Dr Jaafar Morvarid is an assistant professor of philosophy and Islamic theology at Ferdowsi University in Iran. He has delivered several lectures on “Interreligious Dialogue: Requirements and Obstacles,” “The Third Interreligious Dialogue between Shi’a Islam and Orthodox Christianity,” and “Interfaith Dialogue between Benedict Christianity and Shi’a” in various universities and communities. During his stay at AMI, Dr Morvarid presented his research on the “Theology of Shi‘ite Ziyārah: the Case for a Norm-Sensitive Approach to Religion” and taught classical texts in fiqh and its principles to students of the Hawza Programme. He also lectured with Shaykh Arif Abdulhussain and Dr Ali-reza Bhojani on the ‘Hermeneutic Elements in the Methodology of Shii Ijtihad: Agreement with the Spirit of the Book, and Derivation of Justice as the Purpose of Sharia’