and social responsibility
Open Discussions
in association with
Gulf Cultural Club
invites you to a
Ramadan Experience
and discussion titled:
Fasting: The path to human perfection
and social responsibility
Speakers
* Sheikh Ahmed Haneef (Religious scholar)
**Robin Marsh (Secretary General, Universal Peace Foundation)
***Amani Yassine Sa’ad (Postgraduate student)
The least one may contribute to this planet is by reducing consumption. Excessive draining of the natural resources is a factor in the discourse on climate change. Fasting is, in theory at least, reduces the intake of the human body. The holy month of Ramadan provides the opportunity to achieve this. In addition to the health factor, the social element and the solidification of the human bonds, the spiritual benefits of fasting are numerous. Bloated stomachs have no room or mood to communicate with the divine; spirituality gradually diminishes.
On the advent of the holy month of Ramadan, we wish everyone good times ahead to achieve spiritual ascendance, meaningful contemplation and fraternal links.
6.45 pm, Tuesday, 4th March 2025
Venue: Abrar House, 45 Crawford Place, W1H 4LP
The meeting will be preceded by
prayers and iftar at 6.00 pm
(breaking the fast and dinner). All are welcome to join
You can also participate on Zoom using this link
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85680888416?pwd=THBPWHhCRkxEeWtMQWlJVHBycExOUT09Meeting ID: 856 8088 8416
Password: 000000
Sheikh Ahmed Haneef is of Afro-Caribbean origin born in Trinidad in the 1950s and raised a Roman Catholic. Haneef grew up during the 60s and 70s witnessing the political movements surrounding the Vietnam war and black power movement. As a teenager he left Trinidad to study in Canada. There, he campaigned for reform to the high school curriculum which at that time selectively streamed black students into inferior programs. Having converted to Islam he continued his studies and started lecturing around the world, as well as hosting programs on channels such as PressTV. “It is my hope to help cast the light of faith into the world of others”, he said.
Robin Marsh is the Secretary General of the Universal Peace Federation (UPF) in the UK. He attended the interfaith oriented Unification Theological Seminar from 1985-87 and later worked for UPF and its preceding organisations in South Korea and the United States before being appointed SG of UPF-UK. UPF has been working to promote interfaith, intercultural and international understanding as well as empowering young adults and women. During 2005 – 7, he was part of a team coordinating the Middle East Peace Initiative activities for European UPF bringing European politicians, religious leaders, media, NGO leaders and others to meet Israeli and Palestinian counterparts in the search for peace in that troubled region.
Amani Yassine Sa’ad is a Member of the American Academy for Aesthetic Medicine. She is in her second year of MSc in Aesthetic Medicine at Queen Mary University of London. She is the owner of Lebanese Esthetic Medical Center in Beirut, Lebanon where she worked and is still in aesthetic medicine for fourteen years.
Admission is Free. Please register for catering purposes – email: d05sa@yahoo.co.uk or text 07795 660 438
