Sayyid Haidar Bahrululoom at the ICAIR Conference 2025, Jaffari Community Centre, Toronto.
Speaker
Sayyid Haidar Bahreluloom is a strategist, lecturer, and public intellectual. His studies under the tutelage of the professors of the Islamic Seminary in the Holy City of Najaf, and his lectures in communities have ranged across theology, jurisprudence, philosophy, ethics, and development, in addition to innovative, critical, creative and systems thinking.
In addition to serving as an advisor and trustee of The Mainstay Foundation, Sayyid Bahreluloom is a strategy consultant at a research and advisory firm. Author of Discourses with Ayatollah Alirawani: The Role of Islam in Our Lives a candid dialogue between Ayatollah Al-Irawani and Sayyid Bahreluloom, delving deep into sharing what Shia Islam stands for today. Also, author of Reflections with Ayatollah al-Radi, this book represents the culmination of a profound journey of sermons and reflections in the company of one of the leading jurists in the Islamic seminary.
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In this talk
- 0:00 · Opening
- 1:24 · The Big Question
- 2:01 · What “Global” Means
- 3:48 · Seminary and Community as Networks
- 6:04 · People and Institutions
- 8:21 · The Seminary’s Internal Structure
- 10:03 · How Shia Decision-Making Works
- 12:56 · Why the Seminary Matters
- 13:12 · Community Growth Priorities
- 14:00 · Real-World Example: Modern Issues
- 23:59 · Institutions and Subject-Matter Expertise
- 24:44 · Staying in Your Lane
- 27:45 · “They’re Not Disconnected”
- 28:51 · Closing Message