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ICIT Seerah Conference
Karachi, Pakistan, June 25, 2000

The Institute of Contemporary Islamic Thought (ICIT) convened a Seerah Conference in Karachi, Pakistan, on June 25, 2000, to follow on from its three-day conference in Sri Lanka from June 16-18, 2000. Both conferences were intended to discuss the issues raised in Dr Kalim Siddiqui's landmark research-proposal paper 'Political Dimension of the Seerah' (ICIT, 1998), and were held in co-operation with Crescent International newsmagazine.

The following information on the conference is currently available on-line:

  • Conference programme
  • Conference report
    (courtesy Crescent International)
  • Keynote paper: "The Unknown Prophet"
    by Imam Muhammad al-Asi, Research Fellow, ICIT.



    • Conference Programme

    Sunday June 25, 2000 -- 9.30am - 2.30pm.

  • Recitation from the noble Qur'an

  • Welcoming Remarks
    Dr Perwez Shafi,
    ICIT (Pakistan)

  • Political Dimensions of the Seerah and the Contemporary Islamic Movement
    Iqbal Siddiqui,
    Editor, Crescent International.

  • The Way to Freedom from Imperialism in the Light of the Seerah
    Mohammad Shakeel Siddiqui,
    Department of Islamic History, University of Karachi.

  • The Seerah and the role of women in society
    Sr. Jahan Ara Lutfi,
    Shaikh Zayd Islamic Centre, University of Karachi.

  • Organization principles, structure and performance of the Islamic movement from the Seerah
    Dr Perwez Shafi.

  • The impact of marginalising women in Islamic movements
    Sr. Waheeda Carvello,
    Al-Ghazali College, Erasmia, South Africa.

  • The Seerah: A Power Perspective
    Zafar Bangash,
    Director, Institute of Contemporary Islamic Thought.

  • The Unknown Prophet: Forgotten Dimensions of the Seerah
    Imam Muhammad Al-Asi
    Research Fellow, Institute of Contemporary Islamic Thought.
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