The Risala Foundation is pleased to announce the return of Dr. Muneer Fareed to Houston this Fourth of July weekend.
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Friday, July 1 at Masjid ElFarouq
1207 Conrad Sauer Drive, Houston TX
1:30 PM - Khutbah
8:15 PM - Muhammad(s) and You: A Mercy for All Times (Maghrib to Isha)
The Prophet (s) is described as a "mercy to all the world." How does this mercy translate into our lives, in our present context?
Saturday, July 2 at Maryam Islamic Center
504 Sartartia Road, Sugar Land TX
11:30 AM - American-Islam: A View from the Back of the Bus (workshop)
Throughout the Western world, Islam has been maligned as an unwelcome presence in modern society. However, our struggles today pale in comparison to the tribulations of the formative Muslim community. A critical view of our history shows that the development of Muslim orthodoxy to a large part occurred while Muslims were in minority status. What then is the source of our current communal angst, and how can we embark on the road to recovery? This program will take a look back at the early Muslim community, and find that our current predicament is not unique, and discover strategies that may empower Western Muslims in light of our present reality as a numerical minority.
Session 1: A View of Our History (11:30 AM to 1:30 PM)
Break for Lunch and Dhuhr Prayer
Session 2: The Road to Recovery (2:15 PM to 4:00 PM)
Complimentary baby-sitting provided. Lunch is $5. All events free and open to all.
8:15 PM - From Invisible to Included: Muslim Women in the American Mosque (Maghrib to Isha)
From uncomfortable prayer spaces to overt exclusion, Muslim women have often found themselves unwelcome in the American Mosque, often a legacy of practices from immigrant lands. What does Islam say about the role of women in the community? How can we increase their participation and create communities that are inclusive and respectful? While the participation of women at all levels is vital to a healthy community, this need is often not realized due to a woman's greater family responsibilities, restricted views of women's participation and other factors. Indeed, the Qur'anic imperative and Prophetic example provides us with guiding principals and injunctions, but it is often practical experience that helps bring this into practice.
The Islamic Society of Greater Houston and Masjid ElFarouq are proud sponsors of this event.
About the Speaker
Dr. Muneer Fareed is a respected scholar and thought-leader of the Muslim community in North America. Dr. Fareed is currently a member of the Fiqh Council of North America, the premier Islamic legal authority in the United States and Canada. Dr. Fareed is a co-founder, Core Scholar, and member of the Board of Trustees of the American Learning Institute for Muslims (ALIM), an academic institution where scholars, professionals, activists, artists, writers, and community leaders come together to develop strategies for the future of Islam in the modern world.
Dr. Fareed also serves as part of the Board of Advisors to the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU), a leading nonprofit research organization committed to studying and analyzing U.S. domestic and foreign policy. ISPU's research aims to increase understanding of key policy issues that impact communities in North American and the Muslim World.
Previously, Dr. Fareed has served as the Secretary General of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), Associate Professor of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at Wayne State University (Detroit, MI), and scholar-in-residence for the Islamic Association of Greater Detroit.
Dr. Fareed is a graduate of the King Abdul Aziz University (Mecca, Saudi Arabia), Dar al 'Ulum (Deoband) and the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI) where he earned his doctorate in Islamic studies.
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"Human beings have been dealing with the problem of cultural and ethnic pluralities in different ways and long before the problem found itself on the shores of the United States; religious pluralism was a reality that Islam addressed at its very beginnings. Christians, Jews and Muslims are part of a single family - the family of the People of the Book."
