Al Rasool A’zam Foundation
A community center, congregation ( Hussaynia ), and mosque where people of all ethnic, religion, racial denominations are welcomed.
Imam Mujtaba Foundation
A specialized learning institute. Focusing on particular needs of individuals and customizes learning ciriculum to address those needs.
Shirazi Foundation- Mazar e Sharif
As a resource for the general public, the foundation serves people in a vast variety of matters including ( and not limited to ) religious studies, theology school, public library, women center, youth educational classes, and seminars
Ahlulbayt Hospital
Proudly serves the community as one of few low-income facilities where people are welcomed for all their medical needs.
After Aleppo: Prospects for Preventing Mass Atrocities in the new Administration
The Shirazi Foundation attended a participatory symposium hosted by New America titled, After Aleppo: Prospects for Preventing Mass Atrocities in the Trump Administration. Experts elaborated on aspects of the report titled, “A Necessary Good: U.S. Leadership on Preventing Mass Atrocities “. Experts suggested that in terms of atrocity prevention that it is not only a Human Rights issue but rather it is also a national security issue as well. Conflict prevention in many places throughout Africa was used as a model and suggested that prevention and intervention can be a success. Rich Fontaine President of The Center for a New American Security suggested that the voices in the public need to remain loud to articulate that there are things out there to prevent mass atrocities, and this can be done with an acceptable cost. Akshaya Kumar Deputy United Nations Director, Human Rights Watch mentioned that human rights abuse violations are warning signs and that the recommendations in the report and some of the structures that are in place such as the atrocity prevention board can work as mechanisms to flag places at risk for future atrocities by tracking Human Rights violations.
Islamic Liberalism: Real or False Hope?
Shirazi Foundation attended an event hosted by Cato Institute titled Islamic Liberalism: Real or False Hope?. An expert panel convened to discuss the perspective of Islam through a liberalism lens. Expert remarks included a brief look into liberalism through comparative religions and those who were said to be past reformers. Experts suggested that liberalism tends to flourish in an aristocratic society throughout history. The Idea was presented that Islam and Christianity cannot be viewed through the same lens in terms of liberalism because Prophet Muhammad (s) was not only a religious figure like Jesus, he was also a head of state and had to deal with matters of governance. The question was debated whether or not Prophet Muhamad (s) was a politician. The questions were also asked why does Islam have to be liberalized in the first place, and what if it is that many Muslims in any given Islamic society proclaim that they don’t necessarily want to be liberal and would like to express their illiberalism through a democratic process peacefully within a legal framework.
Preventing Future Financial Crises
On January 25th 2017, Shirazi Foundation’s outreach manager Ibrahim Jabbar attended a symposium hosted by the Atlantic Council titled, “The Power of Transparency Series Too Big to Fail? The Power of Transparency in Preventing Future Financial Crises.”
Mr. Richard Berner, Director of the US Office of Financial Research (OFR), informed the attendees about how transparency helps various agencies achieve financial growth. The expert explained how the system operates and that certain parts of the financial system affect other parts in terms of data and policy. Mr. Berner also suggested that different size financial institutions have to be handled in a different manner. The speaker also mentioned the importance of collecting data that is accurate and placed a high importance on the various forms of stress testing for a financial shock to the economy, for example, cyber security shocks to U.S. finance may be different from others.
Shirazi Foundation believes transparency is an important factor to long-term security in all levels of entities, private or public.
Quotes from the Theologian
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| Allah’s Final Messanger | |
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| The Ahlul Bayt | |
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| Imam Husayn and Ashura | |
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| The Awaited Hope | |
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| The holy month of Ramadhan | |
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| Peace and Violence | |
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| Politics and Governance | |
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| Women & Women Rights | |
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| The Youth | |
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| A Good Society | |
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| The Husayni Religious Congregation | |
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| Disseminating the Teachings of Islam | |
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| Frequently Used Shia Terminology (Glossary) | |
Optimisms about future
“I am optimistic about the future. However, it is regrettable that Shia Muslims are struggling to approximate and apprehend each other. Otherwise, their affections and hardships would have lengthened. I ask the Almighty Allah to grant Shias everywhere the success and ability to endure eachother, and if it wasn’t their current state, they would have succeeded much rapidly.”
Theologian Sayed Sadegh Shirazi