Category: Memorial Lecture

In 2014, 16 years after the death of Shamima Shaikh, the Muslim Youth Movement decided to institute an annual Shamima Shaikh Memorial Lecture in honour of its former national executive committee member, and the first National Coordinator of its Gender Desk. The first lecture, on 20 September 2014, was held at Constitutional Hill in Johannesburg.

The lecture will be presented annually by a person accomplished in one of the fields that Shamima had felt strongly about and dedicated her life to.

Cultivating Spirit, Embodying Justice: Sufism, Gender and Islamic Feminism – Sa’diyya Shaikh
The Second Shamima Shaikh Lecture was delivered by Professor Sa’diyya Shaikh, associate professor in the Department of Religious Studies, University of Cape Town. The topic of her lecture was “Cultivating Spirit, Embodying Justice: Sufism, Gender and Islamic Feminism”.

The lecture event was held in Overport, Durban at the Al-Ansaar Hall, on the 5 September 2015.
- Programme for Second Shamima Shaikh Memorial Lecture
- Lecture: “Cultivating Spirit, Embodying Justice: Sufism, Gender and Islamic Feminism”, by Sa’diyya Shaikh.
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Second Annual Shamima Shaikh Lecture – Voice of the Cape
3 January 2016
Narratives of Empowerment: Muslim Women and the Gender Jihad in South Africa
The Third Shamima Shaikh Memorial Lecture was delivered by Dr Fatima Seedat, lecturer and coordinator of the Gender, Religion and Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights programme at the University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban. Her lecture was entitled “Narratives of Empowerment: Muslim Women and the Gender Jihad in South Africa”.

The Memorial Lecture event was held at the Bo Kaap Museum Community Hall in Cape Town on the 17 September 2016.
- Programme for Third Shamima Shaikh Memorial Lecture
- Lecture: “Narratives of Empowerment: Muslim Women and the Gender Jihad in South Africa”, by Fatima Seedat.
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Late Shamima Shaikh honoured at Cape memorial lecture – Al-Qalam

Shamima Shaikh Commemorative Lecture – Awqaf SA
3 January 2016
– Khadija Patel 2018
The Fourth Shamima Shaikh Lecture will be delivered by Khadija Patel, chief editor of the Mail & Guardian, one of South Africa’s most respected newspapers.

The lecture event will be held at the Image Lifestyle Conference Centre, Fordsburg, Johannesburg on 17 November 2018.
- Programme for Fourth Shamima Shaikh Memorial Lecture
- Lecture by Khadija Patel.
3 January 2016
Muslim Feminism, Islamic Law and the Quest for Gender Justice – Kecia Ali
The inaugural Shamima Shaikh Lecture was delivered by Professor Kecia Ali.

It was held at the historical – and very symbolic – Women’s Gaol, Constitution Hill, Johannesburg, on 20 September 2014.
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Gender Activist Shamima Shaikh Remembered – Voice of the Cape

Interview with Safiyyah Surtee on the Memorial Lecture – Voice of the Cape
3 January 2016