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Event: Council for the Advancement of Muslim Professionals Conference

Muslim professionals from across the US and Canada will come together in Plainsboro, New Jersey (near Princeton) on May 2nd, 2009 to attend the 3rd Annual Leadership Summit, hosted by the Council for the Advancement of Muslim Professionals (CAMP). This year’s Summit is entitled “Leading in a Changing Landscape.” The event is an all‐day conference for Muslim Professionals from varied professional backgrounds – private, public and non‐profit. Participants will discuss and build on the theme “Leading in a Changing Landscape.” More details here. Full press release below. CAMP-Press-Release-2009.pdf

DC Event: Deconstructing the Clash of Civilizations

The British Council and The Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding request the pleasure of your company for a special panel discussion to launch the Our Shared Future project: Deconstructing the ‘Clash of Civilizations’: From ‘Us and Them’ to ‘We are Them’ May 24, 2011 6:00 -7:30 pm Lohrfink Auditorium – Rafik B. Hariri Building Georgetown University Featuring: John L. Esposito University Professor and Founding Director, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding Deborah Amos Foreign Correspondent, National Public Radio Rashad Hussain US Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference, US Department of State Mohamed Younis Senior Analyst,…

PFBC – Beginnings

The Progressive Faith Blog Con started last night, and what a good beginning it was. Thurman Hart of Xpatriated Texan gave us some powerful opening remarks. Go read. We began with a Jewish prayer service, led by the Velveteen Rabbi herself, Rachel Barenblat. It was pleasure to finally get to meet her. The service was full of taqwa – God consciousness. It was not just about the prayer, but about praying to remember God outside of the liturgical setting, to know that God is, and always should be, with us. Download and read her prayer book. We sat down for…