LIVE Imam Zaid Webcast July 20: What Will an Obama Presidency Mean
In this live, interactive webcast session Imam Zaid discusses the important questions of the upcoming US presidential election:
1. What Would an Obama Presidency Mean for the American War Machine?
2. What Would an Obama Presidency Mean for American Society and Politics?
3. What Would an Obama Presidency Mean for the Global South?
4. What Would an Obama Presidency Mean for Obama?
5. What Would it Take for Obama to be a Great President?
Note: Mac computers are not able to support Webex. All viewers will require access to a PC.
IMAM ZAID’S CAREER [PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY]
Imam Zaid Shakir, among the most respected and influential Muslim scholars in the West, has served in the United States Air Force.
He earned a BA summa*censored*laude (with highest honors) in International Relations at American University in Washington D.C. and later earned his MA in Political Science and International Relations at Rutgers University.
From 1988 to 1994 he taught as an Adjunct Professor of Political Science and Arabic at Southern Connecticut State University. Then, for seven years in Syria and briefly in Morocco, with some of the top Muslim scholars of our age he immersed himself in an intense study of Arabic language, Islamic law, Quranic Studies, and Islamic spirituality.
In 2001, he graduated from Syria's prestigious Abu Nur University. Currently, as a scholar-in-residence and lecturer at Zaytuna Institute, he teaches regular courses on Arabic language, Islamic law, history, and Islamic spirituality.
Among works he has translated from Arabic into English, is his translation of Scholars Are The Heirs of the Prophets. He wrote Scattered Pictures: Reflections of An American Muslim in 2005, and he is completing Divine Yearnings, to be released in 2008. For more information concerning Imam Zaid, and to listen to other webcasts, please visit www.zaidshakir.com
To Register for the event go to :
http://www.newislamicdirections.com/registration
The event will take place on Sunday July 20, 2008 at: 1 PM PST/ 4PM EST / 9PM UK
Registration Fee: $15.00
1. What Would an Obama Presidency Mean for the American War Machine?
2. What Would an Obama Presidency Mean for American Society and Politics?
3. What Would an Obama Presidency Mean for the Global South?
4. What Would an Obama Presidency Mean for Obama?
5. What Would it Take for Obama to be a Great President?
Note: Mac computers are not able to support Webex. All viewers will require access to a PC.
IMAM ZAID’S CAREER [PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY]
Imam Zaid Shakir, among the most respected and influential Muslim scholars in the West, has served in the United States Air Force.
He earned a BA summa*censored*laude (with highest honors) in International Relations at American University in Washington D.C. and later earned his MA in Political Science and International Relations at Rutgers University.
From 1988 to 1994 he taught as an Adjunct Professor of Political Science and Arabic at Southern Connecticut State University. Then, for seven years in Syria and briefly in Morocco, with some of the top Muslim scholars of our age he immersed himself in an intense study of Arabic language, Islamic law, Quranic Studies, and Islamic spirituality.
In 2001, he graduated from Syria's prestigious Abu Nur University. Currently, as a scholar-in-residence and lecturer at Zaytuna Institute, he teaches regular courses on Arabic language, Islamic law, history, and Islamic spirituality.
Among works he has translated from Arabic into English, is his translation of Scholars Are The Heirs of the Prophets. He wrote Scattered Pictures: Reflections of An American Muslim in 2005, and he is completing Divine Yearnings, to be released in 2008. For more information concerning Imam Zaid, and to listen to other webcasts, please visit www.zaidshakir.com
To Register for the event go to :
http://www.newislamicdirections.com/registration
The event will take place on Sunday July 20, 2008 at: 1 PM PST/ 4PM EST / 9PM UK
Registration Fee: $15.00
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