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ICCNC
invites all those who stand for justice, peace, and freedom in the world
to the following special programs to remember the sacrifices of Imam
Hussain (AS) and his followers to uphold the true message of Islam
during the Islamic month of Muharram in year of 680 AD (61 AH).
Saturday Dec. 11 at 5:00 PM -Prayer, dinner, English lecture by Dr. Hamid Mavani "Promoting
Sectarian Identity in Muharram: Demonization of the 'Other'", and Farsi lecture by Mr. Bazargan (Farsi)
Mr. Abdulali Bazargan
has spent much of life devoted to the study and teaching of the Quran.
He was one of the founders of Tehran University Islamic Societies
Cooperation. He has authored many books on Islam in Farsi. Currently he
resides in Orange County and lectures about Quran and Islam at many
places in the U.S. and Canada.
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.
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