Centre for Contemporary Jurisprudence (Fiqh)

Islamic Seminary

During the meeting, the esteemed Director of the Islamic Seminaries, Ayatollah Alireza Aʿrāfī, was accompanied by members of the Scientific Council of the Department for Contemporary Fiqh, including Ayatollah Qāʾinī, Ayatollah&nbsp;Shab-Zendehdār, Ayatollah&nbsp;Shahīdī, Ayatollah&nbsp;ʿAndalīb, Ayatollah&nbsp; Shopāyī, and Ayatollah&nbsp;Modarresī Yazdī, as well as the Secretary of the Scientific Council, Hujjat al-Islam wa al-Muslimīn Ithnāʿasharī.&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="https://fiqhci.s3.ir-thr-at1.arvanstorage.com/1ab8c353_71ec_47f2_aeb0_cbfaf621f7ee_19273c0173_55f8e46ebd.jpg"><img src="https://fiqhci.s3.ir-thr-at1.arvanstorage.com/2f4da3ad_1175_446e_9e09_5067f1bf8b2b_a5567c14fb_9e73ef513b.jpg"><img src="https://fiqhci.s3.ir-thr-at1.arvanstorage.com/5ae216f1_a6ec_41bd_9b36_c9b65955a7fe_3cb11796c7_512dff9fa6.jpg"><img src="https://fiqhci.s3.ir-thr-at1.arvanstorage.com/8eda8831_85fb_4824_9da9_08a4d9e7e1a8_b663fe953f_8ccddccc84.jpg"><img src="https://fiqhci.s3.ir-thr-at1.arvanstorage.com/80ee37ae_88c4_43bd_ac57_75a5b25b3f4d_c9bb03a7d0_cb2ca92219.jpg"><img src="https://fiqhci.s3.ir-thr-at1.arvanstorage.com/80ee37ae_88c4_43bd_ac57_75a5b25b3f4d_f906a93755_802739ba6b.jpg"><img src="https://fiqhci.s3.ir-thr-at1.arvanstorage.com/7933c744_2796_42b8_b2d4_f90d8dd86ebc_632c435fc5_c1e8cdf457.jpg"><img src="https://fiqhci.s3.ir-thr-at1.arvanstorage.com/a854e530_b579_4d7c_bf62_3d9f5c40e0cd_fffea4cb30_135449ed82.jpg"><img src="https://fiqhci.s3.ir-thr-at1.arvanstorage.com/cb1398df_2cae_4f19_aef1_e5dd54d4fc73_b9d35ca2d2_d032c3df48.jpg">Images from the meeting are presented below:&nbsp;

The Head of the Seminaries (Ḥawza ʿIlmiyya) and members of the Centre for Contemporary Fiqh held a meeting and discussion with Ayatollah Ṣāfī Golpāygānī

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Meeting with Grand Ayatollah Ṣāfī Golpāygānī 

Contemporary Jurisprudence Research

International

The two-day conference addressed a wide range of interdisciplinary topics. Below is an outline of the sessions, along with links to the recorded lectures presented during the event:&nbsp;Day One<ul><li><a href="https://youtu.be/sMG02-0eNN8">An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence</a> Dr. Yaqub Chaudary, Research Fellow, Cambridge Muslim College</li><li><a href="https://youtu.be/kb_dT61bwbY">Conference Welcome Address</a> Dr. Timothy Winter, President of Cambridge Muslim College</li><li><a href="https://youtu.be/ngzdk4DQ-d0">Introduction to the Religion–Science Discourse</a> Dr. Mark Harris, University of Edinburgh</li><li><a href="https://youtu.be/9zVV_7l9oQk">Artificial Intelligence, Emotion, and the Image of God</a> Dr. David Glass, Ulster University</li><li><a href="https://youtu.be/Wf5IWJk7ON8">Artificial Intelligence and Compliance with Islamic Law (Sharīʿa)</a> Abubakar Obaid and Affa Akengin, Stanford University</li><li><a href="https://youtu.be/21y_Nnf3uSE">An Ontological Analysis of Artificial Intelligence</a> Nazif Muhtaroglu, Bahçeşehir University, Turkey</li><li><a href="https://youtu.be/1TFO90KtMJg">Knowledge and Reality: Artificial Intelligence and Human Cognition in the Islamic Tradition</a> Dr. Mujib Khan, University of Tokyo</li><li><a href="https://youtu.be/Nu00Nfebm0Y">Technologies</a> Prof. Luciano Floridi, University of Oxford</li></ul>&nbsp;Day Two<ul><li><a href="https://youtu.be/uXdEiRaXegA">The Symphony of Soul and Body: Quantum Theory, Dualism, and Brain Dynamics</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/uXdEiRaXegA">Dr. Asim Islam</a></li><li><a href="https://youtu.be/6eK79vbrhBQ">God and the “Hard Problem”: Does Religion Require Consciousness to Survive?</a> Dr. Sarah Lane Ritchie, University of St Andrews</li><li><a href="https://youtu.be/79ldVPjmTxk">Artificial Intelligence and Theology</a> Dr. Ron Chrisley, University of Sussex</li><li><a href="https://youtu.be/40k5OUILM7g">Engaging with Competing Concepts of Consciousness</a> Dr. Daniel D. D. Hanne, University of Cambridge</li></ul>&nbsp;Source: <a href="http://archive.cambridgemuslimcollege.org/research/conferences/religion-science18/">http://archive.cambridgemuslimcollege.org/research/conferences/religion-science18/</a>

Two day conference Religion and Science 2018: Consciousness and AI to be hosted by Cambridge Muslim College 