Dr. Zeeshan is a truly multi-dimensional expert and a thorough academic. He is serving as the Vice-Chancellor at Al Ghazali University.
Prior to his role at Al Ghazali, he was the rector, dean, and Associate Professor at the Karachi School of Business of Business & Leadership (KSBL). He has previously also headed the undergraduate program at Suleman Dawood School of Business at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS). Dr. Zeeshan has over 20 years of diverse academic and professional experience in education, training, consulting and research. After completing his MBA from the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) – Karachi.
Khizer Khalid, a software engineer by qualification and a marketing executive by profession, manages a pharmaceutical marketing and distribution business in Pakistan. One of the co-founders of Hikmah Institute, he also teaches various courses at Hikmah Institute. He received his BSc Computer Science from LUMS back in 2010, where he also took multiple courses in Islamic Jurisprudence, Law, Spirituality and Philosophy. Khizer has also taken multiple courses in various aspects of Islam from Warwick and Oxford University. His area of research is comparative religion, while his favorite areas of study are Hadith and Islamic Jurisprudence.
Alongside his professional and educational commitments.
Arsalan Ahmed is one of the co-founders of Naseeha Institute and has been in academia for the past 10 years. He is currently involved with Beaconhouse National University as an Assistant Professor and working at the Message Foundation as the Head of School Culture & Discipline.
Arsalan Ahmed completed his Bachelors in Accounting & Finance from Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) in 2010 followed by an MSc in Economics in 2011. Thereafter, he was awarded the Commonwealth Shared Scholarship which allowed him to pursue a Masters in International Political Economy from the University of Warwick. Arsalan has also acquired the Islamic Finance Qualification from the Chartered Institute of Securities & Investment, United Kingdom.
Shahzaib Aijaz is one of the co-founders and a faculty member at Hikmah Institute. Shahzaib runs an event management and corporate facility management company, he is also involved as a faculty at various universities teaching management courses to MBA students.
Shahzaib Aijaz completed his bachelors in Economics & Mathematics from the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) back in 2010, and pursued his MBA from the Karachi School of Business and Leadership (KSBL). Before embarking on an entrepreneurial journey, Shahzaib’s professional experience was working as the Head of Marketing at The Indus Hospital, prior to establishing his own firm, his area of research is management and marketing.
Are you under the impression that you feel betrayed by society or life in general? Do you feel your cup is full and you can’t take anymore burdens? Do you feel you’re left alone?
Under the umbrella of this topic, we’ll be having a conversation on reacting to hardships, struggles and troubles. Analyzing the philosophy behind why we are faced with these circumstances if we’re establishing the divine power to be so kind and merciful. This January, we shall be diving deep into this philosophy.
Delving Into The Realm Of The Unseen; The God Delusion ?!
Identifying a divine power as the ultimate authority has always been the primary sort of skepticism of most secularist ideologies.
In terms of its rational foundations as well as the purpose, meaning, comfort and guidance that it gives to our lives, the case for Allah’s existence is solid in the Islamic tradition. Logic and reason go hand in hand with intuition to identify a Divine Power as a authority.
One of our flagship sessions to be done at Enslaved 2.0, “The GOD DELUSION !? Delving Into The Realm of The Unseen.”
With rising notions of homosexuality, ambiguity concerning transgenderism, and sexuality as a whole has led our society amidst confusions and constant second thoughts on our fundamental belief systems.
In order for us to understand these complex concepts, we need to revisit our roots and have a close look on how sexuality has evolved to the point that we are at the verge of normalizing these in our society as well.
Presenting yet another highlight of Enslaved 2.0, Sexual Revolution; A Modern Discourse.
We are more than often confronted with this notion of acknowledging Humanity as our religion, and identifying as a humanist. Is this a problematic belief or it has become necessary to reinvent and introduce an entirely new religion in the name of humanity? In order to understand the idea of humanism and whether it actually is humane, our flagship topic of Enslaved 2.0 is HUMANITY AS A RELIGION; HUMANIST AS AN INDIVIDUAL.
