Rumi without Islam? Islam without Rumi?
Friday, October 11th @ 2:00 pm EDT/8:00 pm CET
Please join the Anjuman i Islam on Friday, October 11th at 2:00 pm EDT/8:00 pm CET for a special Virtual Khanqah in which Dr. Omid Safi will discuss “Rumi without Islam? Islam without Rumi?”
While this program is free and open to all friends from all backgrounds, advance registration is required to receive the Zoom link.
If you have any questions please contact Nizam un Nisa at anjumaniislam@inayatiyya.org.
Speakers
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Nizam un Nisa Ayeda HusainNizam un Nisa Ayeda Husain is a senior teacher and guide in the Inayatiyya. A long-time journalist specializing in Sufism with a double masters in journalism and Near Eastern studies from NYU, she teaches Sufi meditation, chanting, and philosophy with a special emphasis on Rumi’s poetry as a means of healing and evolving. Ayeda has run Sufi centers in her hometown of Lahore, Pakistan; in Dubai, where she once lived; and in Oakville, Ontario where she lives and works. She has led spiritual retreats worldwide, taught Sufi meditation to Buddhist monks in Tokyo, and has been invited to the United Nations as part of an international delegation of spiritual leaders.
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Omid SafiOmid Safi is a teacher in the Sufi tradition of radical love and founder of Illuminated Courses & Tours. His online, video-based courses range from Sufi approaches to the Qur’an to Rumi. He is a professor at Duke University specializing in Islamic spirituality and contemporary thought. His Memories of Muhammad is an award-winning biography of the Prophet Muhammad. His most recent book is Radical Love: Teachings from the Islamic Mystical Tradition. Omid is also deeply committed to liberationist prophetic traditions in the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, and Malcolm X.
