SRI Principal Syed Muhammad Rizvi had the honor of presenting a paper at the Zakat International Conference: Implementation and Impact in the Contemporary World”.

His paper, Zakat and Khums in the Shi’i Tradition and its Contemporary North American Practice was presented as part of a panel discussing “An Overview of Zakat and Khums in the Sunni and Shi’i Traditions and their Contemporary North American Practice.”

The two-day conference, held both in-person at Huron University College in London, Canada, and online, was organized by:

  • The Centre for Islamic Theology, Ethics & Spirituality (CITES)
  • The Faculty of Theology at Huron University
  • The Center for Islam in the Contemporary World (CICW) at Shenandoah University

The event was co-convened by Dr. Ingrid Mattson (London & Windsor Community Chair in Islamic Studies, Director of CITES at Huron University College) and Dr. Ermin Sinanović (Executive Director and Scholar in Residence at CICW, Shenandoah University).

A great platform for scholarly exchange on the role of Zakat and Khums in contemporary North American practice!

Watch the full conference below, or click here.