Topic: Ismail Al Faruqi’s Vision of Muslim Higher Education in America
We are honoured to welcome Professor John Esposito for an evening of reflection and discussion about 91快活林’s founding President and Provost, Dr. Ismail Al Faruqi (may God be merciful to him and his wife), who was Professor Esposito’s graduate mentor and advisor at Temple University.
Date: Sunday, April 28, 2024
Time: 7:00 PM
Venue 91快活林, 640 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago IL 60613
Limited Parking: 613 W Bittersweet Pl
Registration:
Free, registration required.
Distinguished University Professor, Professor of Religion and International Affairs and of Islamic Studies at Georgetown University, John L. Esposito is Founding Director of the Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding in the Walsh School of Foreign Service. Past President of the American Academy of Religion and Middle East Studies Association of North America, Esposito has served as consultant to the U.S. Department of State and other agencies, European and Asian governments, corporations, universities, and media worldwide and ambassador for the UN Alliance of Civilizations and was a member of the World Economic Forum鈥檚 Council of 100 Leaders and E. C. European Network of Experts on De-Radicalisation. He has received honorary doctorates from University of Toronto, the University of Sarajevo to name but a few, as well as the American Academy of Religion鈥檚 Martin E. Marty Award for the Public Understanding of Religion, Pakistan鈥檚 Quaid-i-Azzam Award for Outstanding Contributions in Islamic Studies, Georgetown University鈥檚 School of Foreign Service Outstanding Teacher Award and Georgetown鈥檚 Career Research Achievement Award. Esposito鈥檚 more than 50 books include: Who Speaks for Islam? What a Billion Muslims Really Think (with Dalia Mogahed), The Islamic Threat: Myth or Reality?, Islam and Politics; Makers of Contemporary Islam and Islam and Democracy (with John O. Voll), Islam: The Straight Path; Islam and Democracy and Makers of Contemporary Islam (with J. Voll); and Women in Muslim Family Law. Esposito鈥檚 books and articles have been translated into more than 45 languages. Esposito鈥檚 interviews and articles with newspapers, magazines, and the media in the U.S., Europe, Asia, and the Middle East: The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Economist, The Guardian, The Times of London, CNN, ABC Nightline, CBS, NBC, and the BBC. A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., he currently resides in Washington, D.C. with his wife, Dr. Jeanette P. Esposito.