Salaam,
Some events happening at Princeton University...
Thursday Sept 30th from 8-9.30 pm -- Kalaam Cafe
Friday Oct 1st at 5 pm -- Dr. Akbar Ahmed
Sunday Oct 3rd at 1 pm and 3 pm -- Shaykh Hamza Yusuf
--- On Thu, 9/30/10, Sohaib N Sultan <ssu...@PRINCETON.EDU> wrote:
Assalamu'alaykum,
We're delighted to announce that Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, one of America's leading Islamic Scholars and co-founder of Zaytuna College (http://www.zaytunacollege.org/), is coming to speak at Princeton University this SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3rd. The details of his speaking engagements are below as well as reminders of other events happening this week that you simply won't want to miss! And, don't forget, this week's jummah khutbah will be delivered by special guest Ustadh Omar Mahmood, professor of neuro-psychology and Muslim youth leader, on the Relationship Between Mind & Soul.
KALAAM CAFE: Intellectual Conversations on Contemporary Islamic Issues over snacks and tea
Thursday, 8-9.30 pm
Murray-Dodge Cafe
This week's discussion: Confronting Modern Violence and Intolerance: How Do We Interpert 'Difficult' Passages in the Qur'an?
Disscusant: Sohaib, Muslim Chaplain
JOURNEY INTO AMERICA: THE CHALLENGE OF ISLAM
Dr. Akbar Ahmed, anthropologist and Chair of Islamic Studies at American University, speaks about his new book
Friday, 5 pm
Aaron Burr Hall 219
co-sponsored by PAHCHAAN
~~SHAYKH HAMZA YUSUF SUNDAY SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS~~~
MUSLIMS AND CHRISTIANS TOGETHER: THE CHALLENGES OF FAITH IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE
Conversation with Professor Robert George & Shaykh Hamza Yusuf
Sunday, 1 pm
McCosh Hall 28
Sponsored by the James Madison Program
RESPECT LIFE SUNDAY
Keynote address by Shaykh Hamza Yusuf
Sunday, 3-4 pm
University Chapel
Sponsored by Princeton Pro-Life
Hamza Yusuf is the cofounder of Zaytuna College in Berkeley, California (the first Muslim College in America). He has been studying and teaching classical Islamic disciplines for over thirty years. In a recent Georgetown University study, he has been listed among the 500 most influential Muslims in the world and is a frequent speaker at universities, conferences and is recognized as a leading proponent of inter-religious tolerance and respect. He is a co-president of Religions for Peace. He was also a special advisor to the United Nations' Alliance of Civilizations and one of the original 38 scholars who sent the Common Word to Pope Benedict XVI. He is licensed to teach in several subjects in the classical Islamic curriculum and has been a student of Shaykh Abdallah bin Bayyah, who is one of the greatest living authorities in Islamic Jurisprudence and legal theory as well as the Arabic language. He is a graduate of Religious Studies at San Jose State University, and he currently s erves as an advisor to both Stanford University’s Program in Islamic Studies and the Center for Islamic Studies at Berkeley’s Graduate Theological Union. He is the author of several research articles, Encyclopedia entries and books as well as a translator of Classical Islamic texts and poetry. He resides in the Greater Bay Area of California with his wife and five children.
His books include Purification of the Heart, The Content of Character, The Creed of Imam al-Tahawi, Agenda to Change our Condition, and Prayer of the Oppressed.
Professor George , professor of Politics at Princeton University, has served on the President's Council on Bioethics and as a presidential appointee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights. He is a former Judicial Fellow at the Supreme Court of the United States, where he received the Justice Tom C. Clark Award. Currently he serves on UNESCOâs World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is the author of In Defense of Natural Law, Making Men Moral: Civil Liberties and Public Morality, and The Clash of Orthodoxies: Law, Religion and Morality in Crisis. Professor George is a recipient of the Presidential Citizens Medal and many other honors, including the Stanley Kelley, Jr. Teaching Award from Princeton's Department of Politics. He holds honorary doctorates of law, ethics, science, letters, civil law, humane letters, and juridical science Professor George was the 2007 John Dewey Lecturer in Philosop hy of Law at Harvard University and the 2008 Judge Guido Calabresi Lecturer at Yale University.
D.Phil, Oxford University; JD, Harvard University; AB, Swarthmore College
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