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July

» THE 19th INTERNATIONAL IWSF CONFERENCE @ Bay Area - East Bay [Friday, Jul 04]
» The Role of Quran in Muslim History @ Bay Area - East Bay [Saturday, May 17]

June

» Continuity and Change: Women Empowerment and Islam Revisited @ Bay Area - East Bay [Saturday, Jun 07]

Friday - July 4, 2008

THE 19th INTERNATIONAL IWSF CONFERENCE

English: http://www.iwsf.org/bk19/docs/English_callforpapers.pdf

Persian: http://www.iwsf.org/bk19/index.html

نوزدهمین کنفرانس بین المللی بنیاد پژوهش ها ی زنان ایران

نیازهای مبرم زن ایرانی در دوران کنونی

The 19th International IWSF Conference

Salaam Bar Hamegy,
As most of you know, the 19th Iranian Women's Studies Foundation Conference is scheduled from July 4th to 6 in UC Berkeley, California. The theme of the conference is "The Essential Needs of the Iranian Woman Today". Please visit the IWSF website:
http://www.iwsf.org

for the "Call for Papers" both in Persian and English. Please spread the word and encourage your friends and colleagues who have worked on this topic and can prepare a paper for this conference to send their abstract and biography to: iwsf2008@yahoo.com
by February 15.

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Saturday - May 17, 2008

The Role of Quran in Muslim History

“The Role of Quran in Muslim History”

Lecture Series by Dr. Ayoub at ICCNC

2. Saturday May 17, 2008 at 7:30 PM, “The Challenge of Qu’ran”

3. June 14, 2008 at 7:30 PM, “Qu’ran & Other Scriptures”

Dr. Mahmoud Mustafa Ayoub is Professor emeritus of Islamic Studies & Comparative Religion at Temple University and Olton visiting professor at the Pacific School of Religion. He has written a number of books in English and Arabic on Islam and interreligious dialogue, including Redemptive Suffering in Islam and The Qur’an and Its Interpreters (two volumes to date). Ayoub is editorial consultant for The Muslim World Journal and a member of the editorial board of the journal Islam and Christian Muslim Relations. He earned his MA in religious thought from the University of Pennsylvania and his PhD in the history of religion from Harvard University.

Program will include lecture and Q&A in English. Sweets and Tea will be served. People of all faiths are invited.

1433 Madison St, Oakland, CA 94612

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Saturday - June 7, 2008

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).