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October 8, 2011
Hartford Plaza Hotel
East Hartford, Connecticut
From: 8am to 8pm

The conference will also launch a campaign to endow a chair for the study of Shi'it Islam at Hartford Seminary.

Heads of Islamic centers, mosques and associations across North America will also be in attendance

This conference will bring together leading scholars of Shi’i Islam to share perspectives on their rich heritage within the broader Islamic world, and to identify efforts to increase interest in the study of Shi’i Islam in North America. The conference will also launch a campaign to endow a chair for the study of Shi’i Islam at Hartford Seminary, the first such chair in North America.

Banquet and keynote address by Sayyed Hossein Nasr, George Washington University


Conference sponsored by
  • ALAVI FOUNDATION
  • HARTFORD SEMINARY
  • JAFARIA ASSOCIATION OF CONNECTICUT
  • THE ISLAMIC INSTITUTE OF AHL’ALBAIT
  • AL-HAKIM FOUNDATION, AL-NAJAF, IRAQ

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