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Topic: MICHIGAN SEMINAR: Islam in America
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Sunnah Publishing
(Grand Rapids MI, USA)
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Islam in America
Grand Rapids MI - August 29th-31st
FREE ADMISSION
SPEAKERS:
Abul-Hasan Maalik Ibn Aadam
Aboo 'Abdullaah Mustafaa George
Hasan as-Somali
Abu Hafsah Kashiff Khan
TOPICS:
The 9/11 Attacks and Global Terrorism | Evolution or Intelligent Design:
What is the Islamic Perspective | Does Islam Restrict Individual Freedoms
and Human Rights? | Is Islam Oppressive to Women? | Islam in a Secular
Humanist Society | Does Islam Need to be Reformed to be Compatible with
Modern Times? | Scientific Facts in the Qur'an and Prophetic Traditions | Recent Controversies Surrounding the Prophet Muhammad | Islam's Position on Environmentalism and Animal Rights
WHERE:
Holiday Inn Express & Suites
Grand Rapids Airport
5401 28th St SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49546
Suites: $69.00 per night | Call: 616-940-8100 | Use code: "Islam in America Seminar"
For more information:
www.SunnahPublishing.net | Admin@SunnahPublishing.net | 616.475.9779
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Islam in America Conference Blog
http://IslaminAmerica.wordpress.com
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This blog has been set up - for the short term - to help promote the upcoming conference 'Islam in America', which is being organized by Sunnah Publishing in Grand Rapids MI. We hope that this conference will bring about better understanding of Islam here in the United States - specifically through addressing many of the modern Western concerns about it - such as the issue of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Islam's treatment of women, human rights and individual freedoms and much more. In the long term, we hope to extend this effort into an ongoing outreach providing - with clarity and straightforwardness - the true picture of the Religion of Islam to North America.
If you have any questions, comments or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us: Admin@SunnahPublishing.net | 616.475.9779
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Itinery of the Seminar: - http://www.sunnahpublishing.net/Aqeedah_Salaf/itinerary.pdf
News Coverage on the Conference
Muslims ask: ýDo they really know who we are?ý
Saturday, August 23, 2008 By Charles Honey
Grand Rapids Press
Press Religion Editor
GRAND RAPIDS ý From their cramped office behind a Southeast Side barber shop, four young men try to get the word out: This is who we are, this is what we believe.
As Muslims in an overwhelmingly Christian community, they see it as their responsibility to tell what Islam truly teaches ý to non-Muslims and other Muslims. They aim to do so through Sunnah Publishing, an educational nonprofit they formed four years ago.
ýLiving in America, weýre the ones who sufferý from misconceptions about Islam, said Maaz Qureshi, 27, a Pakistani Grand Rapids resident since 1997. ýIt is our religious obligation to clarify what our religion stands for and what it doesnýt.ý
Hamza Kantarevic, like Qureshi, sometimes wears the flowing robe, long beard and skullcap of traditionalist Islam. He knows he looks exotic, and perhaps threatening, in conservative West Michigan.
ýThey might see us and know we are Muslims and live amongst them,ý said Kantarevic, 24, a Bosnian who has lived here since 1999. ýBut do they really know who we are?ý
He and his colleagues at Sunnah Publishing hope to answer that and other questions at their first public conference, ýIslam in America,ý beginning Friday, a few days before Ramadan begins.
The seminar features Muslim scholars from Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom and New Jersey addressing a wide array of topics, from what Islam teaches about violence and women to Muslim positions on intelligent design and the environment.
Sunnah Publishing aims to provide answers by ýturning back to Islam in its original form,ý Qureshi said.
Some local Muslim leaders say they know little about Sunnah Publishing and will attend to learn more.
Ali Metwalli, a leader at the Islamic Mosque and Religious Institute, said the organizers have a ýpeaceful mindsetý but are more conservative than most local Muslims.
Qureshi accepts the conservative label, but says traditional Islam unequivocally condemns the militant extremism that has ýmessed up the image of Islam.ý
ýThe idea of committing suicide and (making) a plane crash into a building or strapping a bomb on your chest has nothing to do with Islam,ý said Qureshi, a database specialist at Pitney Bowes Legal Solutions.
Though not formally educated in Islam, he and his colleagues say they have studied and consulted with top scholars.
Salaahudeen Ali, a lifelong Grand Rapids resident, and Muhammad Muridi also are publishing partners.
They formed the publishing firm with their own funds, selling books and CDs and building a Web site including articles and audio recordings. They also teach classes on Arabic and creeds from their office at 613 Fuller Ave. SE.
Though they say top Islamic scholars have consistently condemned terrorism, the publishers add local Muslims have not been vocal enough about their beliefs.
ýNobody else is going to do it,ý Qureshi said. ýYou kind of have to put yourself out there.ý
Send e-mail to the author: choney@grpress.com
http://islaminamerica.wordpress.com/2008/08/23/news-coverage-on-the-conference/
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Abū Sulaymān Hamza ibn Hamdī Kantarević
(Cairo, Egypt / Grand Rapids, MI)
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As salaamu 'alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh,
We regret to inform the brothers and sisters that due to unforseen circumstances, our speakers were unable to attend, thus forcing us to postpone the conference to a future date that is yet to be determined. We apologize for the inconvenience that this may have caused anyone from amongst the brothers and sisters and hope to see all of you when the conference is re-scheduled in the near future insha'Allaah.
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Hamza ibn Shaukat ibn Muhammad
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Asalaamu 'alaikum
MashAllaah! The topics seem very interesting.
I'll be very much interested in purchasing all these talks. Will they be made available for purchase sometime very soon insha'Allaah.
Allaah barak feekum.
Wa salaam
Subhaanakallaah humma wa bi Hamdika Ashadu allaa ilaha illa ant, astaghfiruka wa atooba ilayk
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