Imam Zaid Shakir at Penn 7:00 pm (IAW)
Suhail Dar
This is the description we sent out on our listserv for today's event. The flyer is also attached. Danish, can you send these out on the PPS listserv? I tried doing that last night.
1) Islamic Awareness Week [DAY 3]
Today's
events
Journey to Spirituality through Islam in the West
Imam Zaid Shakir discusses the method for which many have come to Islam in a
post 9/11 era
Date: TONIGHT, October
21st, 2008
Time:
7:00 pm
Location:
Terrace Room, Logan Hall
Directions:
http://www.facilities.upenn.edu/mapsBldgs/view_bldg.php3?id=71
One of the most recognized scholars in America today and visiting faculty member of the respected Zaytuna Institute, Imam Zaid Shakir will deliver a powerful lecture on Islam, spirituality, and its presence in the West, especially after the atrocities of 9/11. More specifically, he will elaborate upon how it has led many non-Muslims, both African-American and Caucasians, to embrace the fastest growing faith in the world.
Tomorrow…
Interfaith:
The Similarity between the Three Abrahamic Faiths
An Academic Look on the greatly overlapping principles and ethics of Islam,
Christianity, and Judaism
Date: Wednesday, October
22nd, 2008
Time:
7:00 pm
Location:
Hall of Flags, Houston Hall
Directions: http://www.facilities.upenn.edu/mapsBldgs/view_bldg.php3?id=50
Dr. Dirks, a former Harvard educated Christian minister
and now Muslim academic, an expert in comparative religion will deliver an
enlightening presentation on Islam, Christianity, and Judaism to bridge the
great divide of misunderstanding that exists in a post 9/11 era. As a former
Christian minister, Dr. Dirks brings a perspective from both sides of faith
while maintaining expertise in an understanding of Judaism. This event should
help shed light concerning the present myth of the outcast image of Islam,
rather a faith that is far more similar to others, which is otherwise unknown.
More on the
week…
When: October 19-25, 2008
Time:
See Event Flyer (attached)
Where:
See Event Flyer (attached)
Who:
Native Deen, Imam Zaid Shakir, Jerald Dirks, Baba Ali, and Taha Abdul-Basser
The Penn MSA would like to invite each one of you, be you Muslim or not, to our
2008 version of Islam Awareness Week. Very well known, respected members of the
American Muslim milieu will attend to share their own take on Islam through a
lens of their experience and work. They include Native Deen, Imam Zaid Shakir,
Jerald Dirks, Baba Ali, and Taha Abdul-Basser. We will also celebrate our Eid
banquet this Sunday, October 19. We now ask all of you to come one and all for
a very beneficial week of enlightenment, understanding, and realization of
perspectives that usually do not pervade our everyday life. To learn more,
please refer to our attached flyer and event description document that details
the topic of each event during the week. Insha'Allah (God willing), we will see
you all there.
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Suhail Dar
Wharton School Class of 2009
University of Pennsylvania
Mobile: (330)-703-4714
suh...@sas.upenn.edu
