Abrar Meetings

Open Discussions/ Gulf Cultural Club   Prophet Mohammad: Leadership, spirituality and human reform   *Samina Akram (Islamic Finance specialist) ** Karen Dabrowska (journalist, political analyst and author) ***Mariam Bakir (lawyer and social activist)   Mohammad was born in a community ...

Open Discussions/ Gulf Cultural Club   Faith community and public hardship Austerity, Brexit and fallout of conflict   *Syed Mohsin Abbas (Broadcaster, journalist and political analyst) ** Dr Aly El Kabbany (writer and political analyst) ***Julian Bond (Grants ...

Open Discussions/ Gulf Cultural Club   The Karbala epic: Personal reflections  With *Father Frank Gelli (Priest, author) **Mariam Al Rufay’ei (PhD researcher)   In the year 680 AD Prophet Mohammad’s grandson, Hussain, declared his rejection of the Umayyad ...

Open Discussions in association with Gulf Cultural Club Tuesday, 20th August 2019 Speakers: *Mohammad Umar (author, novelist) ** Stephen Sizer (priest, researcher) *** Raza Kazim (Islamic Human Rights Commission) Nigeria is one of the largest African countries but has been ...

Open Discussions in association with Gulf Cultural Club Tuesday, 23rd July 2019   Speakers *Dr Kate Godfrey-Faussett (Social activist ) ** Robin Marsh (Secretary-General for the Universal Peace Federation) *** Dr Fuad Nahdi (Executive Director of the Radical ...

Open Discussions/ Gulf Cultural Club Fasting, morality and spirituality Tuesday, 14th May 2019 *Dr Imran Panjwani (Academic) **Father Ishac Tuza (Priest at the Syriac Orthodox Church, London) *** Dr Rebecca Masterton (academic, author and Islamic scholar)   Fasting during the month ...

Open Discussions/ Gulf Cultural Club   Lent, Easter and Ramadan Religious practices in post-modern world   *John Parry (United Reformed Church minister) ** Shaykh Ayub Rashid (Religious scholar, Imam and activist) *** Hannah Brown (member of the Joint Public Issues Team ...

Open Discussions/ Gulf Cultural Club Muslims in Britain citizenship, inclusion and integration Tuesday, 5th March 2019 *Abdool Karim Vakil (Lecturer at King’s College) ** Ifath Nawaz (Chair, Legal Affairs Committee, MCB) ***Julian Bond (Grants Team Leader, The Methodist Church)   While the ...

Open Discussions/ Gulf Cultural Club Iran: Revolution and state after 40 years Mohammad Iqbal Asaria* Dr Marcus Popadopoulos** Alireza Valizadeh*** These days forty years ago the world was anxiously holding its nerves in anticipation of massive political change ...

Open Discussions/ Gulf Cultural Club Resurrecting the soul in a secular age *Dr Stephen Sizer (Director of Peacemaker Trust) ** Ranjan Parmar)Spiritual researcher) *** Sheikh Ahmad Haneef (Religious scholar) Last month I read an article titled “Resurrecting the Soul in ...