Last Saturday of Ramadan with Dr. Hamid Mavani: "Centrality of Justice in the Qur’an"

Please join us for iftar and special programs for the last Saturday of Ramadan, Sept. 4, 2010.

Program starts with Maghrib Prayer at 7:50 pm, iftar, Ishal prayer, lecture in English by Dr. Hamid Mavani and special prayers.  The topic of the lecture is "Centrality of Justice (‘adalah and qist) in the Qur’an: Individual and Social Domains".

Suggested donation for Iftar is $5-$10 per person.

Dr. Hamid Mavani is Assistant Professor of Religion, Islamic Studies at the School of Religion, Claremont Graduate University. He 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.