In conversation with Sayed Ammar Nakshawani on Karachi, peace and unity

During the past weekend Masjid-e-Yasrab’s imambargah in Karachi was infused with enthusiasm – a large crowd gathered to welcome and listen to an English-lecture series by renowned scholar of religious studies Dr Sayed Ammar Nakshawani.

Belonging to a prominent lineage through Musa alKhadim, the seventh Shia Imam, Nakshawani serves as the special representative to the United Nations for the Universal Muslim Association of America [UMAA] where he engages in interfaith dialogue with leaders of a variety of faiths and works on programmes for abused women, poverty and others. “It’s good to be involved on a political level… to be an ambassador of Islam,” he told The Express Tribune.