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Primary Menu Home About Network Meetings FAQ’s contact us "A hub providing scholarly forums dedicated towards reconciling relations amongst Muslims through better understanding the diversity and difference within and across Muslim traditions." FIND OUT MORE THE CENTRE FOR INTRA-MUSLIM STUDIESmutual understanding honest dialogue critical engagement collegiality shared challenges thinking together The work of CIMS goes beyond attempts to polemically defend or ignore historical differences. Instead it encourages mutual understanding, honest dialogue, critical engagement and collegiality as an impetus for new, joined-up, collaborative studies, thinking and teaching which can draw upon, and speak to, a breadth of Muslim traditions beyond the limits of sectarian narratives. Since its inception in 2015, as a joint initiative of a network of Sunni and Shia scholars, CIMS has been at the forefront of providing a platform for honest, open and critical engagement on issues of historical and theological tension amongst Sunni and Shi’i thought. Meetings , held at least four times a year, gather scholars to discuss issues historically understood as points of contention and sometimes deep misunderstanding, learning from each other, identifying points of agreement, difference and scope for reconciling relations through scholarly harmony and understanding. These gatherings have become a platform for CIMS to work beyond the distinction of Sunni and Shia, thinking together, towards addressing shared challenges. Our Network All Team Members Associates Dr Yasir Qadhi Shahanaz Begum Dr. Fella Lahmar Shaykh Hassan ibn Ali Al-Kittani Shaykh Zakaria Zaini Dr. Munzela Raza Sayyid Wajee ul-Hasan Shah Shaykh Yeamin Arafat Shaykh Adam Ramadhan Shaykh Atabek Shukurov Director, Maturidi Institute Dr Seyfeddin Kara Fellow, University of Toronto Shaykh Vinay Khetia Adjunct Professor, University of Toronto & Academic Director, Shia Research Institute Syed Naveed Shah Imam, Keith Lane Mosque Dr Amra Bone Muslim Chaplain, University of Portsmouth Shaykh Abu Jafar Scholar Mufti Muhammad Farooq Alwi Imam and Khatib, Jami Masjid, Birmingham Ayatollah Mostafa Mohaghegh Damad Dean, Dep. Islamic Studies & Professor of Law, Tehran University Maulana Abdul Hadi al-Umari Head, Markazi Jamiat Ahl-e-Hadith Birmingham Sayed Hossein Qazwini Public Speaker & Lecturer, Islamic Seminary Karbala Qari Zahirudin Tahir Imam, al-Maktoum Mosque Prof. Iqbal Asaria Adjunct Professor, INCEIF Malaysia Mahdiyah Abdul-Hussain Lecturer, Al-Mahdi Institute Shaykh Amjad Abbas Research Fellow. Al-Basirah, Islamabad Shaykh Ayman Yacoubi Lecturer, University Birmingham Syed Hadi Rizvi Scholar & Lecturer Shaykh Ramadhan Kamau Scholar Mufti Abdul Majeed Nadeem Imam, Handsworth Mosque Maulana Abdul Hamid Kusuri Chaplain, University of Wolverhampton Dr. Amina Inloes Public Speaker & Lecturer at ICAS, London Professor Liyakat Takim Sharjah Chair in Global Islam, McMaster University Shaykh Wazir Hussain Turabi Scholar Shaykh Nuru Mohammed Public speaker & Imam at KSIMC, Birmingham Maulana Qiyamuddin Head: Dar ul Uloom Coventry Road Shaykh Mahmood Khattab Fawzy Imam, Smethwick Jamia Masjid Shaykh Muhammad Shahid Ullah Imam, Jami Mosque Birmingham Shaykh Arek Miernik Scholar Dr Mohammad Khalid Director, Centre for Intra-Muslim Studies Shaykh Ayub Rashid Lecturer in Islamic studies, ICAS London & Public Speaker Shaykh Arif Abdulhussain Senior Lecturer & Director of Al-Mahdi Institute Rukhsana Bhanji Team Member, CIMS Shaykh Mohammed Reza Tajri Lecturer in Arabic Language, AMI Dr Ali Reza Bhojani Co-director, The Centre for Intra-Muslim Studies Dr Syed Jaafar Fadlallah Lecturer, Al-Mahdi Institute & Islamic Shar’i Institute Shaykh Umar Ramadhan CIMS Fellow Shaykh Ali R Khaki CIMS Coordinator Adrees Sharif Management, UKIM Paigham e Islam, Birmingham Shaykh Mahmood Dhalla Public Speaker Shaykh Mohammed Sajjad Imam of Paigham Islam Trust, Birmingham Shaykh Kumail