islam doesn't speak, muslims do | "the ink of the scholar is worth more than the blood of the martyr" – Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)
I’ll be moderating a panel during the day of this conference. A link to the program is here. The Harriman Institute. The Harriman Institute presents a series of colloquia entitled “Eurasian Pipelines – Road to Peace, Development and Interdependencies?”
Very excited to be hosting this virtual panel. Please join in on Jan. 29, 2012 “All-American Muslim” is not an Oxymoron: What Does it Mean… – Eventbrite. The Global Muslim Jewish Friendship Forum (GMJFF) is excited to announce its first public program: “All-American Muslim” is not an Oxymoron: What does it mean to be American and Muslim in the 21st century?
Sunday, December 18, 2011 Memories of Muhammad: Why the Prophet Matters Lecture by Omid Safi 8:00 pm | $10 In spite of the ubiquitous claim to “follow the Sunna”, Omid Safi contends that we as Muslims have largely forgotten about the profound prophetic character of the Prophet’s mission. … cmd=_s-xclick&hosted _button_id=2XBEU27HYZD2G Visit us on the web: www.nurashkijerrahi.org Find us on twitter, facebook & youtube: nurashkijerrahi Join our events mailing list: www.sufibooks.com NUR ASHKI JERRAHI COMMUNITY | DERGAH AL-FARAH 245 West Broadway, New York, NY 10013 | 212 966 9773 | info@nurashkijerrahi.org
On Tuesday, November 15th at 7:00 PM (EST), the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard will hold an event hosted by Park51 and Center for Inquiry NYC , in partnership with a wide swath of NYC-based organizations, to discuss communities for the nonreligious and the role of atheists in interfaith work, while launching two groundbreaking new initiatives: The Humanist Community Project, and Values in Action at the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard. … This event will be co-sponsored by the Harvard Humanist Alumni and major NYC-based atheist, religious, and LGBT organizations: GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation), New York Society for Ethical Culture , HUUmanists , The Humanist Institute , Ethical Humanist Chaplaincy at Columbia University , Reasonable New York , Faith House Manhattan , World Faith , Groundswell , Auburn Seminary , Journal of Inter-Religious Dialogue , Bronx Community College Secular Humanist Club .
Sept. 26th 2011 4PM-6PM Alumni Room (O’Malley Library) at Manhattan College interfaith.pdf
A write-up of a talk I gave earlier in the summer. (h/t to Ismaili Mail, who beat Google to posting this.) The Institute of Ismaili Studies – North American Alumni Explore Interfaith Dialogue. The following day began with Dr Hussein Rashid (Associate Editor, Religion Dispatches and Adjunct Professor, Hofstra University, USA) exploring the ethical questions raised by interfaith dialogue through an on-stage discussion with Sabrina Bandali.
Out of the Shadows of 9/11: Professor Hussein Rashid on faith’s role in social change from Kellie Picallo on Vimeo.
MFAH | Artful Thursday: High Notes – Thursday, September 15, 2011 @ 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM. Up to thirty percent of the slaves brought to the United States from Africa were Muslim. They spoke and wrote Arabic, and carried a rich musical tradition. Centuries’ worth of Muslim instrumental and singing traditions were combined with those of other cultures encountered in the United States, eventually forming blues, jazz, rock, and hip-hop—uniquely American musical genres.
You are invited to Out of the Shadows of 9/11: Millennials, Moral Vision and the Global Groundswell. Join Auburn Tuesday, September 6, 2011 from 7-9pm EST at the Jerome L.Greene Performance Space at WNYC. Or watch the event on your computer and join the Groundswell! Tune into the Auburn Web site to watch this compelling program that will give voice to a rising movement, and inform the roles that faith and morality bear in movement building – not only this fall, in next year’s election cycle, but through this coming decade. Join us September 6th and learn more by clicking…
Chain World – A Freeform Comic Book Experiment by A. David Lewis — Kickstarter. The "Chain World" Comic Book Experiment is, with the endorsement of several comics industry professionals, aimed at producing one artisan-designed hardcover slipcased 200-page comic book/"graphic novel" with a full-color wrap-around cover, beautifully illustrated initial page of story, and…199 pages left blank. Call it the most aesthetic chain letter ever, call it the most beautifully tangible campfire "continue-the-story" game, or call it the oddest "jam comic" to ever come down the pike: This whole Experiment is about creating and releasing one book — only ONE — to…