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Summary of MFI Activities in 2011
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December
2011
- Voice of Russia
interviewed Minaret of Freedom
Institute President Dr.
Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad on Leon
Panetta's threats against
Iran.
- We posted a preprint of
the final draft of Dr. Ahmad's
paper "Shuratic
Iftaa: the Challenge of
Fatwa Collaboration" on
our articles page.
- Dr. Ahmad was interviewed
by Voice of Russia on the U.S.
Senate passed $662 billion
defense bill that would allow
the military to hold suspected
terrorists (including American
citizens) for an indefinite
amount of time without a
trial.
November 2011
- Dr. Ahmad represented the
Minaret of Freedom Institute
at a round table discussion of
“the rapid transition to a
multi-polar world and the role
of the Muslim intelligentsia”
with Prof. Jonathan Galtung at
the International Institute of
Islamic Thought.
- Dr. Ahmad represented the
Minaret of Freedom Institute
at a special forum on “Islam,
Democracy and the Arab Spring”
featuring Dr. Rachid
Ghannouchi.
- Dr. Ahmad represented the
Minaret of Freedom Institute
at an International Institute
of Islamic Thought lecture by
Moktader Khan on “Why Islamic
Revivalism Has Failed.”
- Dr. Ahmad represented the
Minaret of Freedom Institute
at an Exhibition, Reception,
Award Ceremony and ASA
Roundtables honoring Ali
Mazrui.
- Dr. Ahmad participated in
an interfaith dialogue on “Ten
Years Since 9/11” in
Annandale.
- Dr. Ahmad represented the
Minaret of Freedom Institute
at an American Muslim Alliance
Forum on Kashmir.
- Dr. Ahmad represented the
Minaret of Freedom Institute
at the annual Middle East
Institute conference.
- Dr Ahmad represented the
Minaret of Freedom Institute
at the grand opening of the
American Task Force for
Palestine art gallery.
- Dr. Ahmad gave a lecture
on Islam and Science at Wesley
Theological Seminary.
October 2011
- Dr. Ahmad participated
in a panel discussion on how
to fight Islamophobia at the
CAIR Leadership Conference.
- Dr. Ahmad represented the
Minaret of Freedom Institute
at Kashmiri American Council
dinner.
- Dr. Ahmad met with Imam
Mohammad al-Asi to discuss
collaboration on interfaith
activity.
- Dr. Ahmad met twice with
Turkish journalist Mustafa
Akyol to discuss our common
objectives.
- Dr. Ahmad was interviewed
by Zak Dresher for an American
University student documentary
on his work for the Minaret of
Freedom Institute.
- Dr. Ahmad represented the
Minaret of Freedom Institute
at an International Institute
of Islamic Thought lecture by
Joseph Montville on the Jews
of Medina.
September 2011
- Dr. Ahmad represented the
Minaret of Freedom Institute
at a policy forum on Syria at
the US Congress.
- Dr. Ahmad spoke at a
panel discussion on “Is Islam
Compatible with the US
Constitution” before a Tea
Party meeting in New Jersey.
- Dr. Ahmad was discussant
on a panel discussion on
“Moving Beyond Global Terror”
at the annual AMSS meeting in
NYC.
- Dr. Ahmad attended an AAI
briefing on the Palestinian
statehood bid at the U.S.
Congress.
- Dr. Ahmad attended a
“Dialog on Religious Freedom”
Islam with Keith Ellison and
Irshad Munji at the Library of
Congress.
August 2011
- Dr. Ahmad was
interviewed by Voice of Russia
on the situation in Syria. And
we posted a blog on the
subject.
- Dr. Ahmad published
a’ Ramadan Reflection: A
Lesson from an Interfaith
Friendship’ on our blog.
- Dr. Ahmad represented the
Minaret of Freedom Institute
at an iftar at the Iranian
Interests section of the
Pakistan Embassy.
- Dr. Ahmad represented the
Minaret of Freedom Institute
at an iftar at the
International Institute of
Islamic Thought.
- Dr. Ahmad represented the
Minaret of Freedom Institute
at an iftar at the offices of
MARTI in Rockville.
- Dr. Ahmad represented the
Minaret of Freedom Institute
at an iftar at the Islamic
Information Center.
- Dr. Ahmad met with Unsul
Cetin of ALT (Turkey).
- We published six blogs
summarizing presentations and
discussions at the IIIT
Institute on Iftaa.
July 2011
- Dr. Ahmad participated
in the IIIT Summer Institute
on Approaches to Qur’an and
Sunnah and presented a paper
on “Shuratic Iftaa: The
Challenge of Fatwa
Collectivization.”
- Dr. Ahmad was interviewed
by Global Freedom Report on
“Religion and the Evolution of
a Free Society.”
- Dr. Ahmad was interviewed
by the Voice of Russia on
military funding for
Afghanistan.
- Dr. Ahmad led a
discussion of Asma
Afsaruddin's THE FIRST
MUSLIMS: HISTORY AND MEMORY at
a meeting of the “Abraham and
Aristotle: All Their Children”
book salon.
- We published six blogs
summarizing presentations and
discussions at the IIIT
Institute on Iftaa.
June 2011
- Dr. Ahmad participated
in a panel discussion for the
Global Freedom Forum with
Constance Cumbey and Tanya
Smith on the proper role of
religion in a free society.
"Is a belief in God necessary
to the acquisition of Rights?"
May
2011
April
2011
- Minaret of Freedom Institute
president Dr. Imad-ad-Dean
Ahmad gave a
presentation on “the History
of Muslims in the United
States” at the University of
Maryland.
- Dr.
Ahmad moderated an American
Muslim Alliance debate on the
intervention into Libya.
- Dr. Ahmad's
interview with Fars News on
the U.S.
and the Middle East has
been published on our blog.
- Dr. Ahmad
participated in two panels on
"Western Religion Dialogue:
How have the Western faiths
impacted the Eastern ones, and
vice versa" at Frederick
Community College.
- Dr. Ahmad
participated in a panel
discussion on same-sex
marriage at the First Seventh
Day Adventist Church in
Washington, DC.
- Dr. Ahmad was
interviewed by AU Ph.D.
student Muhammad Loutfi on
interfaith dialogue.
March
2011
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2011
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