"The Universal Enemy: Jihad, Empire, and the Challenge of Solidarity"
AVACGIS Guest Lecture Series with Darryl Li
Zoom Virtual Event
AVACGIS Guest Lecture Series with Darryl Li
AVACGIS Guest Lecture Series with Hussein Rashid
AVACGIS Guest Lecture Series with Muhsin al-Musawi
AVACGIS Guest Lecture Series with Sherine Hamdy
“To Reform or Decolonize the Mind? Islamophobia, American Muslims, and the Dilemmas of Double Consciousness”
“The Transformation of Islamic Charity: From Alms to New Public Voluntarism in India”
Almsgiving is a ritual obligation in Islam practiced by the vast majority of the world's Muslims, yet it is not well understood in popular or scholarly discussions. This lecture examines the contemporary changes in obligatory almsgiving (zakat) through ethnographic research on new Islamic charity organizations in north India.
"The Sacrifice: The Story of Abraham’s/Ibrahim’s Sacrifice and Its Relevance Today"
This talk will examine the Biblical and Qur’anic story of Abraham’s/Ibrahim’s sacrifice.
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