As the Year of Young People comes to a close, the boys of SABS’ school and youth committee attended the UK’s first annual Muslim Convention in Manchester organised by the Mainstay Foundation. The convention was an educational experience. It was also heartening to see senior and well-known Shi’a Muslim clerics supportive of the communal institution […]
Aberdeen : Dundee : Edinburgh We would like to thank all the brothers and sisters in Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Dundee for organising these educational and spiritual lectures in honor of the Lady of Light, Fatima Zahra (ع). SABS DG, Sayed Ali Abbas Razawi, led the congregations; uplifting and sanctifying the gatherings with his sermons. Friendships […]
The Scottish Ahlul Bayt Society, in promotion of the Imam Hussain Blood Donation Campaign Scotland, worked in partnership with the University of Edinburgh on a unique initiative as part of this year’s Being Human festival called Bloodscape. Bloodscape was an innovative scavenger hunt and guided adventure that allowed members of the public to see Edinburgh […]
SABS were pleased to have attended the Wallneuk North Interfaith Service & Lunch, organised by Wallneuk North Church & Renfrewshire Interfaith Group, on Sunday. The event was centred around the theme of families connecting generations as part of Scottish Interfaith Week. Our thanks go to our friend the Rev Peter Gill. Picture credit: SABS
Present at this year’s Interfaith Summit with First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon MSP, Aileen Campbell MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Local Government, and Scottish Faith Leaders, organised by Interfaith Scotland. Picture Credit SABS and Interfaith Scotland
14/11/18 – Mr Ameed Versace, SABS’ strategic engagements director, representing SABS at the Edinburgh Castle with pupils and staff from Catholic schools around Scotland celebrating the centenary of the 1918 Education Act. Event was organised by the Deputy First Minister John Swinney MSP and attended by Faith Leaders.
Mr Ameed Versace, SABS’ strategic engagements director, gave a reflection at the Scottish Government’s annual Remembrance Service at St Andrews House. The Service was organised and hosted by Lesley Evans, the Permanent Secretary to the Scottish Government, in order to remember all those who have suffered the consequences of war. Picture credit: Scottish Government
Edinburgh – Mr Shabir Beg, Chairman of the Scottish Ahlul Bayt Society, laid a wreath at the annual remembrance service in Edinburgh at the City Chambers on Remembrance Sunday to pay tribute to the sacrifices made by the armed forces personnel from around the Commonwealth, they will never be forgotten. Glasgow – Mr Ameed Versace, […]
ARBAEEN The 40th Day after the martyrdom of Imam Hussain, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, in 680 AD. Today, tens of millions of people have gathered in Karbala, Iraq, as they do every year, to visit the resting place of this Noble Man. SABS Youth stand amid the world’s largest annual gathering of people. […]
18/10/18 – Many congratulations to the Rev John Bremner who was inducted as Ecumenical and Interfaith Officer for the United Reformed Church National Synod of Scotland. It was a privilege for SABS to have shared in the induction service, and we look forward to continuing our dialogue and engagement with the URC. Photos by Bungie