PMU Event: PMU Town Hall Meeting on Woman-led Prayer

IQRA, Read! The Quran Says Progressive Muslim Union invites you to the first roundtable discussion with Muslim scholars and activists to discuss the general issue of women-led prayer in Islam.

Keynote Speaker:

Khaled Abou El Fadl, Professor of Islamic Law, UCLA

Khaled will be joined for a round table discussion with
Hussein Ibish, Vice Chair, PMU
Imam Ali Siddiqi, California Muslim Institute
Sarah Eltantawi, Communications Director, PMU (moderator)
Ani Zonneveld, activist member of the ICSC

DATE: June 5th, 2005
TIME: 2:00 – 5:00 pm
PLACE: USC’s University Religious Center
835 W. 34th St. Los Angeles, 90007
(entrance: gate #5 on Jefferson at McClintock)

Babysitting will be available.

We are told that when Musa (Moses), may God's peace be upon him, went up Mount Sinai, he was told to take off his sandals before entering sacred grounds. For many Muslims, that story has been symbolic of the need to leave behind our anger, our selfishness, our own internal ego-self, before entering homes, before praying in mosques, and before entering gatherings in which God's name is brought up. We invite all of us attending this community meeting to leave our nafs (ego-self), our confrontational natures which make it hard to hear one another, before coming together in a spirit of affection, respect, and engagement. May it be insha'allah an occasion that we as Muslims come closer to one another, and closer to God. Amin...

Posted on May 7, 2005 01:31 PM