ID#: 1481 Jan 24 : Sugar Land : Lessons from the Life of Jesus

Risala Foundation Presents

Walking on Water:

Lessons from the Life of Jesus (a)

When: Friday, January 24 after Isha (7:30 PM)

Where: Maryam Islamic Center (504 Sartartia Road, Sugar Land TX)

*** Free and open to all ***

As Muslims living in the West, how well do we know Jesus (a)? Perhaps the central character in Western civilization is honored in Islam and held in the highest esteem. What can we learn about this cherished Prophet to improve our lives in light of our presence in the West? What lessons from his life can we draw upon to build foundations of common ground with our neighbors and friends?

Program begins right after Isha and will run for approximately 45 minutes.

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<< Please note that the speaker will also be giving the Khutbah at the same venue at 1:30 PM >>

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Ustadh Ali Ataie is the President and Founder of Muslim Interfaith Council and has been involved in interfaith activities for over ten years.

He earned his undergraduate degree in Accounting from Cal Poly State University in 2000, during which time he served as the President of the Muslim Students’ Association. He has been both a guest lecturer and guest instructor at several colleges and universities such as Cal Poly State, UC Davis, UC Berkeley, and Cal State East Bay.

He studied various Islamic sciences under local Bay Area scholars and has dialogued and debated with several Christian scholars on a variety of topics ranging from the historicity of the resurrection of Christ (a) and the Prophethood of Muhammad (s).

He is a graduate of the Badr Arabic Language Institute in Hadramawt, Yemen and studied at the prestigious Dar al-Mustafa under some of the most eminent scholars in the world.

He holds a Masters’ Degree in Biblical Studies from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, (the first Muslim seminarian in the 143 year history of the school to do so), and is working on a PhD in Islamic Biblical Hermeneutics. He is also an instructor at Zaytuna College.

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
Islamic Society of Greater Houston