
The Inter-Religious Symposia (IRS) at Al-Mahdi Institute is a ground for collaboration between scholars of different faiths in an environment of respect, mutual understanding, and sincere learning. It provides a space for those who are conversant with their respective traditions to critically discuss challenges, arising from encounters between different faith communities and organisations. Through open and honest discussions, the hope is to discover potential solutions drawn from diverging traditions and academic disciplines. Participants can share the range of opinions within their religious traditions and the complexity of different positions and become familiar with each other’s religious history and language. This will increase the appreciation of the commonalities of concepts, ethos and uniting purposes as well an understanding of the differences. The IRS hopes to facilitate a process of learning from one another and achieving the religious ideal of removing barriers between people of different faiths.
The IRS aims to provide space for scholars to:
- Share the plurality of positions within their respective religious tradition and methodological analyses on the chosen topics.
- Increase the understanding of similarities and differences, including the differences within apparent similarities in the concepts and ethos of other religious traditions.
Previous Meetings:
27th June 2022 - AMI hold Inter-Religious Symposium on Angelology
2nd December 2021 - Redemption in Islam, Judaism and Christianity | Inter-Religious Symposia
16th June 2021 - Sin and Human Nature in Islam, Judaism and Christianity | Inter-Religious Symposia
14th January 2021 - Creation and the Environment in Islam, Judaism and Christianity | Inter-Religious Symposia
10th September 2020 - The nature of revelation in Islam, Judaism and Christianity
4th November 2019 - Abrahamic Scriptures: What are the authoritative scriptures for Jews, Christians and Muslims? And, how are these scriptures read and understood?
8th July 2019 - The Jewish Perception of Christians and Muslims
11th March 2019 - The Christian Perceptions of Jews and Muslims
5th November 2018 - The Muslim Perception of Jews and Christians
21st August 2018 - Inaugural Meeting