The Objectives of Fasting and Ramadan with Dr. Jasser Auda
A special guest is joining us at Masjid Toronto to talk about a significant and relevant topic of ‘The Objectives of Ramadan and Fasting‘. We welcome everyone to joinon Sunday, May 22nd right after Dhuhr (1:30 pm). Dr. Jasser Auda is the Executive Director of the Maqasid Institute, a global…
IIIT will hold 3 panels during the ICNA-MAS Convention
IIIT will hold 3 panels during the ICNA-MAS Convention on May 29, 2016 in Baltimore, MD. The panel titles are: 1) Maqasid Al-Shariah as a Philosophy of Islamic Law: A System Approach. 2) Islamophobia: Root Causes, Effective Solutions. 3) Mind the Gap: Bringing Islamic scholars and Scientists Together to address…
Launching :South African edition of Maqasid al Shariah
22 April 2016 Launching in Cape Town insha Allah the South African edition of:Maqasid al Shariah : As Philosophy of Islamic Law – Jasser Auda, which comes after a number of reprints, local editions, translated editions, and electronic editions. Thanking Allah to hear that this book’s total reprints, despite…
A Forum Discussion among the three Abrahamic Faiths
Three panelists representing the three major Abrahamic faiths (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) will discuss religiously sanctioned violence in their respective scriptures at this year’s first Stuart Ivison Memorial Lecture at First Baptist Church Ottawa on Jewish representative Rabbi Idan Scher (Congregation Machzikei Hadas), Christian representative Dr. Brian Butcher (St. Paul University), and Muslim representative…
An interview at 580 CFRA on terrorsim and counter-terrorism.
A good discussion with Dan Pihlainen at 580 CFRA on terrorsim and counter-terrorism. I mentioned that although Canada does not have the kind of marginalisation and “ghettoes” that is a breading ground for crime, it is essential that we work as communities together – Muslim and non-Muslim – to deal…
Islamic Land and Islamic State
lecture at Carleton University on the concepts of: “Islamic Land” and “Islamic State” Saturday March 26 at 1PM In the current context of criminal attacks in Europe, the lecture will also address “terrorism” and “counter-terrorism” from a Maqasid Al-Shariah perspective.
A new “Graduate School of Maqasid Studies” at IPSA
Cape Town: This Saturday, insha Allah, marks the start of a new phase in the Maqasid Al-Shariah project that I decided to dedicate the next stage of my life to (if Allah wills). I will occupy the “Al-Shatibi Chair of Maqasid Studies” at the International Peace College South Africa –…
Conference on Islamic civilization in Southern Africa
Durban, South Africa: Spoke in a conference on Islamic civilization in Southern Africa, on the better position that Muslim minorities have more than Muslim majorities to re-envision the Islamic civilization. This is because Muslim minorities are more concerned with a bottom up approach (society first) to…
