Sayyid Muneer al-Khabbaz at the ICAIR Conference 2025, Jaffari Community Centre, Toronto.
Speaker
Sayyid Muneer al-Khabbaz began his hawza studies in Najaf in 1978, at the tender age of 14. Later on, he attended the bahth kharij lessons of the likes of Sayyid Al-Khui and Sayyid al-Sistani. After that, he moved to Qom, and continued his studies under Shaykh Mirza Tabrizi, Shaykh Wahid Khorasaani, and other maraji’, attaining the status of ijtihad. Currently, Sayyid Muneer teaches advanced Islamic jurisprudence (bahth kharij) in Najaf. He has also authored several significant works, including a commentary on Dua al-Iftitah, “Religion Between Scientific Data and Atheistic Criticisms”, and “The Mahdawi Reality”.
In this talk
- 0:00 · Opening and Qur’anic Recitation
- 0:48 · The Question: Artificial Intelligence and Serving the Faith
- 1:37 · The Importance of AI in Promoting Islam and the Ahl al-Bayt
- 2:22 · Media Challenges and the Lack of Islamic Media Tools
- 4:40 · Feeding AI with Authentic Ahl al-Bayt Sources
- 5:37 · Education: Teaching the Next Generation Using AI
- 8:34 · Developing Work, Organization, and Institutional Management
- 12:58 · Intellectual Strength and Responding to Cultural Challenges
- 15:15 · Practical Implementation: Scholars, Technologists, and Users
- 16:31 · Conclusion and Supplication