going multi-volume Persian Great Islamic Encyclopaedia (Da’irat al-Ma’arif-i Buzurg-i Islami). He has authored several works, including most recently The Spirit of Tolerance in Islam (IIS/IB Tauris, 2012); Spiritual Quest: Reflections on Qur’anic Prayer according to the teachings of Imam ‘Ali (IIS/IB Tauris, 2011); and Common Ground Between Islam and Buddhism (Fons Vitae, 2010).

Gulamabbas Lakha

Insights into the ʾakhlāq of Imam Ali (a.s.) from Psychology and Neuroscience

Gulamabbas Murtaza Lakha is undertaking postgraduate study approved by the British Psychological Society, focussing on mental health effects from dhikr practices and corresponding neural activity of the brain. His interests in the psychology of Islam have included research on al-Ṣaḥīfa al-Sajjādiyya at Oxford University, analysing ʾakhlāq traditions at the Islamic College in London, and lecturing for eight years on personal development from the Qurʾān, ḥadīth and Islamic history. He is an economist by profession, having been awarded the Chartered Financial Analyst designation, and manages a practice he founded twelve years ago.

AN OPEN INVITATION

PLEASE BE SEATED BY 2:00 PM

ORGANISER & SPONSOR: THE AHMED FAMILY – C/O MUHAMMADI TRUST (020 8452 1739)

The 4th Annual AMI Contemporary Fiqhi Issues Workshop

‘Western seminary’: On transnational Shiite higher education in Britain

On behalf of the International Imam Hussain Council, I am writing to cordially invite you to address Syeda Fatima Interfaith Conference.

Theme of the event is : Women of Faith in Leadership Positions.

The audience and speakers will be from major religions in the U.K and in academic and leadership positions :

Opening remarks from Host Peer, Lord Ahmed.

Parliamentarians.

Laura Marks OBE- Jewish Muslim Network

Julie Siddiqi OBE-

Santosh Das- Dalit Movement

Bharti Taylor- Hindu Forum

Katharina Smith-Muller – Interreligious Adviser

Community Leader Awards-

Your presence is eagerly anticipated in supporting this multi-faith event based on recognizing women and youth as key players in our society today.

Date: 14th of April
Time: 12:00-14:00hrs
Venue: House of Lords.

Best wishes,Julian Bond, Rabi Mark Winer and Rubab Mehdi Rizvi,
Trustees, International Imam Hussain Council

On the Shia, incl Sh al-Nimr and Ali al-Nimr, see 10.50f, 28.00f, 43.45f, 49.00f.
Broadcast on 22.3.16

Watch this also at: http://www.itv.com/hub/exposure-saudi-arabia-uncovered/2a4227a0001

British commandos are training the Bahraini armed forces to use sniper rifles

Statement from Alridha Foundation on the Brussels Terror Attacks

Kleptocracy Tour – Exploring Bahrain’s Hidden Properties in London

Q&A: The Sunni-Shia divide through the eyes of a child