Publications
This important inter-faith publication brings together two lectures given by Professor David Ford, Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge, at the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque and at the Institute of Shariah Studies in Muscat, Oman. Professor Ford details the development of Wise Theology and Leadership and how to improve inter-faith relations between leaders and members of the Abrahamic tradition. September 2009, 28pp
On Wednesday 21st October, Dr Aref Nayed delivered a keynote speech at the Cambridge Inter-Faith Programme at the University of Cambridge. In this seminal lecture, Nayed, in his response to Professor David Ford's Muscat Manifesto, charts a robust and penetrating theology of compassion that revives the traditional science of Islamic theology and charts a way forward for a rich and mutually engaging interaction among the Abrahamic religions. February 2010, 40pp Download publication (pdf)
On 13-14 March 2010 in Dubai, leading Islamic scholars and Somali leaders gathered together to discuss the continuing Somali conflict and issued a seminal declaration to bring peace and stability to the war torn country. The monograph contains the full Arabic text of the declaration and details of the conference and an opening essay by Aref Nayed on the significance of Sheikh Abdullah Bin Bayyah's approach to theology and peace. March 2010, 24pp
In this paper, presented at the New Mardin Conference in Turkey on 27-28 March 2010, organised by the Global Centre for Renewal and Guidance (GCRG) with Canopus Consulting and the Mardin Artuluk University, Aref Nayed argues that the way to improve societal relations and promote peace within and between communities is by developing the theological concepts of "neighbourliness" and "proximity". March 2010
TOWARDS A GRAND RENEWAL Sheikh Usama Al-Sayyid, an Azhari scholar, outlines the key features of the Azhari approach to the Islamic sciences. April 2010
With a Foreword by DR UMAR FARUQ ABD-ALLAH This short essay by Abdal Hakim Murad, one of leading Muslim intellectuals in the West, is a concise and rich theological statement exploring the dynamic possibilities of an authentically Islamic universality for our age. Whereas modern globalism tends to annihilate cultural diversity, authentic Islamic pluralism, as exemplified in the theological implications of dhimma, offers to each community the opportunity to develop its own sacred space and express its own uniqueness. June 2010
In this paper the necessity and importance of Islam’s serious engagement with Modern Science is explored. The author argues that there are serious issues of contention between Modern Science and Islam, ranging from conceptual bases (‘methodological naturalism’) to the challenging worldview that has emerged from Science (e.g. Evolution and Big-bang/Multiverse Cosmology), and issues of application of science (genetic engineering, beginning and end of life issues, abuse of nature and the environment, etc.). This important paper charts some of the critical questions that need to be grappled with by Muslim theologians and which can no longer be postponed, yet alone ignored. February 2011 |
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