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Scholar to Present Seminar on Islam for Clergy

Scholar to Present Seminar on Islam for Clergy. Contact: Patrick Verel (212) 636-7790 verel@fordham.edu    An expert on Islam will explore its basic history, concepts and calendar at a free seminar for New York-area clergy.  “Islam 101” will be presented by Hussein Rashid, Ph.D., visiting instructor at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College.  When: Tuesday, March 29, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.  Where: 12th-Floor Lounge, Lowenstein Building, Lincoln Center campus  RSVP: before Thursday, March 24 to Mary Tennermann (212) 665-0732 ext. 237

Leading Edge – Conference

I’ll be speaking at the following conference on a Muslim theology of Black Lives Matter. I’ve spoke at the church before on a similar topic, but this will be different.   “Body Politics” :: Jan 17 @middlechurch from Middle Collegiate Church on Vimeo.       The Leading Edge 2016:  REVOLUTIONARY LOVE—Tools, Tactics, and Truth-telling to Dismantle Racism  Friday, April 15 – Sunday, April 17 in New York City  Our nation is in a crisis. Though there is only one race — the human race — racism is a construct with lethal consequences. People die while in its custody. Racism…

Speaking Event: Harvard – Comics and Muslim Identity, April 30, 2011

The final two events in our year of programming around comics, graphic novels, the Middle East and Muslim communities will be happening at the end of the month! The panel event on Saturday, April 30th from 10:00 – 2:00 on the Harvard Divinity School campus will bring together scholars engaging with the intersections between comics and Muslim identity from a variety of vantage points. See more information here. The afternoon and evening preceding the panel we will be running, with the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Islamic Studies Program, and open comic making workshop from 11:00am – 4:00pm (See more information…