Open Discussions in association with Gulf Cultural Club
invites you to a a discussiontitled:
Our future at crossroads
The role of holy scriptures in public life
Speakers
*Dr Laith Kubba (Quran researcher)
**Michale Pryke (Youth President of the Methodist Church)
***Dr Fouad Nahdi (Radical Middle Way)
In a world that is becoming largely dominated by Cyber culture, is there a place for God in public life? The holy scriptures remain the main source of religious jurisdiction, morality and conceptions to many communities in this ever-expanding world. How to reconcile the natural human demand for inner peace (through spirituality, human feelings and God’s invocation) with the excessive materialism promoted by the Cyber culture? Digitisation and spiritual contemplation; akin or foes?
6.30pm Monday 20th August 2018
Venue: Abrar House, 45 Crawford Place, W1H 4LP
Admission is Free. Please register for catering purposes –
email: d05sa@yahoo.co.uk or text 07795 660 438
*Laith Kubba is researcher and specialist in Quranic culture. He was senior program Director for the Middle East and North Africa at the National Endowment for Democracy. Formerly he was director of International Relations at the Al Khoei Foundation in London and the founder of the International Forum for Islamic Dialogue, a London-based network of liberal Islamists. He was former spokesman of the Iraqi Government. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Wales. He was born in Baghdad, Iraq.
**Michael Pryke is the Youth President at the Methodist Church. He took up his post after an election that had taken place at the preceding year’s 3Generate, the Methodist Children and Youth Assembly; taking over from the previous Youth President, Tim Annan. He had worked at Stamford in the Northampton region.
***Dr Fuad Nahdi is the Executive Director of the Radical Middle Way and Founding Editor of the pioneering Q-News – the Muslim Magazine which he founded in 1992. His contributions in fields of media, community activism and interfaith work spanning over three decades has been widely recognised in the UK and across the Muslim world. Fuad is a graduate of the Centre for Journalism at City University, London. He has worked and contributed to media organisations from around the world including Reuters, Los Angeles Times, Arab News, The Nation, ABC News, Crescent International, Africa Events and BBC World Service. His journalism and commentary has been sought after by The Economist, The Independent, The Guardian, The New York Times, The New Statesman, Arab News, Mail & Guardian (South Africa), BBC, Arabia Magazine, Asahi Shimbun, Channel 4, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and others.
