Abrar Meetings

Open Discussions in association with the Gulf Cultural Club Achieving inner satisfaction and outer peace Embrace divine teachings to change life   Tuesday 12th January 2021   *Shaykh Fadhlalla Haeri (spiritual philosopher) **Ali Azam (Researcher in Value Ethics) We ...

Open Discussions in association with Gulf Cultural Club If you love me keep my commandments The spiritual meaning of love   Tuesday 15th December 2020   Revd Suzanne Vernon-Yorke (Church of England priest) Rianne ten Veen (Environmental activist) ...

Open Discussions  in association with Gulf Cultural Club   Tuesday 3rd November 2020    Muhammad (PBUH); the Noble Prophet,  the religion of Islam and the historical distortions   *Professor John V. Tolan (historian) **Professor Mohammad Iqbal Asaria, (academic, economist) ***Jumana Moon (storyteller)   Muhammed ...

Open Discussions in association with Gulf Cultural Club Middle Eastern Art under Covid-19 14th October 2020   *Rose Issa (Curator, writer & producer) **Najlaa El-Ageli (Founder of Noon Arts) ***Yousif Nasser (Iraqi artist & journalist) ****Becky Harrison (Communications ...

Open Discussions in association with the Gulf Cultural Club  Imam Hussain’s revolt, faith and reform  Tuesday, 18th August 2020   *Tara O’Grady (human rights activist) **Dr Alireza Bhojani (academic, author)  ***Dr Laith Kubba (academic, political commentator)    The first ten ...

Open Discussions in association with Gulf Cultural Club Tuesday, 2nd June 2020 India; Largest democracy tainted by extremist excesses * Lord Ahmed of Rotherham (Member of the House of Lords) Annexation of Kashmir by India ** Phillip Bennion (former Member of ...

Open Discussions in association with Gulf Cultural Club Ramadan experience during lockdown: Self-realisation through worship in seclusion [Speakers via Webex] Wednesday, 6th May 2020   * Shaykh Arif Abdulhussain (religious scholar) **Soraya Boyd (Humanist activist) ***Dr Aly El Kabbany (coronavirus survivor, writer and political ...

Open Discussions in association with  Gulf Cultural Club Open Society and Islam A paradigm shift: towards strengthening humanity and faith Tuesday 10th March 2020 Speaker: Ali Azam Discussant: Syed Mohsin Abbas Chairman: Shabbir Razvi   Muslims in the West are being perceived as ...

Open Discussions in association with the Gulf Cultural Club Tuesday, 17th December 2019 What makes a good Christian?   * Rev. Dr. Reynaldo Leão Neto (Methodist superintendent minister) ** Sayed Hashem Moosavi (Director, Islamic Centre of England) ***Dr Theodora Hawksley ...

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 ...