Event

An Afternoon With Imam Zaid Shakir

Date

Feb, 14 2004 07:00 pm

Saturday, February 14 at 4:00 SHARP: AMILA is pleased to invite you to an afternoon with Imam Zaid Shakir. Inshallah, this will be a wonderfully opportunity to meet and talk with our esteemed guest in an informal and intimate setting. Imam Zaid is on the faculty at Zaytuna Institute, where he is currently teaching courses on Shafi`i fiqh and on Muslim exemplars. Born in Berkeley, Imam Zaid served in the US Air Force in 1976, and accepted Islam in 1977. He holds a BA in International Relations from American University, DC, and an MA in Political Science from Rutgers University, and taught Political Science for many years at Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, where he also served as the Imam of Masjid al-Islam. Imam Zaid has also studied the traditional Islamic sciences in Arabic and Morocco. He also lectures on issues related to African Americans and has appeared on national television for Lou Gosset, Jr.'s "The Story of a People," as well as being interviewed on BBC.

Note: The meeting starts at 4:00 pm SHARP. Potluck dinner will be served after the talk.

Childcare: If you need childcare, call Hina at (510) 923-9635 no later than Wednesday the 11th.

Dinner is Potluck: Please bring a potluck dish or $5 for pizza. Last names beginning with A-H,
please bring dessert & I-Z, bring main dishes. Note: since we are in a public facility, there is no equipment to heat food on-site.

Directions from SF: Take I-80 E/Bay Bridge to I-580 east ramp towards downtown Oakland
(CA-24)/Hayward-Stockton.) Merge onto I-580 E. Take the Broadway/Webster St. exit. Keep left at the fork in the ramp. Turn left onto Broadway. Turn slight left onto college Ave.

Directions from San Jose/Fremont: Take I-880 N. to I-980 E, towards Walnut Creek. Merge
onto CA-24 E towards Berkeley/Walnut Creek. Take the Martin Luther King Jr Way exit towards 51st Street. Keep right at the fork in the ramp. Merge onto 52nd St. Turn slight right onto 51 St. Turn left onto Broadway. Turn slight left onto College Ave.