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Al-Mawrid Australia is organising a series of interactive sessions
with a renowned Islamic Scholar Dr. Khalid Zaheer on the topic of
“Messengerhood: An Understanding of the Devine Practice”.
Al-Mawrid
Australia is the Australian Chapter of Al-Mawrid Global – a Foundation of
Islamic Research and Education. Dr. Khalid Zaheer is serving as the Vice
President of Al-Mawrid Global. He has a Ph.D. in Islamic Banking from the
University of Wales UK, as well as an intensive formal education in Islam
through associations with some great scholars of the sub-continent. Dr. Zaheer
has a deep and incisive understanding of the very relevant issues of Islam and
modernity.
Al-Mawrid Global was established to promote the true
understanding of Islam based purely on the Quran and the Sunnah.
Dr. Zaheer is embarking on his second Australian tour from 22
April 2017 to 3 May 2017 and visiting several cities including Brisbane, Sydney,
Canberra, Melbourne and Perth. He will be speaking on some very important
contemporary issues such as the root causes of extremism, misunderstanding of
the word Jihad and other matters concerning to everyday life of Muslims and the
people of other faiths. He previously toured Australia in 2014.
In
his lectures, Dr. Zaheer will explain the importance of comprehending a certain
divine scheme executed either through natural disasters or through his
messengers and their faithful companions. It is essential to understand that
this scheme does not relate to Shariah (divine law) and therefore leads to the
concept of era specific and universal directives in the Quran and explains why
certain verses of the Quran cannot be generalized.
Dr. Zaheer will also
bring to the attention of the audience the directives of Islam which are solely
related to the direct addressees of Muhammad (peace be upon him) who
deliberately denied the truth. Dr. Zaheer will emphasise that these directives
do not relate to others who cannot be identified in this capacity. This
identification can only be made by God. In the times of His messengers, He
communicated this fact through these messengers. However, with the departure of
these messengers, no communication can be established with the Almighty and
while those individuals who have deliberately denied the truth may exist today,
they cannot be humanly identified. Hence, these directives cannot be
generalised. In today’s world, choosing religion or no religion is a personal
matter which is not only compatible with but actually upheld by
Islam.
All these sessions will be in English language and everyone,
regardless of his/her faith, is welcome to attend. It is especially a good
chance for youth to clarify misconceptions relating to contemporary issues like
extremism, misinterpretation of Jihad and heresy.
The audience can also
avail the opportunity to buy Dr. Zaheer’s book ‘Rediscovering Islam – a fresh
Islamic Perspective on Contemporary Key Issues’ and Ghamidi’s renowned ‘Meezan’
and ‘Al-Bayan’ amongst others.
For further details, please visit
Al-Mawrid Australia’s Facebook page at tinyurl.com/almawridaupage
