….….…. Event Date: 17 – 18 September 2011 British Library Conference Centre The British Library 96 Euston Road London NW1 2DB The Italian Academies 1525–1700 Project presents: THE FIRST INTELLECTUAL NETWORKS OF EARLY MODERN EUROPE This major international conference is being hosted as part of the AHRC funded research project The Italian Academies 1525-1700: the first intellectual networks of …
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Simon Wolfgang Fuchs – Third Wave Shi‘ism: Sayyid ‘Arif Husayn al-Husayni and the Islamic Revolution in Pakistan
Event Date: 9-10 September 2011 Royal Holloway, University of London Contesting Shi‘ism: Isna ‘Ashari and Isma‘ili Shi‘ism in modern South Asia Simon Wolfgang Fuchs Third Wave Shi‘ism: Sayyid ‘Arif Husayn al-Husayni and the Islamic Revolution in Pakistan Struggles over orthodoxy and religious authority have plagued Pakistan’s Shi‘a minority since the inception of the state. …
Hasan Ali Khan – The role of the Auqaf Department in re-defining Sufi and Shi‘a built heritage in Pakistan
Event Date: 9-10 September 2011 Royal Holloway, University of London Contesting Shi‘ism: Isna ‘Ashari and Isma‘ili Shi‘ism in modern South Asia Hasan Ali Khan The role of the Auqaf Department in re-defining Sufi and Shi‘a built heritage in Pakistan This paper describes the general role of the Auqaf Department of the Government of …
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Saleem Khan – The Shia dominance of the legal profession in British India: A Study of Lawyer-Politicians of Bihar
Event Date: 9-10 September 2011 Royal Holloway, University of London Contesting Shi‘ism: Isna ‘Ashari and Isma‘ili Shi‘ism in modern South Asia Saleem Khan The Shia dominance of the legal profession in British India :A Study of Lawyer-Politicians of Bihar ‘Ulema, religious rituals, sectarian violence and aristocrats have generally been the focus for studies on …
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Sajjad Rizvi – Establishing the principles of the faith for a new Shi‘i polity: the theology of Sayyid Dildar ‘Ali Nasirabadi
Event Date: 9-10 September 2011 Royal Holloway, University of London Contesting Shi‘ism: Isna ‘Ashari and Isma‘ili Shi‘ism in modern South Asia Sajjad Rizvi Establishing the principles of the faith for a new Shi‘i polity: the theology of Sayyid Dildar ‘Ali Nasirabadi For those familiar with north Indian Shi‘i Islam, Sayyid Dildar ‘Ali (1753-1820) is …
Justin Jones – Khandan-i-Ijtihad: authority and transition in a family of Shi‘a ‘ulama in north India, c.1850-1950
Event Date: 9-10 September 2011 Royal Holloway, University of London Contesting Shi‘ism: Isna ‘Ashari and Isma‘ili Shi‘ism in modern South Asia Justin Jones Khandan-i-Ijtihad: authority and transition in a family of Shi‘a ‘ulama in north India, c.1850-1950 Scholarship on Shi‘ism in north India has, to a great degree, looked at the religion in …
Soumen Mukherjee – Of ‘religious and social welfare’ and ‘progress of the community’: religious inspiration, leadership and idioms of welfarism among Shi‘a Imami Isma‘ilis in twentieth century South Asia and East Africa
Event Date: 9-10 September 2011 Royal Holloway, University of London Contesting Shi‘ism: Isna ‘Ashari and Isma‘ili Shi‘ism in modern South Asia Soumen Mukherjee Of ‘religious and social welfare’ and ‘progress of the community’: religious inspiration, leadership and idioms of welfarism among Shi‘a Imami Isma‘ilis in twentieth century South Asia and East Africa The …
Bashir Damji – The Khoja Shi‘a Ithna ‘Ashari communities of East Africa: from newcomers to flag bearers
Event Date: 9-10 September 2011 Royal Holloway, University of London Contesting Shi‘ism: Isna ‘Ashari and Isma‘ili Shi‘ism in modern South Asia Bashir Damji The Khoja Shi‘a Ithna ‘Ashari communities of East Africa: from newcomers to flag bearers The Khoja Shi‘a Ithna ‘Ashari community is a breakaway faction of the Khoja Shi‘a Isma‘ili community. …
Francis Robinson – Reflections on the Shi‘a in South Asia and the wider Muslim World.
Event Date: 9-10 September 2011 Royal Holloway, University of London Contesting Shi‘ism: Isna ‘Ashari and Isma‘ili Shi‘ism in modern South Asia Keynote Address: Francis Robinson – Reflections on the Shi‘a in South Asia and the wider Muslim World. ———————————————————– talk: ———————————————————– questions: ———————————————————– < back to main conference page> share this …