Islamic Foundation STL

📢 Join us LIVE on IFGSTL'S YouTube for Episode 4 of MYSTL's 'Fortifying Faith' series on *Saturday, Feb. 27th at 7pm CST*, with special guest, Dr. Abdullah Hamid Ali of Zaytuna College!

❓ *What Will We Discuss?*
The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade sourced many of the modern issues surrounding race, slavery, and human rights. Article Four of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights prohibits all forms of slavery. Many Islamic civilizations, however, had institutions that have been translated as “slavehood”. What is the Islamic definition of slavery? Is slavery Islamic? Where does the Western conception of slavery diverge from the Muslim institutions of the past?

👤 *Who is Dr. Abdullah Hamid Ali ?*
Dr. Abdullah bin Hamid Ali is the Founding Director of the Lamppost Education Initiative. He serves as an assistant professor of Islamic law and Prophetic Tradition at Zaytuna College in Berkeley, California (2007-present). He holds a Ph.D. in Cultural and Historical Studies in Religion (2016) and an M.A. in Ethics and Social Theory (2012) from the Graduate Theological Union. He obtained his B.A. (ijaza ‘ulya) in Islamic Law (Shariah) from the prestigious Al-Qarawiyin University of Fes, Morocco in 2001. He also served as full-time Islamic chaplain at the State Correctional Institute of Chester, PA from 2002-2007. His research interests include the interconnection between law and identity formation, comparative Islamic law, and Islam’s role in the modern world.

See his complete bio along with his published works here: zaytuna.edu/academics/faculty...

Your Brother In Islam,
Hamzah Imtiaz,
Resident Scholar at IFGSTL

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