Presentations
Academic Conferences
2022
“Juristic In/fallibility and the Construction of Islamic Legal Pluralism”
The Tenth Islamic Legal Studies Conference, Aga Khan University, London, UK, May 20.
2021
“The Legal Purport of ‘Refraining from Seeking Clarification’”
The Sixth Annual Conference on Shi‘i Studies (online). March 13.
“Fallibility and the Shīʿī Imamate”
American Oriental Society (online). March 13.
2019
(Chaired) “Islam, Change, and the U.S. Context”
Islam, Change, and Modern Muslim Identities: Rethinking the Question of Reform, Bayan Islamic Graduate School, Claremont, CA. April 27.
"Every Jurist Cannot Be Correct: Fallibility in Imami Shi'i Law"
American Oriental Society, Chicago, IL. March 16.
2018
"Accessing God's Mind: The Islamic Debate on Fallibilism and Infallibilism"
American Academy of Religion, Denver, CO. November 17.
"Has God Decreed a Ruling for Everything? The 'Islamic Secular' and the (In)fallibility of Islamic Law"
Sharia and the Secular, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA. October 19.
2017
“The Heir of the Biblical Prophets: Shi‘i Devotion to Imam Husayn and Karbala”
American Academy of Religion, Boston, MA. November 20.
2016
(Chaired) “Islam and Religious Freedom: Frameworks and Opportunities”
Islamic Perspectives on Religious Freedom, Bayan Claremont Islamic Graduate School, Claremont, CA. April 16.
2015
“Sunni-Shi‘a Rapprochement in the American Context”
Sectarian Peace/Conflict in Religions: The Middle East & The Globe, Bayan Claremont Islamic Graduate School, Claremont, CA. April 18.
Invited Academic Lectures
2021
"Is Islamic Law Inherently Pluralistic?"
Center for History, Law and Culture - University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. December 1.
"The Shi'i Seminaries: Qum and Najaf"
Hikmat International Institute (online). July 29.
2018
“Imamology in Twelver-Shi‘i Islamic Thought"
Hartford Seminary, Hartford, CT. April 5.
2017
“The Panacean Power of Karbala’s Soil”
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. January 18.
2016
“Islam and the Other”
National University of Singapore, Singapore. June 30.
2014
“Ritual Language: Pilgrimage in Islam”
Academy of Jewish Religion, Los Angeles, CA. February 24.
2013
“Islam in America”
Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA. April 10.
2012
“Minority within a Minority: The Twelver Shi‘i Community in America”
Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA. March 20.
“An Introduction to Islam”
California State University San Bernardino, San Bernardino CA. May 21.
2022
“Juristic In/fallibility and the Construction of Islamic Legal Pluralism”
The Tenth Islamic Legal Studies Conference, Aga Khan University, London, UK, May 20.
2021
“The Legal Purport of ‘Refraining from Seeking Clarification’”
The Sixth Annual Conference on Shi‘i Studies (online). March 13.
“Fallibility and the Shīʿī Imamate”
American Oriental Society (online). March 13.
2019
(Chaired) “Islam, Change, and the U.S. Context”
Islam, Change, and Modern Muslim Identities: Rethinking the Question of Reform, Bayan Islamic Graduate School, Claremont, CA. April 27.
"Every Jurist Cannot Be Correct: Fallibility in Imami Shi'i Law"
American Oriental Society, Chicago, IL. March 16.
2018
"Accessing God's Mind: The Islamic Debate on Fallibilism and Infallibilism"
American Academy of Religion, Denver, CO. November 17.
"Has God Decreed a Ruling for Everything? The 'Islamic Secular' and the (In)fallibility of Islamic Law"
Sharia and the Secular, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA. October 19.
2017
“The Heir of the Biblical Prophets: Shi‘i Devotion to Imam Husayn and Karbala”
American Academy of Religion, Boston, MA. November 20.
2016
(Chaired) “Islam and Religious Freedom: Frameworks and Opportunities”
Islamic Perspectives on Religious Freedom, Bayan Claremont Islamic Graduate School, Claremont, CA. April 16.
2015
“Sunni-Shi‘a Rapprochement in the American Context”
Sectarian Peace/Conflict in Religions: The Middle East & The Globe, Bayan Claremont Islamic Graduate School, Claremont, CA. April 18.
Invited Academic Lectures
2021
"Is Islamic Law Inherently Pluralistic?"
Center for History, Law and Culture - University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. December 1.
"The Shi'i Seminaries: Qum and Najaf"
Hikmat International Institute (online). July 29.
2018
“Imamology in Twelver-Shi‘i Islamic Thought"
Hartford Seminary, Hartford, CT. April 5.
2017
“The Panacean Power of Karbala’s Soil”
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. January 18.
2016
“Islam and the Other”
National University of Singapore, Singapore. June 30.
2014
“Ritual Language: Pilgrimage in Islam”
Academy of Jewish Religion, Los Angeles, CA. February 24.
2013
“Islam in America”
Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA. April 10.
2012
“Minority within a Minority: The Twelver Shi‘i Community in America”
Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA. March 20.
“An Introduction to Islam”
California State University San Bernardino, San Bernardino CA. May 21.