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Sacred Time Project Fall 2009 Introduction
Sacred Time Project Hosted by the Muslim Students Association at University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
The Sacred Time Project is a weekend-long retreat devoted to developing its participants both mentally and spiritually. The purpose of the program has been to serve participants with a basic knowledge of Islam and impart within them an appreciation for the religion's texts, scholars, and sciences in modern-day context.
Speakers
Last year's AMAZING team is back once again, Alhumdulillah!
Ustadh Usama Canon
Ustadh Usama Canon is a native of California. After embracing Islam in 1996, he traveled abroad to a number of Muslim countries studying for a period of time in Morocco and Egypt. He is the Director of the Zawiya Outreach Program, teaches a popular “Intro to Islam” class series, and serves as an academic translator at Zaytuna Institute in Hayward, California, a non-profit institute and which promotes holistic education and personal transformation.
Hafiz Kamran Riaz  Dr. Kamran Riaz has a uniquely indigenous background in Islamic studies. Before high school, he completed memorization of the Qur'an within a nine month period at the Institute of Islamic Education, based in Elgin, Illinois. Since then, he has continued studying the sacred sciences with some of the most renowned scholars in the Chicagoland area. He attended the University of Illinois in Chicago (UIC) for undergraduate studies where he was the president of the Muslim Students Association. He graduated magna cum laude from University of Illinois in Chicago from the prestigious GPPA program with dual degrees in Economics and Middle Eastern History with the highest possible departmental distinction. Kamran also leads Taraweeh prayers in Ramadan and teaches seerah classes at the Downtown Islamic Center. He teaches Arabic classes at Darul Qasim, an institute of classical Islamic learning in the suburbs of Chicago. In addition, he has spoken at various events including the Zaytuna Minara Program, Sacred Time Project, fundraising dinners, interfaith dialogues, and the Islamic Society of North America's annual convention. Kamran has also been featured in author Pearl Gaskins' book, "I Believe In…" He graduated from the UIC College of Medicine is currently a resident physician in the Department of Ophthalmology at Northwestern University.
TICKETS
Early Registration - $30
At the Door - $35
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