Kumail Rajani

Birth

Kumail was born in Mahuva, Gujarat on Sunday, 10th of August 1980/27th of Ramadan 1400.

Lectures

Religious

Gujarati

12 days series of Muharram lectures in Dar es Salaam, 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJg7ajuwiAs&list=PLXUwOunF2EUtJfKKO8SV-lPISAohgOZh8

Majlis of 15th of Shaban in Reunion, 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arKxiDh24Ak

Majlis in Paris 2015, Topic: Moderation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLutQKEB-T0

Seminar on Family Life in Islam, Antananarivo 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33kTlnS0mkc

12 lectures in the month of Ramazan 2020

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxXZ3xQ9Cq6yCES5YofcITDKLColWF3TC

 

Urdu

Muharram lectures in Bujumbura

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33kTlnS0mkc

Academic

Karbala in the midst of History and Narrative, AMI Birmingham October 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Iu4Q7DOs8Y

CIMS Sunni - Shi'a Scholars Meeting, Topic: The Succession to the Prophet (pbuh), February 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dvGz2Ch6Ow

The Historicity of Dua Nudba and its later Evolution and Development, 4th March 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qpzz2KanMrs

Fatima al-Zahra, the Khulafa & Fadak, 26 Feb 2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCDwcl2C2dc

The Fate of the Khoja Community in British Courts of India, 29 July 2020, Khoja Heritage Propject and MARC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLrdChTa6_I

Human interpretation of divine laws (Gujarati-French)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8vYOUC_u1M&t=2534s

Crisis & Consolidation: Faith in Development (Gujarati-French)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kiQ6y__weQ&t=31s

Karbala in the Midst of History and Narrative: Typology of the Genres of Maqatil (Gujarati-French)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuI3vgre0-A&t=25s

Q & A Karbala in the Midst of History and Narrative: Typology of the Genres of Maqatil (Gujarati-French)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-Wu9GcTkZY&t=13s

Hawza & Univeristy: A Critical Asassemnt of the Approaches (Gujarati-French)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My9OiemvHNg&t=1464s

Shii Hadith: Origins, Development and Challenges (Gujarati-French)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aS-CEBf9so&t=1435s

 

 

Community

Gujarati

Senior Citizens Bibi Fatima Zahra Day 2017 in Birmingham

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvghVdrTUuo

Zainabiyya Day Speech, April 2016 in Hujjat Stanmore London

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJE_C0JMCEs

English

A brief report of Khoja Heritage Tour 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKDpa2UGLiQ

Community services

Head of Islamic Education Department of the WF of KSIMC 2014-2017

(Representative acitvites)

Founder of Ask an Alim Project-WF: http://www.askanalim.org/

Minbar Guidelines-WF-IE

Drafted MANHAJ curriculum for IRE in Kenya

Launched online courses of Shia Studies

Ramadan Qur'anic Word of the day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSSx10hXJ7Y

Muharram: Lesson of the day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meRUdcPv-rw&index=1&list=PLAyKxtbBJ-98k9tlEagU1AS4tIu38pQpG

Shia Wills

Publishing Islamic Law, translated by Shaykh Mohammed Ali Ismail, project commenced during the headship of Sayyid Ali Raza Naqvi

Joint-Head of Khoja Heritage Project of WF KSIMC 2014-2017

Founder of KhojaPedia: http://khojapedia.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

Convenor or the Khoja Studies Conference, 15-16 December 2016: http://www.khojastudies.org/

Deputy Head of the Khoja Heritage Project of WF KSIMC 2017-2020

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFDGrrvxV6shszu4zz2qX46r88BE245z8

Works

Entry on Shii Hadith in Oxford Bibliography

http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780195390155/obo-9780195390155-0235.xml?rskey=zVc80J&result=1&q=Kumail+Rajani+#firstMatch

 

Ramadan: Qur'anic Word of the day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSSx10hXJ7Y

https://tools.world-federation.org/news/quranic-word-day

 

Muharram: Lesson of the day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meRUdcPv-rw&index=1&list=PLAyKxtbBJ-98k9tlEagU1AS4tIu38pQpG

 

Manhaj: A curriculum for Islamic Religious Education

This curriculum encompasses detailed lesson plans for standards 1-8 and forms 1-4, catering to the need of Islamic Religious Education of Kenyan schools.

AIMS OF THE MANHAJ CURRICULUM:

The aims of the MANHAJ curriculum are four-fold:

1) Religious – IRE lessons are expected to promote the religious understanding of Islam, and to acknowledge and respect other religions.

2) Intellectual, physical, and mental wellbeing – IRE lessons are expected to enable students to have a rational understanding of Islam, and to use reason in understanding the Islamic traditions. They are also expected to contribute towards the students’ physical and mental wellbeing, and in turn contribute towards the overall welfare of their nation.

3) Spiritual – IRE lessons are expected to inculcate piety (taqwa: being aware of the presence and expectation of Allah at all times), and to nurture students to become God-conscious individuals in all walks of life.

4) Moral – IRE lessons are expected to promote ethical values, enabling students to become good citizens, and role models in society.

The project was conducted during his term in the role of head of IE at the WF of KSIMC.

Living with the Prophetic Stories, CoEJ

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM-Lo9fdT8F_LeTT0b51hoY_-RqeGZJ9R

Eid al-Ghadeer

English (with narration): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbbvqD2jXf0

Gujarati: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDHDww8nJGo

French: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0Mg2vtqjiE

KhojaPedia

Kumail Rajani is the founder of KhojaPedia, an online encyclopedia of the history, heritage and legacy of the Khoja Shia Ithna Asheri Muslim Community.