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The Summer Programme on Islam: For Ismailis in media, diplomacy, government and associated fields

14th – 19th August 2012
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
 

Dr Mohamed Keshavjee with participants at the Summer Programme on Islam 2011. IIS Staff group photo Summer Programme on Islam 2011 Dr Daftary signing copies of his books for SPI 2011 participants.

The six-day residential programme on Islam has been specially designed for Jamati professionals who are working in the fields of diplomacy, judiciary, government, social policy, media and journalism. All applicants must have proficiency in English, an undergraduate degree and work experience in their relevant field.

The programme aims to:

  1. Provide participants with the knowledge, perspectives and tools, which will enable them to develop a civilisational approach to the understanding of Islam and of Muslim societies.
  2. Situate the Ismaili tariqah within the larger Shi‘i and Sunni contexts of the intellectual, historical, and cultural development of Muslim societies.
  3. Raise questions, reflect upon and engage in discussion on contemporary issues facing Muslim societies and diasporic Muslim communities.
  4. Provide a forum in which participants and faculty can develop the appropriate frameworks and vocabulary to engage with the issues explored above

Content:

Through a series of discussions on salient issues that impact Muslims today, this programme will seek to develop an informed understanding of the factors that have influenced the historical developments and contemporary expressions of Islam which continue to shape contemporary Muslim societies. Among the themes that the programme will touch on are the following: approaches to the study of Islam; the historical importance and contemporary relevance of the Qur’an and Prophet Muhammad; situating Imamat as a model of authority and leadership in the Muslim tradition; law and its Muslim contexts; contemporary landscape of the Muslim ummah; and the Aga Khan Development Network as an Imamat endeavour to realise the social conscience of Islam.

Click here to read about previous Summer Programmes on Islam.

The section below of the website is intended for the use of participants of The Summer Programme on Islam 2012 (SPI 2012). Please click on the tabs below for appropriate information:


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