Scattered Pictures
Autor Imam Zaid Shakiren Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 noi 2005
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780979228117
ISBN-10: 0979228115
Pagini: 186
Dimensiuni: 162 x 217 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.28 kg
Editura: Nid Publishers
ISBN-10: 0979228115
Pagini: 186
Dimensiuni: 162 x 217 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.28 kg
Editura: Nid Publishers
Cuprins
Foreword; The Making of a Muslim; We Are All Collateral Damage; Abraham's Story; Islam and the Questions of Nationalism; Islam, the Prophet Muhammad and Blackness; Reflections on Black History Month; Not Muslim Zionists; Trees; Flight From the Mosque; Peace and Justice in Islam; Jihad is Not Perpetual Warfare; Reflections on the Tsunami; American Muslims, Human Rights, and the Challenge of September 11; The Issue of Female Prayer Leadership.
Notă biografică
Imam Zaid Shakir was born in Berkeley, California, and accepted Islam in 1977 while serving in the United States Air Force. He graduated summa cum laude and earned a B.A. in International Relations at the American University in Washington D.C. and an M.A. in Political Science from Rutgers University. While overseas in Egypt, Syria, and Morocco, he studied Arabic and traditional Islamic sciences including Islamic law, Qur'an, and Islamic spirituality. He co-founded Masjid Al-Islam in Connecticut and taught Political Science at Southern Connecticut State University. He has written numerous articles for various magazines, journals, newspapers, and translated several books from Arabic into English including "Heirs of the Prophets." Imam Zaid Shakir currently teaches full-time at the Zaytuna Institute in Hayward, California, as a scholar-in-residence.
Descriere
This anthology of essays discusses difficult and oftentimes controversial topics that, if not addressed, could continue to spiral downwards into serious political, social, and religious discord.