PROGRAM BOOKLET
ISNA_Canada_Program_Booklet_2016
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MAIN <strong>PROGRAM</strong><br />
HALL A<br />
FRIDAY, MAY 20 TH , 2016<br />
1:15pm<br />
Juma’a 1<br />
AZHAR AZEEZ<br />
In the Spotlight: How to Handle Being Muslim Under Scrutiny (Khutbah)<br />
A message of motivation and guidance for Muslims struggling with the scrutiny, ignorance, and<br />
discrimination they have to experience or be on guard for, at the hands of others. Even if it has<br />
not happened to you, you see it happening to fellow Muslims and humanity around you. How<br />
does one not become so overwhelmed from the constant stimulus around us, the demand to<br />
renounce things associated to us, the need to deal and respond to all the injustice and harm<br />
inflicted on so many? It is crushing. How does one keep from running away from it all?<br />
2:30pm<br />
Juma’a 2<br />
DR. ALTAF HUSAIN<br />
Taking Back the Neighbourhood: Rights of Our Neighbour (Khutbah)<br />
How do we break out of the individualistic and isolating worldview and culture around us, to<br />
reach out to those immediately around us with genuine concern and good conduct? What are<br />
the rights of our neighbours upon us and how do we fulfill them in a practical and genuine way?<br />
What are the virtues and benefits of caring towards the circle of neighbours around you, spiritually<br />
and socially? Striking the balance between being helpful and being intrusive or annoying is<br />
also key, as well as being careful not to be preachy or develop a superior attitude. Rather, we<br />
should treat them well as human beings through principles of love and faith.<br />
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