# THE SHI&#x27;AH INSTITUTE

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1153889
- **Other names:** THE SHI`AH
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Company number:** [08476719](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08476719)
- **Registered:** Sept. 20, 2013
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1153889


## Contact

- **Address:** BLOOMSBURY HOUSE, 26 BLOOMSBURY STREET, BLOOMSBURY, LONDON
- **Postcode:** WC1B 3QJ
- **Phone:** 020 7637 7544
- **Email:** ido@shiahinstitute.org
- **Website:** www.shiahinstitute.org



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (&quot;THE OBJECTS&quot;) ARE:1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE RELIGION OF ISLAM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES AND TENETS OF THE SHI&#x27;AH ITHNA &#x27;ASHARI MUSLIM FAITH, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY FACILITATING AND PROMOTING SCHOLARSHIP ON SHI&#x27;AH ITHNA &#x27;ASHARI ISLAM AND FUNDING, CARRYING OUT AND ORGANISING RESEARCH, LECTURES AND CONFERENCES AND TO PUBLICLY DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH. (2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ABOUT SHI&#x27;AH ITHNA &#x27;ASHARI ISLAM, ITS HERITAGE AND PEOPLES THROUGH MEDIA SUCH AS PUBLICATIONS, THE INTERNET, UNIVERSITY LECTURES, SEMINARS, CONFERENCES AND LECTURES.

**Activities:** Facilitate &amp; promote scholarship on Shi&#x27;ah Ithna Ashari Islam, its heritage &amp; peoples. Present diverse approaches founded on effective traditions of textual scholarship &amp; hermeneutics, complement by modern academic methods to foster a better understanding of Shi&#x27;ah Islam. Provide a forum for the highest standard of research &amp; the academic dissemination of the timeless &amp; universal Shi&#x27;ah tradition.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, Religious Activities, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Camden





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **RAZA HASSAN** | Chair | May 16, 2013 |
| Munawar Hussain Shah L .T |  | Dec. 19, 2021 |
| Shaheed Mustafa Dhanani |  | April 23, 2025 |




