Mona Siddiqui Public Lectures
20 Sep 2016 - by Katherine Waite
The Centre for Public and Contextual Theology (PACT) is hosting two free Public Lectures with visiting Professor Mona Siddiqui in October in Sydney and Canberra.
Professor Siddiqui will present on 'Hospitality and inter-religious witness' in Sydney on October 10 and also in Canberra on October 12.
Please RSVP online to the co-host of these two events, the Islamic Sciences and Research Academy.
For any further information about the events please contact PACT programs manager Peter Walker on pwalker@csu.edu.au.
About Mona Siddiqui
Mona Siddiqui joined the University of Edinburgh's Divinity school in December 2011 as the first person to hold a chair in Islamic and Interreligious Studies. She also holds the posts of Assistant Principal for Religion and Society and Dean international for the Middle-East at the University of Edinburgh. Prior to this she worked at Glasgow University directing the Centre for the Study of Islam. Her research areas are primarily in the field of Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) and ethics and Christian-Muslim relations. Amongst her most recent publications are, Hospitality in Islam: Welcoming in God's Name (Yale UP, 2015), My Way: A Muslim Woman's Journey (IB Tauris, 2014), Christians, Muslims and Jesus (Yale University Press, 2013), and The Good Muslim: Reflections on Classical Islamic Law and Theology (Cambridge University Press, 2012). In Autumn 2016, Routledge will publish her 4 volume reader in Christian-Muslim relations and Quercus will
publish her 50 Ideas in Islam.
Mona Siddiqui is well known internationally as a public intellectual and a speaker on issues around religion, ethics and public life. She is a regular commentator in the media, known especially for her appearances on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio Scotland's Thought for the Day. She chairs the BBC's Religious Advisory Committee in Scotland and during 2016 served as chair of the Scotland `Stronger In' pro Europe campaign. In April 2016, she was invited by the Home Office to lead an independent review of shari`a councils in the UK. She is an elected member of the Nuffield Council of Bioethics and from July 2016, will serve as an elected member of the British Medical Associations' Ethics committee; she is also a member of the Franco-British Council. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, holds five honorary doctorates and an honorary fellowship of the Royal Society of Scottish Architects for her contributions to public life. In 2011, she was awarded an OBE for her contribution to interfaith services. In 2014 she spoke on religion and politics at the World Economic Forum in Davos as she is a member of the Global Agenda Council on Faith for the World Economic Forum. In 2016, she will give the Gifford lectures at the University of Aberdeen.