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Continuity and Change: Women Empowerment and Islam Revisited
June 7, 2008 at 7PM
Topic: “Continuity and Change: Women Empowerment and Islam Revisited”
Lecture by: Dr. Hamid Mavani, Professor of Religion at Claremont Graduate University
Program includes: Quranic Recitation, Lecture in English, Prayer, and Sweets/Tea
Hamid Mavani is Assistant Professor of Religion at the Claremont Graduate University. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. from McGill University’s Institute of Islamic Studies. Professor Mavani has been active at the academic and community level in promoting interfaith dialogue, inter- and intra-Muslim dialogue, religious pluralism, civil society, democratic governance, reform in the Islamic legal tradition, gender and religion, and environmental ethics. His primary fields of interest include Islamic legal reform, Muslims in America, Twelver Shi’ism, Qur’anic studies and Contemporary developments in the Muslim world. In his studies, he has collaborated with institutions and organizations such as Graduate Theological Union, University of California, San Francisco, United Religions Initiative (URI), San Francisco Interfaith Council, Oakland Coalition of Congregations (OCC), The Northern California Interreligious Council (NCIC), International Diplomacy Council (IDC) and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). Mavani has translated three booklets: from Arabic to English by Ayatullah Seestani titled Contemporary Legal Rulings in Shi’i Law (OAIK: Montreal, 1996) and on maqtal literature by Abu Mikhnaf (London, 2001); from Persian to English titled A Guide to Islamic Medical Ethics (OAIK: Montreal, 1998). He authored an article titled “Analysis of Khomeini’s Proofs for al-Wilaya al-Mutlaqa” in the book The Most Learned of the Shi’a (Oxford University Press, 2001) and is the author of Titles and Themes of the Qur’an (Thornhill: Islamic Education Board, 2004).
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