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UPDATES JAN-MAR 2019 - INTERVIEWS AND TAFSIR!
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AUGUST 2018: The Khoja Shia Ithna-Asheri Community Diaspora: An Exploratory Overview, delivered at Shi'a Ithna-Asheri Muslim Community of Middlesex (SICM), North Harrow, UK.
This exploratory talk will provide some reflection about the Khoja Shia Ithna-Asheri Community diaspora which is part of the global Indian community. It will begin by providing a rationale and conceptual framework used for the study and delve briefly into the circumstances under which the Khoja Shia Ithna-Asheries had to migrate from India and then emigrate to East-Africa, Europe, Canada, United States of America and elsewhere. It will explore the extent of acculturation and transformation that affected the community, its current challenges and whether it is able to overcome them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qdqZN3hbNM
JULY 2018: Quran Gujarati Tafsir - Part 1 – Introduction ( કુરાન ગુજરાતી તફસિર - ભાગ 1 – પરિચય)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2i41jM07Is
JULY 2018: Quran Gujarati Tafsir - Part 2 – Introduction ( કુરાન ગુજરાતી તફસિર - ભાગ 1 – પરિચય)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj1fLZnbv0o
JANUARY - 2018 - LAUNCH OF PROMOTIONAL VIDEO: THE KHOJA AWAKENING THINK TANK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHubLHRVOAg
NOVEMBER - 2017 - A CALL FOR JUSTICE - REVIVING QUR'ANIC PRINCIPLES
My heart saddens at the escalating sequence of events pertaining to scholarly and public disagreements within our small community. The last few months have shown that we simply do not have the maturity or a process within our community institutions to handle differences of opinion coming from the mimbar (pulpit). Whether a person is a male or female, scholar or layman, leader or volunteer, we do not have the God-given or human right to be aggressive or abuse anyone. We do not have the right to be suspicious of a person’s action as a crime or a sin until there is proof to class it as such. We do not have the right to articulate a judgement on a person’s views until sound, transparent evidences and testimonies have been gathered. This is the essence of justice. READ MORE BY CLICKING THE LINK BELOW:
my heart saddens at the escalating sequence of events perta
ining to scholarly and
public disagreements within our small community. The last few months have shown that we
simply do not have the
maturity or a process within our
community institutions to handle
differences of opinion coming from the mimbar (pulpit).
Whether a person is a male or female,
scholar or layman, leader or volunteer, we do not have the God
-
given or human right to be
aggressive or abuse anyone. We do not have the right to be suspicious of a person’s action as a
crime or a sin until there is pr
oof to class it as such. We do not have the right to articulate a
judgement on a person’s views until sound, transparent evidences and testimonies have been
gathered. This is the essence of justice.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/mpboe4gy7cabuwn/A%20Call%20for%20Justice%20-%20Sibtain%20Panjwani%20PDF.pdf?dl=0
APRIL - 2017 - THE ISSUE OF BANNING SPEAKERS
What have our Imams said on the issue of banning speakers? How did they deal with scholars who disagreed with them? Is it the practice of the Ahl al-Bayt (a.s) to ban those who disagree with them? Find out in the latest Awakening Project report:
'On the Subject of Banning'
https://www.dropbox.com/s/aokejkt59w5yi34/2017%20-%20ON%20THE%20SUBJECT%20OF%20BANNING.pdf?dl=0
MARCH - 2017
JANUARY 2017 - ‘Why should you be a member of Khoja Shia Ithna-Asheri Muslim Community?’
At ‘The Awakening Project’ seminar held in Dar es Salaam in October 2016, a critical question ‘Why should you be a member of Khoja Shia Ithna-Asheri Muslim Community?’ was raised. This seminar was held with a view to offer some reflections. For ease of listening, I have sub headed the topics. If you wish to listen then please click on the following SIX YOU TUBE LINKS (More will follow in due course):
1. Why should you be a member of Khoja Shia Ithna-Asheri Muslim Community?” – SHORT HIGHLIGHT (3mins) - https://youtu.be/71957kjaapM
2. Why should you be a member of KSIMC?” – DAR es SALAAM JAMAAT– HISTORICAL – PART 1(13 Mins) - https://youtu.be/W3Ak9PdS3b0
3. Why should you be a member of KSIMC ?” – JAMAAT and UNITY – PART 2 – (7Mins) https://youtu.be/lKjYoq86RQI
4. Why should you be a member of KSIMC ?” - GLOBALISATION, DIASPORA, BELONGING – Part 3 – (9 Mins) https://youtu.be/dfiLjknm4zg
5. Why should you be a member of KSIMC ?” IDENTITY/FAITH/LANGUAGE– PART 4 – (9 Mins) - https://youtu.be/QcgOec4ftE8
6. Why should you be a member of KSIMC ?” - COMMUNITY IDENTITY and CHANGE – PART 5 – (10 Mins) - https://youtu.be/hfGjHRbam4Q
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