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Eid Mubarak!
Don’t miss an evening with our favorite Imam Suhaib Webb
Date: 10th September 2012
Venue: Securities Commission Malaysia
Topic: “Occupy Your Soul”
Recent history has witnessed global protest movements and revolutions craving for justice. From the Arab Spring to the Occupy Wall Street movements, civil society is reaaserting itself and clamouring for good governance, competency, accountability and transparency. The looming European economic crisis, the slump in China’s economic growth and other external factors may impact our shores sooner than later.
How do we relate ourselves to these tumultuous events that surround us? How do we remain socially active partaking in the many noble causes around us and not run low on our spirituality? How can we occupy our soul to inspire us to champion the values of truth, justice and freedom?
Join us with Iman Suhaib Webb to find out how we can better use our moral compass to navigate this turbulent world.
Imam Suhaib is a contemporary American Muslim activist, educator and lecturer. He graduated from the Al-Azhar University in the College of Shari’ah and was in charge of the English translation Department at Dar al-Ifta al-Masriyah at the prestigious Al-Azhar University. A hafidz, Imam Suhaib has been granted numerous traditional teaching license, ijazah, adhering to centuries old Islamic scholarly practice ensuring the highest standard of scholarship including from the Grand Mufti of Egypt, Sheikh Ali Gomaa. UK government officials were quoted in The Guardian defining Imam Suhaib as a “moderate leader” along with Hamza Yusuf and Amr Khaled. Imam Suhaib was named one of the 500 Most Influential Muslims in the world by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre in 2010. Married to a Malaysian with two children, Imam Suhaib is the spiritual leader of the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center (ISBCC) the biggest mosque in New England.
Imam Suhaib is not unknown in Malaysia, as he has delivered numerous talks, lectures, dialogues, workshops, and radio talk shows in Malaysia since 2009. His TV Program “Reflections” on TV Alhijrah had been on air every week throughout the recent Ramadhan and at the recent “Eidul Fitri Reflections Special”.