Rajani Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Exeter Farooq Mulla Chaplain, Rampton Hospital Shaykh Jaffer Ladak Imam, Bab ul Im, Leeds Professor Seyed Mohammad Ghari S Fatemi Lecturer, Shahid Beheshti University & Al-Mahdi Institute Dr Hashim Bata Research Fellow & Lecturer in Usul al-Fiqh at AMI Shaykh Mohammad Amin Evans Director of Theology at the Association of British Muslims Shaykh Mohammad Shukri Lecturer in Qur’an & Hadith Studies Hafiz Mohammad Saeed Imam, Handsworth Islamic Centre Dr Ali Fanaei Senior Lecturer , Al-Mahdi Institute Shaykh Mohammad Saeed Bahmanpour Public Speaker & Scholar Shaykh Abbas Mirza Programme Leader for BA Hawza / Foundation at ICAS Syed Mohammad Naqvi Public Speaker Dr Wahid Amin Research Fellow & Lecturer in Muslim Pholosophy at AMI Hafiz Abdul Ghafoor Member of Dawah project at IIPC, Birmingham Shaykh Mohammad Sarfraz Madani Deputy head of Al-Hijrah school, Birmingham & EC member at Central Mosque Hafiz Mohammad Idrees Advisor for Religious Education in UK schools Dr Khurram Bashir Researcher & Scholar Maulana Mohammad Ashraf Qureshi Scholar Maulana Ayaaz Ahmad Ghulam Nabi Public Speaker Shaykh Riaz Walji Lecturer in Philosophy at AMI Dr Mohammadreza Kalantari Research Fellow & Deputy Director, CIWAS Dr Yasir Qadhi Dr. Qadhi studied at the Islamic University of Madinah. After completing a diploma in Arabic, he graduated with a B.A. from the College of Hadith and Islamic Sciences, and completed a M.A. in Islamic Theology from the College of Dawah. He then completed an MA, MPhil and PhD from Yale University. The topic of his doctoral dissertation was ’Reconciling Reason and Revelation in the Writings of Ibn Taymiyya.’ Shaykh Yasir is currently the Dean of The Islamic Seminary of America & resident scholar of the East Plano Islamic Center. Meetings Presented The status of Yazid ibn Muawiya’s leadership and understandings of Imam al-Hussain’s stance against him Shahanaz Begum Shahanaz is currently studying for a PhD in Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter, with a focus on Islamic legal theory. Prior to this, she also completed her MA in Islamic Studies, at SOAS University, as well as the full Alimiyyah programme at Ebrahim College, London. Shahanaz also holds an undergraduate degree in Law, and has worked in public policy and strategy in both a local and national context. She continues to take an active role in the community through various voluntary activities, as well as teaching both in traditional and non-traditional contexts. Meetings Presented Challenges Facing the Role and Scope of Female Scholarship CIMS Convention 2021 Dr. Fella Lahmar Dr Fella Lahmar is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA). She worked as a PhD supervisor at the University of Bolton, and a lecturer and a Course Leader for the Islamic Studies and Education programmes at the Markfield Institute of Higher education (MIHE). She also worked as a Research Associate at the University of Nottingham, and a lecturer and academic adviser at the European Institute of Human Sciences (EIHS, Birmingham). Fella has a PhD in education and an ESRC-recognised MA in Educational Research Methods (University of Nottingham), a PGCert in Higher Education Practice (Newman University); an MA in Islamic Studies (Loughborough University); a PGCert in Professional Studies in Education (Open University); and a BA in Islamic Studies (Emir Abdelkader Islamic University in Algeria). She has published on Islamic educational theory and practice, her PhD and follow-up research examined diversity in Muslim schools in Britain. Fella’s broader research interest explores intersections between education, Islam, Muslims, gender, migration and identity issues in the Western context. She is a member of the British Educational Research Association (BERA) and the British Association for Islamic Studies (BRAIS). Meetings Presented Challenges Facing the Role and Scope of Female Scholarship CIMS Convention 2021 Shaykh Hassan ibn Ali Al-Kittani Shaykh Hassan ibn Ali...