Special Friday Khutba

Assalamu Alaikum,

Please join us for Jummah this Friday at 12:45 pm (note the time change) in the MSA Musalla for prayers, halal food, and a khutbah from the renowned scholar Dr. Sherman Jackson.

Please note that we have moved the Jumuah timings. So for the rest of the semester we will start promptly at 12:45 pm and conclude everything by 1:15 pm, Inshallah. This is to accommodate students' schedules. Please also note that the Jummah location will be in the MSA musalla (and not in the Af-Am House as announced in an earlier email). We apologize for the miscommunication.

btw, we're expecting a large turnout this week for Dr. Jackson's khutbah so I would recommend arriving early to find a place to sit. As usual, we'll provide a halal lunch immediately after the prayer.



BIO:
Dr. Jackson is an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Visiting Professor of Law and Professor of Afro-American Studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. From 1987-89, he served as Executive Director of the Center of Arabic Study Abroad in Cairo, Egypt. In addition to numerous articles, he is author of Islamic Law and the State: The Constitutional Jurisprudence of Shihâb al-Dîn al-Qarâfî (E.J. Brill, 1996), On the Boundaries of Theological Tolerance in Islam: Abû Hâmid al-Ghazâlî's Faysal al-Tafriqa (Oxford, 2002) and, most recently, Islam and Blackamerican: Looking Towards the Third Resurrection (Oxford, 2005). He is co-founder of the American Learning Institute for Muslims (ALIM), a former member of the Fiqh Council of North America, past president of the Sharî'ah Scholars' Association of North America (SSANA) and a past trustee of the North American Islamic Trust (NAIT). He is featured on the Washington Post-Newsweek blog, "On Faith," and is listed by Religion Newswriters Foundation's ReligionLink as among the top ten experts on Islam in America.