On
Sunday, January 15, 2012, the Minaret
of Freedom Institute ANNUAL DINNER
will be held beginning at 6 p.m. at
the Marriott Residence Inn in Bethesda
MD. Special guest Dr. Mohamed Nimer
will speak on "What's Next in Egypt. Click here for
details and reservations.
Dr.
Ahmad participated in two panels on
"Western Religion Dialogue: How have
the Western faiths impacted the
Eastern ones, and vice versa" at
Frederick Community College.
Dr.
Ahmad participated in a panel
discussion on same-sex marriage at the
First Seventh Day Adventist Church in
Washington, DC.
Dr.
Ahmad was interviewed by AU Ph.D.
student Muhammad Loutfi on interfaith
dialogue.
Minaret
of
Freedom Institute Director Dr. Omar
Altalib presented a panel on
"Peace and Conflict: Lessons from
Iraq" at a session on "Experiences
& Expectations from the Warzones"
at the Peace & Conflict Studies
Seminar at the International Islamic
University of Malaysia.
Dr. Ahmad appeared
on an episode of “The Scholar’s Chair”
to discuss Aristotle’s Nicomachean
Ethics.
Dr. Ahmad's
paper on "Natural
Law
and Sharia" has been accepted
for publication in the proceedings of
the 2009 IIIT Summer Institute on
"Contemporary Approaches to Qur'an and
Sunnah.'
Dr. Ahmad
gave a talk on the role of Muslim think
tanks at an American
Muslim Alliance workshop in DC,
and was interviewed by Voice of America
about the workshop.
Summer
Intern Kevin Duewel reorganized our
daily news
and analysis into a separate
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delivery to your inbox on our home page.
We had an
informational table at the CMSA hosted
Muslim Organizations Information Fair
for the first annual “D.C.-Region MSA
Day on Capitol Hill” and distributed
copies of the Directory of Experts on
Islam and Muslim Affairs to
Congressional aides.
Dr. Ahmad
gave a talk on “Islam and the Free
Market” at a GWU event hosted by the
Muslim Students Association and the
Liberty Society.
Dr. Ahmad
was interviewed by David Byrd of Voice
of America on the National Day Prayer
controversies regarding Franklin
Graham’s disinvitation from the Pentagon
and the challenge to the
constitutionality of the Day of Prayer
itself.
Tariq
Ramadan addresses the Minaret of Freedom
Institute 2010 annual dinner.
Dr. Ahmad with GWU students.
Dr, Ahmad
participated in the Muslim Public
Affairs Council (MPAC) and The Becket
Fund for Religious Liberty roundtable
discussion on “Combating Anti-Muslim
Bigotry: Social and Legal Responses.”
Dr. Ahmad
was interviewed by Judith Latham on
Voice of America on new flight security
measures.
Dr. Ahmad
participated in a panel discussion of
“Principles of Respect” from Dr. Crane’s
book, “Natural Law of Compassionate
Justice, An Islamic Perspective” on “The
Scholars Chair” TV program.
A crew era
filmed a biographical sketch of Dr.
Ahmad at the Minaret of Freedom
Institute offices for an al-Jazeera TV
series.
Dr. Ahmad
attended an American Muslim Association
program on Pakistani-American relations
and asked panelist Wendy Chamberlain how
the government’s strategy for Afghani
development takes into account the
particular difficulties of the FATAs.