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Education at Zaytuna
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Deen Intensive to Collaborate with Zaytuna
In 1993, Aisha Subhani attended a religious program that was unlike any other that she had ever attended. It was organized by an informal group of people determined to revitalize the profound intellectual tradition of Islam... Read More |
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Minara Program Goes from New York and Chicago … to Seattle and St. Louis
The Zaytuna Minara Program made stops at historic locations in two of America’s largest cities this spring. New York City’s East Village and Northwestern University Law School in downtown... Read More |
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Alif is for Arabic, Ba is for Berkeley
The Zaytuna Summer Arabic Intensive began on June 22 with a welcome and orientation for nearly 50 students from across the country. At the orientation for the eight-week residential study program in Berkeley, California students were introduced to the teachers, including... Read More |
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New Book Aims to Correct Distortions about Islam
Today’s heightened—and often antagonistic—focus on Islam has underscored the need for credible and scholarly publications that explain the religion to those genuinely searching for a narrative about Islam other than the master narrative created by much of the Western media... Read More |
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| In the Public Eye |
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Scholars Shed Light on Contemporary Issues
Candid discussion about the most pressing contemporary issues has been the recurring theme of Zaytuna Institute’s public programs this past spring. Both Imam Zaid Shakir and Shaykh Hamza Yusuf traveled widely to provide a Muslim intellectual perspective on... Read More
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Ahmad Zarruq, Hamza Yusuf, and “Integral Islam”
More than five hundred years ago, Shaykh Ahmad Zarruq, a Moroccan jurist, scholar, and saint, sought to combine correct adherence to the Muslim legal tradition with tasawwuf, the tradition of inner spirituality or spiritual psychology. Living during a politically... Read More
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| Islam and the Self |
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In the Presence of an Inheritor
He was a simple man, but don’t let that fool you.
It was his simple way that vividly expressed the beauty of our religion.To those in his presence, he would often proclaim with certainty that the only reason for their visit was to gain the pleasure... Read More |
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The Zaytuna Institute is pleased to offer a wide array of new Zaytuna publications and Zaytuna productions... Read More |
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Monthly Donations Drive Zaytuna’s Programs
Speaking about Islam at a 2003 event in Toronto, the Harvard University legal scholar Dr. Noah Feldman said: “The earliest source of the principle of liberty of religion is the Qur’an itself, which says very explicitly that there should be no coercion in... Read More |
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| Ask a Scholar |
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“It is the Hand of God in History”
We spoke to Dr. Umar F. Abd-Allah, the scholar-in-residence at the Chicago-based Nawawi Foundation, about America, Islam, and the future... Read More |
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