General House Rule & Information for Speakers

INFORMATION:

JIMAS is a UK registered charity that supports educational and charitable activities by both Muslims and non-Muslims. JIMAS lectures, seminars, conferences and publications promote positive character building through Islamic learning and practice. It emphasises charitable effort and focuses on work that earns reward recurrently.

JIMAS is completely voluntarily supported and all of its funds come from donations: small but regular contributions from Muslim individuals and modest fund raising projects. It does not accept funds from any foreign source.

In light of national and international events and developments concerning acts of indiscriminate violence carried out in the name of religion, JIMAS is at pains to ensure that its conference does not in any way oppose or contravene any relevant legislation, nor contradict standards of civil society in Britain today.

HOUSE RULES:

1. Speakers at the conference are not permitted to encourage or glorify any organisation or individual who are deemed to be related to any form of terrorism. JIMAS categorically stands against suicide and targeting of civilians in any part of the world and completely disowns any argument favouring such atrocities.

2. Speakers must not incite violence or call for the breaking of any law of the land.

3. Speakers may not spread hatred and intolerance in the community and thus aid in disrupting social and communal harmony. This includes speaking on sectarian lines that further divides Muslims or inflames public opinion.

4. Speakers do not have permission to make blanket accusations or generalisations against any race, creed or nation. No Muslim group or organisation can be attacked in a derogatory manner from the JIMAS platform. In the same vein, speakers must be careful not to insult other faiths through the non-academic pursuit of language or discussion.

5. Speakers who have not made prior arrangements and contractually agreed to sell or distribute any material at the conference are not permitted to do so.

6. Speakers cannot promote their own programmes or projects outside the conference that are neither organised nor hosted by JIMAS without the express permission from JIMAS. JIMAS reserves the right not to allow this at its discretion. Such permission will only be given to established organisations, preference being given to those who are registered as a UK charity. Non-UK based organisations will not be given any such permission as a policy.

7. Speakers must not arrange private meetings with groups of participants or organise any programme outside their schedule at the event without due permission.