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Sinopse
Imam Zaid Shakir is a co-founder, Board of Trustees, and Faculty member of Zaytuna College in Berkeley, CA.He was born in Berkeley, California and accepted Islam in 1977 while serving in the United States Air Force. He obtained a BA summa cum laude in International Relations at American University in Washington D.C. and later earned his MA in Political Science at Rutgers University. In 1983, he co-founded Masjid Al-Huda in New Brunswick, N.J. and was the Imam for 4 years.After a year of studying Arabic in Cairo, Egypt, in 1988 he settled in New Haven, Connecticut and continued his community activism, co-founding Masjid Al-Islam, the Tri-State Muslim Education Initiative, and the Connecticut Muslim Coordinating Committee. As Imam of Masjid Al-Islam from 1988 to 1994 he spear-headed a community renewal and grassroots anti-drug effort, and also taught political science and Arabic at Southern Connecticut State University. He served as an interfaith council Chaplain at Yale University and developed the Chaplaincy Sensitivity Training for physicians at Yale New Haven Hospital. He then left for Syria to pursue his studies in the traditional Islamic sciences.For seven years in Syria, and briefly in Morocco, he immersed himself in an intense study of Arabic, Islamic law, Quranic studies, and spirituality with some of the top Muslim scholars of our age. In 2001, Imam Zaid was the first American to graduate with a BA in Islamic Sciences from Syrias prestigious Abu Noor University.Imam Zaid is a co-founder and chairman of United For Change since 2009. This effort through modern discourse, is to create awareness of the broadest and most consuming topics within the Muslim community. The aim is to leverage the diversity through cooperation and goodwill and address the obstacles that have proven to be divisive.In 2007, he co-founded the Lighthouse mosque in Oakland, CA. As a gifted author and lecturer, Imam Zaid has also authored numerous articles, and translated into modern English several classical Arabic traditional texts. Imam Zaid currently resides in Northern California with his family.
Episódios
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What Makes Us Human
24/04/2017 Duração: 01h06minImam Zaid Shakir gives a lecture to the ICOI Youth Group at the Islamic Center of Irvine on 10/30/09.
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The Distinguishing Trait Of Islam
24/04/2017 Duração: 24minIslam is often presented by its detractors as a religion that is void of mercy. In this lecture, Imam Zaid Shakir examines how mercy is fundamental to Muslim theology, law and life. He will also present the outlines of a practical plan that allows a Muslim to manifest that mercy as he or she interacts with the wider society. This lecture also demonstrates the fundamental relationship between mercy and unity.
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Khutbah At Masjid Al Abidin
24/04/2017 Duração: 36minImam Zaid Shakir Delivered the Friday sermon at Masjid Al Abidin on July 10th 2015 - 23rd of Ramadan 1436.
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Our Three Winners
24/04/2017 Duração: 33min"Our Three Winners" The legacy of the family members who were killed by a terrorist in NC Wednesday. Deah, Yusor, and Razan.
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Eid Al-Adha 2015 Sermon
24/04/2017 Duração: 42minSeptember 24, 2015 - Imam Zaid Shakir led a group of Hartford Seminary students, faculty, staff and guests ( Christian, Sunni and Shia) in prayer followed by an Eid Al-Adha Sermon.
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ISGH Eid Prayer 2014 - Part 2
24/04/2017 Duração: 01h25minISGH Eid ul Fitr Salat on MONDAY, JULY 28, 2014 at RELIANT PARK – RELIANT CENTER lead by Imam Zaid Shakir Part 2 of 2
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ISGH Eid Prayer 2014 - Part 1
24/04/2017 Duração: 36minISGH Eid ul Fitr Salat on MONDAY, JULY 28, 2014 at RELIANT PARK – RELIANT CENTER lead by Imam Zaid Shakir Part 1 of 2
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Legacy Of Pride
24/04/2017 Duração: 25minThe importance of making connections with our Islamic history and why it is important to be aware of how their steadfast nature and upright character serve as examples to Muslims across the world today.
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Tinkering With Religion In The Garage
24/04/2017 Duração: 40minModern societies have become fundamentalist in their secularism and have effectively banned religion from the public square. Religion has been relegated to the status of a personal hobby, to be practised behind closed doors. Does public morality suffer as a result? Is religious morality inherently divisive and disruptive as many believe?
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