Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh
The Islamic Forum is pleased to announce that registration for its annual family Islamic Retreat, taking place between 29 – 31 July is now open.
The topic for the retreat/convention is Reflections on the Quraan with guest speakers Shaykh Jasser Auda & Dr Basma Abdelgafar
Retreat registration fees (includes entry into the formal programme as well as lunch and dinner):
Adults (13 yrs and over): R550
Children (6 – 12 yrs): R350
Children under 6 yrs are free
Accommodation rates (per night):
8 Sleeper: R1500 per night
6 Sleeper: R1200 per night
4 Sleeper: R950 per night
2 Sleeper: R800 per night
Contact the Ezulwini Berg Resort on: [email protected]
- Drakensville ATKV Holiday Resort: 10km away (036 4386287) – We recommend this option
- Alpine Heath Resort: 17km away (0861 000333)
- Itumeleng Guest house: 30km away (036 4482807) – Halaal & Muslim-owned
- Amphitheatre Backpackers: 7.5km away (0828559767)
The Islamic Forum
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Professor Jasser Auda is Al-Shatibi Chair of Maqasid Studies at the International Peace College South Africa, the Executive Director of the Maqasid Institute, a global think tank based in London, and a Visiting Professor of Islamic Law at Carleton University in Canada. He is a Founding and Board Member of the International Union of Muslim Scholars, Member of the European Council for Fatwa and Research, Fellow of the Islamic Fiqh Academy of India, and General Secretary of Yaqazat Feker, a popular youth organization in Egypt. He has a PhD in the philosophy of Islamic law from University of Wales in the UK, and a PhD in systems analysis from University of Waterloo in Canada. Early in his life, he memorized the Quran and studied Fiqh, Usul and Hadith in the halaqas of Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo. He previously worked as: Founding Director of the Maqasid Center in the Philosophy of Islamic Law in London; Founding Deputy Director of the Center for Islamic Ethics in Doha; professor at the University of Waterloo in Canada, Alexandria University in Egypt, Islamic University of Novi Pazar in Sanjaq, Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies, and the American University of Sharjah. He lectured and trained on Islam, its law, spirituality and ethics in dozens of other universities and organizations around the world. He wrote 25 books in Arabic and English, some of which were translated to 25 languages
Dr Basma Abdelgafar is Associate Professor of Public Policy. She obtained her Ph.D. in Public Policy from Carleton University, Ottawa, in 2003. Her prior studies include a Bachelor of Business Administration and a Master of Public Administration from the American University in Cairo. She has been awarded several prestigious international and national scholarships and fellowships. Dr. Abdelgafar has worked in government, academia and the third sector. She is founding member of the Public Policy in Islam Masters Program at Qatar Foundation where she spent five years teaching and heading the program. Other positions have included Special Advisor to the President of the Canadian International Development Agency; Policy Analyst in the Canadian Federal Government; and Research Associate at Carleton University and the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics. Her early research focussed on intellectual property rights, access to medicines, innovation systems, and the pharmaceutical industries particularly of developing countries. For the past decade she has taken a keen interest in Islamic studies, Muslim communities and public policy and governance from an Islamic perspective. She is currently in the process of writing a book on maqasid-based governance.