New Islamic Directions
Announcements and news from New Islamic Directions.
BY IMAM ZAID SHAKIR
Imam Zaid Shakir · March 7, 2016
The following students, representing Zaytuna College, The Graduate Theological Union and UC Berkeley, came together to sign and Covenant of Compassion, drafted by our student, Yusuf Seyal. Here is the text of the Covenant: "Today, the third of…
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Imam Zaid Shakir · December 24, 2015
One of North America's most influential Islamic scholars, Imam Zaid Shakir, will address thousands of Muslims at the Metro Convention Centre this weekend for the annual Reviving the Islamic Spirit conference . Thousands of Muslims will gather at the…
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BY KELSEY WARNER
Imam Zaid Shakir · December 17, 2015
Muslim organizations have joined together to raise money for eight black churches that have been destroyed by fire since the nine murders in Charleston, S.C. last month. The campaign coincides with Ramadan, a time of greater charity in the Muslim…
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BY PETER H. KING
Imam Zaid Shakir · December 17, 2015
They come to him — students, co-workers and congregants alike, sometimes in tears — with their questions: What should we do, Imam Zaid? What should we do about the suspicion, about the hatred, about the second glances and the threat of…
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Imam Zaid Shakir · October 2, 2015
On Sept. 24, 2015, Imam Zaid Shakir Zaytuna College's co-founder, serves on its Board of Trustees, and Senior Faculty member signs the official Memo of Understanding with President Heidi Hadsell of Hartford Seminary in Connecticut. To read full…
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Imam Zaid Shakir · March 17, 2015
"Muslim college received formal academic accreditation this past weekend, making it the first officially recognized Islamic institution of higher learning in the United States". By Jack Jenkins, March 10, 2015 On Sunday, Zaytuna College, a…
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Imam Zaid Shakir · March 15, 2015
We're very excited to be joined by renowned scholar Imam Zaid Shakir for this month's episode. By Zaki Hasan and Parvez Ahmed, Oakland, CA. March 15, 2015 As a founding member of Zaytuna College, the first accredited Islamic college in the United…
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Imam Zaid Shakir · January 21, 2015
Mockery: Behavior or speech that makes fun of someone or something in a hurtful way. Mockery of entire groups has effectively been criminalized in Western societies. One would think thrice before publicly mocking Jews, African Americans, homosexuals…
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Imam Zaid Shakir · January 13, 2015
By Brian Stelter (CNN) It is a message of defiance, but also forgiveness -- and many Muslims responded with similarly mixed emotions. It is a magazine cover depicting the Prophet Mohammed with a tear falling from his cheek, holding a sign that says,…
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Imam Zaid Shakir · December 18, 2014
The attack by the Pakistani Taliban, purportedly in retaliation for the Pakistani Army’s offensive in Waziristan, illustrates the degree to which an anti-Islamic cult of death has permeated into the ranks of some groups claiming an affiliation with…
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Imam Zaid Shakir · November 23, 2014
The LMA Sydney Muslim Conference 2014 attracted around 900 delegates from around Australia and overseas, and addressed various themes and issues with one of America's most influential Scholars, Imam Zaid Shakir, By Gina Rushton, Sydney AU, November…
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Imam Zaid Shakir · July 20, 2014
Dwight Howard’s benign “Free Palestine” tweet and the responses it has generated reveals the extent to which America has become, in a sense, an Israeli plantation. You better not say anything the master doesn’t like, or prepared to get “whipped.”…
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