Prophetic Traditions (Sunna): between the People of Reason, and the People of Narration

ICRA (Islamic cultural Revival & Advancement) Invites you to a lecture on

Book Review in English of the Arabic book
السنة النبوية بين أهل الفقه و أهل الحديث

(An excellent book by Mohammad Al-Ghazali, the Egyptian Muslim Scholar
on the Conflicts in approaching Sunna using Fiqh (reason) and Hadeeth (narration).
His analysis leads to interesting and very refreshing take on important issues
such as women's issues, governance, etc.

Speaker and discussion moderator:
Khaled Hamid
(The presentation will be conducted in English using PowerPoint presentation
of the key ideas of the book with examples, followed by an open and uncensored discussion)

Date and Time:

Saturday May 30 2:30 - 4:30 pm

Location:
Meeting Hall of St. Louis Public Library at HW-141 and Big Bend (Grand Glaize branch MAP )
(1010 Meramec Station Rd. • Manchester, MO 63021 • (636) 225-6454)

Upcoming events:

• June 2009: On the tense relation between American Media, Islam and Muslims - Critical evaluation.
• July 2009: Constitution making in Islam - Is Islamic law compatible with constitutional principles?

ICRA lectures and suggested topics

Scheduled lectures:

• April 30, 2009: Prophetic Tradition between People of Reason & People of Narration: A Book Review (By Khaled Hamid) -For details click here.
• June 2009: On the tense relation between American Media, Islam and Muslims: Critical evaluation. (By Tim Townsend, Religion Editor, St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
  
• July 2009: Constitution making in Islam - Is Islamic law compatible with constitutional principles?" (By Amany Hacking, Assistant Professor, St Louis University School of Law)
  

Past lectures:

• April 25, 2009 : Early Muslims and the Origins of Knowledge and Science (By Dr. Hayrettin Yucesoy, Assistant professor of History at Saint Louis University) -For details click here.

Suggested lecture topics:

• Its rise and fall in Muslim societies: role of religion. Can the fall be reversed?
• Islam and the constitutions: Islamic law and its impact of modern constitutions and legal systems in Muslim and non-Muslim countries.
• Democracy in Islam: A core value, or Trojan horse.
• Political structure in Islam: History of Islamic early politics, and impact on modern Muslims.
• Islam: State or Personal religion?
• Supremacy of the Clergy and Religious Scholars (Welayat al-Faqueeh): An artifact or a sine qua non for Islamic ideology
• History of Islamic Jurisprudence:
• Is the diversity in Islamic schools of thought good or bad? Needed or not?
• And how the thought process rooted in flexibility was cast in stone.
• Freedom of expression: Does it harm of benefit belief?
• Status of women - Religion vs. realities past and present.
• Muslims and non-Muslims: friends or foes?
• Minority treatment under Islam: Religion vs. realities past and present.
• Critical thinking in the Quran and early Islamic tradition.
• Muslims in the media: Whose fault is it? And is there a way out of the current two-way communication failure?
• Eco-conscious Islam: Is there such a thing?

I hope to keep moving titles from 'Suggested Topics' to 'Scheduled and Past lectures'. If you would like top suggest a topic, a speaker or an event other than a lecture please leave a comment.

Khaled