Open Discussions / Gulf Cultural Club After 7 years of incursion into Bahrain & 3 years war on Yemen Saudi Arabia; the religious and political wars within **Sam Walton (Quaker activist) ***Jawad Fairooz (Former Bahraini MP) ****Jess Poyner ...
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Lectures
Open Discussions /Gulf Cultural Club Islamic mysticism; Sufism and Irfan Self-realisation to achieve perfection *Sheikh Saeed Bahmanpour: Irfan as a way to self-knowledge **Mahmoud Mustafa: The two schools of Rumi and Ibn Arabi ***Dr Ali Paya: ...
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Open Discussions/Gulf Cultural Club Inter-faith Discussion to mark Mohammad and Jesus birth anniversaries Faith in Action Personal experiences in religious social works and aspirations for a more spiritual, less material world Alan Murray * Anfal Al Mousawi ...
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Open Discussions /The Gulf Cultural Club The Balfour Declaration: A Century of crisis Francie Molloy MP* Reverand Stephen Sizer ** Dr Mohammad Haidar*** On 2nd November 1917 Arthur Balfour delivered his undertaking that Britain would support the creation of homeland for the Jews in Palestine who constituted ...
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Open Discussions/ Gulf Cultural Club Rise and bear witness Historic resonance of Imam Hussain’s stand for justice and morality Dr Yafa Shanneik* Amir De Martino ** Father Frank Gelli*** In a world that is becoming increasingly intolerant, corrupt, ...
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The Open Discussions / The Gulf Cultural Club Deafening silence on Rohingya Muslims https://www.facebook.com/jaafar.jasim/videos/10213471042348838/ Assed Baig* Massoud Shajarah** Jamal Harwood*** The plight of the Muslims in Myanmar is bleak. The atrocities that have been and are being committed ...
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Open discussions in association with the Gulf Cultural Club seminar on Pakistan, regional balance and terrorism Tuesday 8th August 2017 Speakers: Dr Sayed Inayatullah Andrabi, Sheikh Mosharraf Hussain and Dr Kamal Helbawi Chairman: Shabir Razvi Chairman: Shabbir Rizvi: ...
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Open Discussions/ Gulf Cultural Club The Saudi-Qatar saga: The GCC, political mis-adventurism and terrorism Dr Hamza Al Hassan * Stephen Bell ** Dr Sami Ramadani *** When you’re in a hole, stop digging! The sudden eruption of hostilities ...
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Open Discussions/ Gulf Cultural Club Fasting to enrich the soul in an empty world Dr Rebecca Masterton* Father Laurence Hillel ** Ausaf Farooqi*** . We can conclude that on a collective level we need to go back ...
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Open Discussions/ Gulf Cultural Club ‘An Evening with *Hashi Mohamed’ Muslim Youth: Escaping the prevailing paradigm of terrorism, underachievement and alienation Wednesday, 3rd May 2017 Chairman: My name is Shabir Razvi. I will be hosting the programme this evening ...
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Open Discussions/ Gulf Cultural Club Moral, ideological and political crisis of the West Prof Ziauddin Sardar * Clive Hambidge** Catherine Shakdam*** Recent developments in the Western hemisphere have raised concerns among thinkers and ideologues about the state of ...
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Turkey: Important power in a troubled region Dr Turhan Ozen * Professor Tahir Abbas** Turkey is one the largest Muslim countries in the world. It has a history of ambitious expansion that enabled it in the past to ...
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