Imam Ali Martyrdom Anniversary Seminar
Date/Time Date(s) - 20/07/2014 / 2:00 pm - 4:15 pm
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S E M I N A R
TO COMMEMORATE THE MARTYRDOM OF
I M A M A L I (as)
SUNDAY 20th JULY 2014 – 2:00 PM
VENUE – RUDOLF STEINER HOUSE
35 PARK ROAD, LONDON NW1 6XT
Opposite Mumtaz Restaurant
Tube station: Baker Street
Chair: Imran Imam
Imran Imam read Physics at King’s College and Imperial College, and later obtained MMaths degree from The Open University. He is currently a lecturer of A Level Mathematics and Further Mathematics. At present, he and his younger brother, Dr Aqeel Imam (Professor at Erasmus University, Rotterdam), are in the process of editing and compiling their late father S.M. Amir Imam (Hurr)’s work in English, on Anthology of Islamic Literature. The anthology deals with the works in Arabic, Persian and Urdu, of writers and poets mainly from the Indian Subcontinent.
Dr. Reza Shah-Kazemi
Imam Ali and the Esoteric Exegesis (Ta’wil) of the Holy Qur’an
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 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).
AN OPEN INVITATION
PLEASE BE SEATED BY 2:00 PM
ORGANISER & SPONSOR: THE AHMED FAMILY – C/O MUHAMMADI TRUST (020 8452 1739)
