& invite you to the following fee public lecture HOSPITALITY & INTER-RELIGIOUS WITNESS

PROFESSOR MONA SIDDIQUI OBE FRSE FRSA DCivil Laws (Hon) DLitt (Hon), Hon FRIAS Chair, Islamic and Inter-religious Studies, Presenter of the 2016 Giford Lectures Author of Hospitality in Islam: Welcoming in God’s Name and Christians, Muslims and

SYDNEY PUBLIC LECTURE CANBERRA PUBLIC LECTURE 10 OCTOBER 2016 12 OCTOBER 2016 at 7.30PM at 7.30PM NOVOTEL PARRAMATTA AUSTRALIAN CENTRE FOR 350 Church Street, Parramatta CHRISTIANITY AND CULTURE 15 Blackall Street, Barton

REGISTRATIONS VIA www.isra.org.au/public-lecture-hospitality-inter-religious-witness-2 Further information about this event and related seminars [email protected] PROFESSOR MONA SIDDIQUI OBE FRSE FRSA DCivil Laws (Hon) DLitt (Hon), Hon FRIAS Chair, Islamic and Inter-religious Studies, University of Edinburgh Presenter of the 2016 Giford Lectures Author of Hospitality in Islam: Welcoming in God’s Name and Christians, Muslims and Jesus

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 Te Good Muslim: Reflections on Classical Islamic Law and Teology (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 Tought 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 Ofce to lead an independent review of shari`a councils in the UK. She is an elected member of the Nufeld Council of Bioethics and fom 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 Giford lectures at the University of Aberdeen.