Seminar: Pre-modern Muslim in a Post-modern World
| February 23, 2008 |
Registration:
http://www.hikmawinter.eventbri
Adult: $35
Student: $25
Couple: $50
Employees of Non-Profit: Free Admission
Timing
The Program will be from 9am-7pm
Schedule
Registration: 8:30am-9am
9:00am - 10:15am
Break 10min
10:25am - 11:25am
Break 10min
11:35am - 12:45pm
2:30pm - 3:30pm
3:50pm - 5:50pm
Salat al-Maghrib: 5:50pm - 6:15pm
Panel Discussion on challenges of Modernity/Post Modernity:
6:15pm - 7:15pm
Salat al-Isha: 7:15pm
Location & Parking
California State University, Fullerton
2555 E. Nutwood Ave.
Fullerton, CA 92834
The Seminar will take place in University Hall room 252 (the building has green tinted glass and is next to the Carl’s Jr.) , parking is free, please click on the map below:
Speaker Biographies:
Dr Muneer Fareed
is currently the Secretary General for ISNA, the Islamic Society of North Amercia and Instructor of ALIM (Alimprogram.com )Previously, Dr. Fareed was an associate professor of Islamic studies in the Department of Near Eastern and Asian Studies at Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.
Dr. Fareed’s fields of interest include Qur’anic Studies, Islamic Legal Reform, and Islam in the Modern World. He has to his credit several journal articles, a monograph entitled Legal Reform in the Muslim World, and translations of classics of the Islamic world, including the Síra Nabawiyya of Ibn Kathir, The Muqaddima of Ibn Saláh, and ‘l-Itqán fi ‘Ulúm ‘l-Qur’an of Suyúti.
He obtained his diploma in Arabic Language and Literature from King Abdul Aziz University, Mecca, the Ijáza in Classical Islamic Studies from Dár al-`Ulúm, Deoband, and his doctorate in Islamic Studies from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Since his arrival in the United States in 1989 he has served the Muslim community in various capacities, including imam and scholar-in-residence for the Muslim community in Metropolitan Detroit.
Dr Aslam Abdullah
Holds three masters degrees in Arabic and Islamic Studies, Sociology, and Journalism in addition to a Ph.D. in journalism. He has taught at Jamia Millia Islamia, India, and the American Islamic College, Chicago. He was former editor of Arabia magazine, published from London. Additionally, he has regularly given lectures at Punjab University, Lahore, Delhi University, Delhi, Islamic University, Kualalumpur, and other places. He currently is the chair of the publication division of the Lahore based International Iqbal Institute for Research, Education and Dialogue as well as the Director of the Islamic Society of Nevada, Las Vegas.
He has authored 16 books. The latest one is the treaties and letters of the Prophet. He translated Muhammad al Ghazali’s Khulq Muslim distributed world wide under the title of Morals and Manners in Islam. His forthcoming titles include, history of the compilation of the Quran and an Encyclopedia of the Quran.
Munir A. Shaikh
Is currently completing a PhD in Islamic Studies at UCLA, with training in Muslim history, Arabic and Islamic art & architectural history. His primary research focuses on the social and cultural history of medieval Islamic Iberia (Spain & Portugal). He currently teaches Middle East History and World History at the University of Redlands. Munir is Executive Director of the Institute on Religion and Civic Values (formerly known as the Council on Islamic Education), a national non-profit research center that addresses issues of religious freedom, scholarship on world religions, civic engagement, and public policy. He also sits on the Board of Directors of the Muslim Youth Camp of California, and is involved with various community organizations.