Webcast Date: This Sunday, Sept. 13th, 3-4pm EST
As Salaamu Alaikum Dear Brothers and Sisters, and Ramadan Mubarak!
I'm reminding you to join our beloved Imam and scholar Imam Zaid Shakir, thisSunday, September 13th, at 3pm EST for the final lecture in MANA's free Ramadan audio webcast series.
Joining Imam Zaid to host this week's webcast will be another beloved and distinguished Muslim leader, my dear friend Imam Johari Abdul-Malik. Imam Johari is the Community Outreach Director for Dar al Hijrah Islamic Center in Falls Church, VA, and a prominent MANA Diwan member.
I'm sure it will be an enlightening lecture and discussion, insha'Allah, so please try not to miss it! Instructions on how to access the webcast are given below.
We look forward to your participation and appreciate your support.
Your brother in Islam,
Imam Siraj Wahhaj
How to Participate in the Webcast Lectures
Via the Web:- Go directly to the webcast page on MANA's website.
- Or, go to the MANA homepage at www.mana-net.org and click the "Attend Ramadan Webcast Lecture" button on the left.
Via Telephone:
- Dial direct: 630-300-6276 and enter conference ID: 895932#
- Or, use the Alternate number: 412-258-6249, conference ID:895932#
The web and telephone venues will be accessible at 2:45 PM.
Submit Your Questions
The live lecture will take place from 3-4pm EST, and will be approximately 60 minutes long followed by a question and answer period. Your questions can be submitted during the lecture by using the "question submission form" found on thewebcast page, or you can submit questions by email to mana@manaoffice.net, or by phone at 859-296-0206.
About Imam Zaid Shakir
Zaid Shakir is amongst the most respected and influential Islamic scholars in the West. As an American Muslim who came of age during the civil rights struggles, he has brought both sensitivity about race and poverty issues and scholarly discipline to his faith-based work.
Born in Berkeley, California, he accepted Islam in 1977 while serving in the United States Air Force. He obtained a BA with honors in International Relations at American University in Washington D.C. and later earned his MA in Political Science at Rutgers University. While at Rutgers, he led a successful campaign for disinvestment from South Africa, and co-founded a local Islamic center, Masjid al-Huda.
After a year of studying Arabic in Cairo, Egypt, he settled in New Haven, Connecticut and continued his community activism, co-founding Masjid al-Islam, the Tri-State Muslim Education Initiative, and the Connecticut Muslim Coordinating Committee. As Imam of Masjid al-Islam from 1988 to 1994 he spear-headed a community renewal and grassroots anti-drug effort, and also taught political science and Arabic at Southern Connecticut State University. He then left for Syria to pursue his studies in the traditional Islamic sciences.
For seven years in Syria, and briefly in Morocco, he immersed himself in an intense study of Arabic, Islamic law, Quranic studies, and spirituality with some of the top Muslim scholars of our age. In 2001, he graduated from Syria's prestigious Abu Noor University and returned to Connecticut, serving again as the Imam of Masjid al-Islam, and writing and speaking frequently on a host of issues. That same year, his translation from Arabic into English of The Heirs of the Prophets was published by Starlatch Press.
In 2003, he moved to Hayward, California to serve as a scholar-in-residence and lecturer at Zaytuna Institute, where he now teaches courses on Arabic, Islamic law, history, and Islamic spirituality. In 2005, Zaytuna Institute published Scattered Pictures, an anthology of diverse essays penned by Zaid Shakir.
He is a frequent speaker at local and national Muslim events and has emerged as one of the nation's top Islamic scholars and a voice of conscience for American Muslims and non-Muslims alike.
from an email from MANA (Muslim Alliance in North America):
Webcast Date: This Sunday, Sept. 13th, 3-4pm EST |
As Salaamu Alaikum Dear Brothers and Sisters, and Ramadan Mubarak! I'm reminding you to join our beloved Imam and scholar Imam Zaid Shakir, thisSunday, September 13th, at 3pm EST for the final lecture in MANA's free Ramadan audio webcast series. Joining Imam Zaid to host this week's webcast will be another beloved and distinguished Muslim leader, my dear friend Imam Johari Abdul-Malik. Imam Johari is the Community Outreach Director for Dar al Hijrah Islamic Center in Falls Church, VA, and a prominent MANA Diwan member. I'm sure it will be an enlightening lecture and discussion, insha'Allah, so please try not to miss it! Instructions on how to access the webcast are given below. We look forward to your participation and appreciate your support. Your brother in Islam, Imam Siraj Wahhaj How to Participate in the Webcast Lectures Via the Web:
Via Telephone:
The web and telephone venues will be accessible at 2:45 PM. Submit Your Questions The live lecture will take place from 3-4pm EST, and will be approximately 60 minutes long followed by a question and answer period. Your questions can be submitted during the lecture by using the "question submission form" found on thewebcast page, or you can submit questions by email to mana@manaoffice.net, or by phone at 859-296-0206. |
About Imam Zaid Shakir Zaid Shakir is amongst the most respected and influential Islamic scholars in the West. As an American Muslim who came of age during the civil rights struggles, he has brought both sensitivity about race and poverty issues and scholarly discipline to his faith-based work. Born in Berkeley, California, he accepted Islam in 1977 while serving in the United States Air Force. He obtained a BA with honors in International Relations at American University in Washington D.C. and later earned his MA in Political Science at Rutgers University. While at Rutgers, he led a successful campaign for disinvestment from South Africa, and co-founded a local Islamic center, Masjid al-Huda. After a year of studying Arabic in Cairo, Egypt, he settled in New Haven, Connecticut and continued his community activism, co-founding Masjid al-Islam, the Tri-State Muslim Education Initiative, and the Connecticut Muslim Coordinating Committee. As Imam of Masjid al-Islam from 1988 to 1994 he spear-headed a community renewal and grassroots anti-drug effort, and also taught political science and Arabic at Southern Connecticut State University. He then left for Syria to pursue his studies in the traditional Islamic sciences. For seven years in Syria, and briefly in Morocco, he immersed himself in an intense study of Arabic, Islamic law, Quranic studies, and spirituality with some of the top Muslim scholars of our age. In 2001, he graduated from Syria's prestigious Abu Noor University and returned to Connecticut, serving again as the Imam of Masjid al-Islam, and writing and speaking frequently on a host of issues. That same year, his translation from Arabic into English of The Heirs of the Prophets was published by Starlatch Press. |
| In 2003, he moved to Hayward, California to serve as a scholar-in-residence and lecturer at Zaytuna Institute, where he now teaches courses on Arabic, Islamic law, history, and Islamic spirituality. In 2005, Zaytuna Institute published Scattered Pictures, an anthology of diverse essays penned by Zaid Shakir. He is a frequent speaker at local and national Muslim events and has emerged as one of the nation's top Islamic scholars and a voice of conscience for American Muslims and non-Muslims alike. from an email from MANA (Muslim Alliance in North America): |
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