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Instructor's Course Description: One of the great problems of our era is that many Muslims have reduced Islam to a mere checklist of Do's and Dont's. As a result, the life of our blessed, beautiful Tradition has evaporated, only to be replaced by a convoluted mix of ossified rules and exhausted aspirations. The deeper problem, however, is that our Tradition, which fulfills and fosters growth, gets subverted into a path that inhibits healthy behavior. The goal of this course is to explore the basics of Islamic Law, to develop an understanding on how it fits within our lives as something beneficial and practical. The starting text will be Dr. Umar Farooq Abd-Allah's, "Living Islam with Purpose."
About the Instructor: Omer Mozaffar is an instructor in the Asian Classics curriculum at the University of Chicago. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Theology at Loyola, Elmhurst and other schools.
Assigned Text: "Living Islam with Purpose" by Dr. Umar Faruq Abd-Allah
Class Dates (classes meet on the first, third, and fifth Sundays of the month)
Fall Semester Class Dates: September 18, October 2, October 16, October 30, November 20, December 4, December 18
Spring Semester Class Dates: January 15, January 29, February 5, February 12*, March 4, March 18, April 1, April 15, April 29, May 6
Cost: $75/semester. An optional lunch will be provided this year at $6 per week. This will be included in the payment options.
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