Open Discussions
in association with
Gulf Cultural Club
invites you to a Discussion titled:
International Day in Support of Victims of Torture (26 June)
Religion, culture and human cruelty
Speakers
*Mohammad Iqbal Asaria, CBE (intellectual economist)
** Jonathan Fryer (writer, peace activist)
Human violence is plaguing modern societies more than ever. Despite the advances in law enforcement processes, the highly-publicised (and probably over-rated) advances in legislation on human rights, peace-making and other international covenants human life, dignity and rights remain at risk of gross violations not only by rogue or criminal individuals but by governments who have adopted cultures of impunity to protect abusers of God-given rights. How do religions and spiritual ideologies approach this epidemic? What has gone wrong with the international processes which aim to achieve more peaceful human environment that have been in place since WW2? Can Islam and Christianity provide guidelines to achieve better approaches to safeguard human rights, dignity and peace?
6.30pm, Tuesday, 26th June 2018
Venue: Abrar House, 45 Crawford Place, W1H 4LP
*Mohammad Iqbal Asaria is special advisor to the Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Britain on business and economic affairs and a tutor on the MCB’s leadership development programme. In the late 1980s, he was the editor-in-chief of Afkar, a ground-breaking news and analysis journal published in London. Iqbal’s current interests are in Islamic and Moral Finance. He was awarded the CBE in the 2005 Queen’s Honours List for services to international development.
** Jonathan Harold Fryer is a British writer, lecturer and broadcaster who has been focussing on the Middle East since being part of the BBC’s 24-hour rolling news team covering the 1990-1991 Gulf War. The author of a dozen non-fiction books — including “Fuelling Kuwait’s Development” and “Kurdistan: A Nation Emerges” — Jonathan is a regular commentator on events in the region for Arab television channels, as well as teaching a course at London University’s School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). He is a member of the Quaker movement.
Admission is Free. Please register for catering purposes – email: d05sa@yahoo.co.uk or text 07795 660 438
