‘We’re going beyond identity’: Shiite students head to Harvard for first national conference

February 28, 2020   

(Religion News) Laila Tauqeer has only been president of the Harvard Islamic Society for three months, but she has been busy.

This weekend, she’s hosting the country’s first national conference for Shiite Muslim college students around the country.

On Friday (Feb. 28), more than 270 Shiite undergraduates, graduate students and recent alumni will gather at Harvard’s student organization center to discuss spirituality, sectarianism, geopolitics and faith-based activism at the sold-out Ma’rifa Conference.

While many participants have been drawn to the program seeking discussions about identity, Tauqeer says her aim is to create a space where young Shiites can delve deeper, “going beyond identity to re-imagine the Shiite paradigm in America.”

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