Muslim Students' Association - Yale University

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Objective

To examine the possibilities for accurately understanding and advancing Islam in America in light of the realities prevailing in the aftermath of September 11, 2001.

Program

This program is scheduled for April 20, 2002

Academic Program - SCSU Special Dining Hall

9:00 am - 9:30am Breakfast

9:45am - 10:00am Qur'anic Recitation
Dr. Sherif Nasr
Opening Remarks, Part I
Maimuna Farooqi

First Panel
10:00am - 10:30am 'The Need for an Authentic Muslim-American Identity'
Dr. James Jones, Manhattanville College

10:30am - 11:10am Discussion of Presentation
Precious Muhammad, Eman Tai
Moderator - Homayra Ziad

Second Panel
11:15am - 11:45pm 'Islam and Indigenous Culture: The Socio-Culture Challenge Before Muslims in America'
Dr. Umar Faruq Abd-Allah, Nawawi Foundation

11:45pm - 12:25pm Discussion of Presentation
Rumee Ahmed, Ayesha Chaudhry
Moderator - Intisar Rabb

12:30pm - 1:45pm Lunch* & Prayer

1:50pm - 2:00pm Opening Remarks, Part II
Basit Koshul

Third Panel
2:00pm - 2:30pm 'Muslims in America: Between Civil and Sacred Religion'
Dr. Ingrid Mattson, Hartford Seminary

2:30pm - 3:10pm Discussion of Presentation
Ahmed Afzaal, Tannaz Haddadi
Moderator - Aijaz Dar

Fourth Panel
3:15pm - 3:45pm 'Muslims Meaningfully Discussing Human Rights and Social Justice After 9/11'
Imam Zaid Shakir, SCSU and Masjid al-Islam

3:45pm - 4:25pm Discussion of Presentation
Omar Muzaffer, Naveed Shaikh
Moderator - Mahan Mirza

4:30pm - 5:30pm Questions and Open Discussion
Moderator - Adnan Zulfiqar

5:30pm - 6:00pm Prayer

6:00pm - 7:30pm Dinner & Spoken Word Event
Closing Remarks
Clifton Graves, SCSU

7:30pm - 8:00pm Prayer

8:15pm - 8:45pm [Transportation between SCSU and Yale]

*CT MSA leaders should meet over lunch with Sarah Izfar
to discuss the formation of a CT MSA Council.

Evening Program - Yale Law School Auditorium

9:00pm - 9:15pm Qur'anic Recitation
Syaif Idris
Opening Remarks
Sarah Izfar

Slide Show
9:15pm - 10:00pm Slide Show - 'In the Shade of the Tree'
Abdul Adheem Sanders

Lecture
10:00pm - 10:45pm 'Living Islam in a Multi-Cultural World'
Sheikh Jihad Brown

10:45pm -11:00pm Closing Remarks
Imam Zaid Shakir

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