BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.0.5//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:537@test.arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit;VALUE=DATE:20150508 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit;VALUE=DATE:20150510 DTSTAMP:20150227T205326Z URL:https://test.arabamerica.com/events/answering-hate-with-love/ SUMMARY:Answering Hate with Love DESCRIPTION:TEXAS\n\nFRIDAY\, MAY 8\nMisquoting Muhammad: Interpreting the Prophet's Legacy\n· Speakers: Dr. Jonathan Brown &\; Dr. Jihad Turk\n\ n· Summary:\nNamed as one of the top books on religion of 2014 by The Ind ependent\, Dr. Brown's book\, "Misquoting Muhammad" takes the reader back in time through Islamic civilization and traces how and why such controver sies developed\, offering an inside view into how key and controversial as pects of Islam took shape.\n\nJoin us for a discussion with the author\, m oderated by Dr. Jihad Turk. From the protests of the Arab Spring to Istanb ul at the fall of the Ottoman Empire\, and from the red walls of Delhi’s great mosques to the trade routes of Islam’s Indian Ocean world\, come learn how Muslim intellectuals have sought to balance reason and revelatio n\, weigh science and religion\, and negotiate the eternal truths of scrip ture amid shifting values.\n\n· Venue: Masjid As-Sabireen (610 Brand Lane \, Stafford\, TX)\n· Time: 8PM (after Maghrib) until Isha\n\nSATURDAY\, M AY 9\nAnswering with Love: Responding to the Haters\n· Speakers: Dr. Reza Aslan\, followed by a panel featuring Dr. Jonathan Brown and Dr. Jihad Tu rk\n· Summary: "Love is my sin and thy dear virtue hate" - Shakespeare\, Sonnet 142\n\nReza Aslan said\, "Religion doesn't make people bigots. Peop le are bigots and they use religion to justify their ideology." Join us fo r an elucidating discussion around how Muslims can formulate a response to the dialed-up rhetoric of present days and how American-Muslims are uniqu ely positioned to bridge the divide between the West and the Muslim world. \n\n· Venue: Maryam Islamic Center (504 Sartartia Rd\, Sugar Land\, TX)\n · Time: 2 PM (after Dhuhr) until 4:30 PM\n\n|| FREE AND OPEN TO EVERYONE ||\n\nDR REZA ASLAN\, an internationally acclaimed writer and scholar of r eligions\, is author of the #1 New York Times Bestseller Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth\, which has been translated into twenty-eig ht languages.\n\nAslan is Professor of Creative Writing at the University of California\, Riverside and serves on the board of trustees for the Chic ago Theological Seminary. A member of the American Academy of Religions\, the Society of Biblical Literature\, and the International Qur'anic Studie s Association\, Aslan's previous academic positions include the Wallerstei n Distinguished Professor of Religion\, Community and Conflict at Drew Uni versity in New Jersey (2012-2013)\, and Visiting Assistant Professor of Re ligion at the University of Iowa (2000-2003).\n\nHe is the founder of Asla nMedia\, a social media network for news and entertainment about the Middl e East and the world\, and co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of BoomGe n Studios\, the premier entertainment brand for creative content from and about the Greater Middle East.\n\nAslan's first book is the International Bestseller\, No god but God: The Origins\, Evolution\, and Future of Islam \, which has been translated into seventeen languages\, and named one of t he 100 most important books of the last decade. He is also the author of H ow to Win a Cosmic War (published in paperback as Beyond Fundamentalism: C onfronting Religious Extremism in a Globalized Age)\, as well as editor of two volumes: Tablet and Pen: Literary Landscapes from the Modern Middle E ast\, and Muslims and Jews in America: Commonalties\, Contentions\, and Co mplexities.\n\nDR JONATHAN BROWN is the Alwaleed bin Talal Chair of Islami c Civilization in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University\, and he is the Associate Director of the Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Mus lim Christian Understanding. He received his BA in History from Georgetown University in 2000 and his doctorate in Near Eastern Languages and Civili zations from the University of Chicago in 2006. Dr. Brown has studied and conducted research in countries such as Egypt\, Syria\, Turkey\, Morocco\, Saudi Arabia\, Yemen\, South Africa\, India\, Indonesia and Iran. His boo k publications include The Canonization of al-Bukhari and Muslim: The Form ation and Function of the Sunni Hadith Canon (Brill\, 2007)\, Hadith: Muha mmad’s Legacy in the Medieval and Modern World (Oneworld\, 2009) and Muh ammad: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press\, 2011)\, which was selected for the National Endowment for the Humanities' Bridging Cultu res Muslim Journeys Bookshelf. His most recent book\, Misquoting Muhammad: The Challenges and Choices of Interpreting the Prophet’s Legacy (Onewor ld\, 2014)\, was named one of the top books on religion in 2014 by the Ind ependent. He has published articles in the fields of Hadith\, Islamic law\ , Salafism\, Sufism\, Arabic lexical theory and Pre-Islamic poetry and is the editor in chief of the Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Law. Dr. Brown ’s current research interests include Islamic legal reform and a transla tion of Sahih al-Bukhari.\n\nJIHAD TURK is the son of an American Methodis t mother and a Palestinian Muslim father. He is Director of Religious Affa irs for the Islamic Center of Southern California (ICSC)\, the oldest and largest masjid in the Los Angeles area. He is also completing a Ph.D. in I slamic Studies at University of California\, Los Angeles. He is a popular speaker\, advocate and expert in the media. Turk teaches Arabic and is wid ely involved in interfaith advocacy and dialogue across Southern Californi a. He also serves on the Board of Governors for Claremont Lincoln Universi ty.\n\nBrought to you by the Risala Foundation\n\nIN PARTNERSHIP WITH\nIsl amic Society of Greater Houston\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://test.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/ 2015/02/10984051_899446973421510_4137151128910376792_n.jpg CATEGORIES:Community,Lecture LOCATION:Masjid As-Sabireen\, 610 Brand Lane\, Stafford\, Texas\, United St ates GEO:29.6188262;-95.57924509999998 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=610 Brand Lane\, Stafford\, Texas\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Masjid As-Sabireen:geo:2 9.6188262,-95.57924509999998 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20150308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR