Thursday April 9th
"A Journey Through Faith: Finding the Creator."
Dr. Jeffrey Lang will be speaking about his conversion from atheism to Islam. He is a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Kansas.
Location: Bradley University
Baker Hall room B51
Time: 7:00-8:00 p.m.
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Monday April 13th
"Life in Occupied Palestine: Eyewitness Stories & Photos."
Anna Baltzer
Location: Baker Hall room B51
Time: 7:00-8:00 p.m.
Anna Baltzer is a 29 -year-old Jewish American Columbia graduate,
Fulbright scholar, author, and the granddaughter of Holocaust
refugees. As a volunteer with the International Women's Peace Service,
Baltzer documents human rights abuses in the West Bank and supports
Palestinian- led nonviolent resistance to the Occupation.
Cosponsors include: Amnesty International: Bradley Chapter, Peoria Area Peace Network, and Veterans for Peace
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Thursday April 16th
"Erasing Misconceptions about Islam"
Dr. Kamran Riaz
Location: Bradley Hall room 46 (in the basement)
Time: 7:00-8:00 p.m.
Kamran Riaz has an extensive background in Islamic studies. From 1995 to 1996, he studied the Qur'an, Arabic, the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), and completed memorization of the Qur'an within a nine month period at the Institute of Islamic Education, based in Elgin, Illinois. Since then, he has continued studying Islamic sciences with some of the most renowned scholars in the Chicagoland area.
He attended the University of Illinois in Chicago (UIC) for undergraduate studies where he was the president of the Muslim Students Association in 2002 and 2003. He graduated magna cum laude from University of Illinois in Chicago from the prestigious GPPA program with dual degrees in Economics and Middle Eastern History with the highest possible departmental distinction. Kamran also leads Taraweeh prayers in Ramadan at the Downtown Islamic Center. He has served as a group spiritual leader during Hajj. He teaches Arabic classes at Darul Qasim, an institute of classical Islamic learning in the suburbs of Chicago. In addition, he has spoken at various events including the Zaytuna Minara Program, Friday prayers around the Chicagoland area, fundraising dinners, youth events, interfaith dialogues, and the Islamic Society of North America's annual convention. Kamran has also been featured in author Pearl Gaskins' book, "I Believe In…" He graduated from the UIC College of Medicine, and at present, he is a resident physician in the Department of Ophthalmology at Northwestern University.
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Urdu Bazaar, Lahore, Pakistan
LAHORE - March 24, 2006: No way-out to avoid a traffic jam near Urdu Bazaar. — Dawn
poor animal!
MULTAN - March 24, 2006: A camel performance at the spring festival organised by the City District Government to mark the Pakistan Day
beast of burden
LAHORE - March 20: BEAST OF BURDEN: A damaged vehicle being taken to a workshop.—APP
Communing with pigeons
KARACHI - March 20: A child enjoys the company of pigeons, whom he feeds, at Hyderi on Tuesday.—APP
Waiting for drinking water
HYDERABAD (India) - March 20: People stand in a line as they wait to fill containers with drinking water supplied by a mobile water vehicle in a slum area in the Saidabad colony here on Tuesday. More than 500 families living in this slum area depend on water supplied by a mobile vehicle and provided by the Metro water works once in three days. 'Coping with Water Scarcity' is the theme for the World Water Day 2007, which is celebrated each year on March 22.—AFP
Mud slide in Kashmir
BAGH - March 20: A man marooned in an area of Azad Kashmir affected by hill torrents following heavy downpour over the past few days is being rescued by local people on Tuesday.—AFP
Palestinians
BETHLEHEM - March 22: Palestinian students wear traditional clothing during a cultural event taking place at the Bethlehem University here on Thursday. The event, which included a mock wedding, is to promote the education of traditional ideals of Palestinian culture.�AFP
The World Water Day,
HYDERABAD - March 22: Peasant women make their way to a distant place in order to fetch water. The World Water Day, being observed on Friday, is intended to highlight the need for reducing wastage of this precious commodity. � Photo by Yousuf Nagori
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