At Enslaved 2.0, we are providing a wholesome experience of covering modernities, yet there’s a need to understand what should be our next step. To understand the ray for the way forward, we will be concluding our event on some spirituality driven advice of where we should go from here and what should be our next course of action.
Our concluding note at Enslaved 2.0 will be the most important one after a day full of contending modernities, and will be answering this significant question; “Where Do We Go From Here?”
In current times, addictions in its various forms are prevalent extensively in our society and addressing it is the need of the hour.
Living in a society where it’s a trending culture of mass advertising and glorifying excessive consumption of all sorts of content and the near instant gratification of desires. “Having more and having now” is an urge now which started off as a fashion, proves to have a domino effect, and in turn, unconstrained desires which only grow stronger each time they’re fed, whilst some even turning into overriding intimidations.
In such chaos of intellectual ambiguity and other such prevalent notions , Enslaved 2022 aspires to give a balanced Worldview and a moderate outlook, in order for a view of self reformation to be established.
With relationships, come complications, and complications, can lead to aversions. This causes turmoil and disorder in our lives. Often, we are confused between something being a result of fleeting temptations, or developing real feelings.
Contemporary society tends to propagate the idea of immediate gratification of desires and misled affections, leaving us entangled in physiological, psychological and social implications.
Revolving around the harms and implications of relationships, primarily based on temptations. Focusing on the wisdom and philosophy behind discouraging ‘misdirected’ affections and encouraging deeper more meaningful bonds in the Islamic context. This episode of Misdirected Love, inspires to highlight the basic inadequacies of prompt indulgence of desires based on the misconceptions about Love.
With this topic, we hope to clear out doubts that are prevalent in contemporary society and the contextualization of this very important issue in the Islamic framework! The origin of this ideology, the premise on which it is based, the conceptions surrounding it and much more to be commented upon.
Over time, the intensity of the discussion around this issue has increased exponentially, and there prevails a lack of clarity in opinions regarding the LGBTQ discourse. Amidst all the prevailing confusion, we aim to cut through the fog and have a comprehensive dialogue regarding Gender Fluidity and LGBTQ+. Under this umbrella, we shall revisit the origins and look for lessons in history. We will also cover some of the basic validations for the LGBTQ argument, and the idea that Gender identity is a social construct which doesn’t necessarily have to be biological.
Introducing our fourth topic; Living a Life of Purpose. A life with a vision tends to give a big picture, consisting of components such as spirituality, mental and emotional wellbeing, relationships, and career.
If we begin to analyze the problems surrounding us, we will begin to understand that most of us are deprived of a vision that we need to live ‘by’ and have a purpose to live ‘for’. When it comes to living a life that is inspired by a purpose, we need our resources and independence of intellect to identify the right one. For this very assertion, we need to seek mentorship in individuals who can guide and counsel, and inspire with a drive that can guide life decisions, influence behaviour, give a ray of hope and direction.
Living in times where the idea of ‘Live and Let Live’ is not only common, but idealized amongst the masses, basing the entire philosophy of life around this very notion, and then struggling to find meaning in one’s life. Because yes, everyone is indeed entitled to their own opinions, but in this framework, if we fail to create meaning and make a difference, then there is a major lacking in this ‘life of purpose’.
Yasin Asad is the Co-Founder of Naseeha Institute in Lahore. He is an academic by profession; currently engaged as a Lecturer at University of Management & Technology and serving as the Director of Department of Islamic Studies at the Message Grammar School. Previously, he has taught English and Business Studies at various schools across Lahore.
Yasin holds an undergrad degree in Political Science & Economics and an M.Phil in Education Leadership & Management from the Lahore University of Management Sciences. Furthermore, he has spent 7 years studying Uloom of Deen under the tutelage of qualified Islamic scholars
He delivers talks and conducts workshops at universities and institutes of academic learning.
