Synopsis by Paul Levy of Ali Asani’s lecture at Harvard this afternoon on fostering religious literacy and democracy
If you’re like me, a non-Muslim living in a world in which there is a lot of news about people of that religion, it can be confusing to separate the practice of the religion from the political and nationalistic contexts in which we often view it. Ali Asani, Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures, gave a short lecture this week at Harvard that I found very helpful. It was called, “The Importance of Fostering Religious Literacy: The case of Muslims in the US.”
Ali started with a provocative slide, with the simple words, “Why do they hate us?” …
Click here to read: http://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2014/10/asani-offers-thoughts-on-religious.html
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| Paul Levy: Lessons from the Aga Khan in Canada |
| Paul Levy: Bike4Life in the Atlas Mountains |
| A quick trip to Cairo, and beyond, from Paul Levy |
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