Archive for August, 2013

Imam Afroz Ali is in Malaysia for the annual symposium for the scholarship of Imam Al-Haddad (1634-1720) organized by Amanah Hawi Al-Khairat. He serves as the Managing Director and teacher at Seekers Guidance online, as well as at the yearly Rihla by Deen Intensive Foundation. Click here for his full biography.

At times, discussions about Islam fall into segmentation of which group a person belongs to, usually connected to their identity. Man or woman, urban or rural, Malaysian or elsewhere, Sunni or something else. When does a person become liberal or is she at times conservative? To what extent does such thinking help diversify the Muslim community or does it divide us? What were Muslims before us like?

Mak, am I a Liberal or a Conservative? If Jadi Both Macam Rojak Boleh? is a Ladies Only event. It will be at 35 Jalan BU 1/1 Bandar Utama 47800 PJ, Sunday 15 September at 330pm-530pm. It is near Sekolah Kebangsaan Bandar Utama, the housing area on the same side as Centrepoint. Click here for map.

Link to FB event page here. We recommend you to RSVP for this event as spaces are limited. To do that click here, http://www.peacemeal.my/sept2013rsvp/

*Top pic by ISNET, Cape Town.

Whether it is in governance or elsewhere, Muslims who lead anywhere carry the identity of Islam. An identity that has been transmitted to them, from those before them, leading all the way to the source – Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Just as the scholars inherited him in knowledge, Muslims in charge of responsible public roles are trustees of the principles and standards set by the Messenger of Allah (PBUH).’

This event will take place on Wednesday 11 September 2013. The location will be at UTM, Jalan Semarak, KL, admission is free but you have to RSVP by clicking here (http://peacemeal.my/sept2013rsvp) as seats are limited.

Shaykh Yahya Rhodus is in Malaysia for the annual symposium for the scholarship of Imam Al-Haddad (1634-1720) organized by Amanah Hawi Al-Khairat.

He began his study of Islam with Shaykh Hamza Yusuf and then at Dar al-Mustafa in Tarim, Hadhramout in theology, legal theory and Arabic poetry under the likes of Habib ‘Umar binHafiz and Habib ‘Ali al-Jifri. He has a B.A. in Near Eastern Studies at the University of California, Berkeley and a M.A. in Islamic Studies at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley Keys to the Revival: An Analytical Study of the Architecture of Al Ghazali’s Ihya’ ‘Ulum Al-Din Center for Islamic Studies, With Honors.

This year he begins his PhD at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom, with Shaykh Abdal-Hakim Murad @ Professor TJ Winter as his Supervisor.