2/19/2012

All Dulles Area Muslim Society(ADAMS)
Sun Feb 19 5:30pm to 8pm
ADAMS Main Center 46903 Sugarland Rd, Sterling, VA 20164

Please RSVP to rojpm@yahoo.com

Interfaith Event: "Islamic Pacifism and Interfaith & Social Perspectives on Nonviolence"
- Food/Refreshments will be available

Current Speakers:
1) Arsalan Ifitkhar, international human rights lawyer, global media commentator and author of the book Islamic Pacifism
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2) Imam Mohamed Magid, Executive Director, All Dulles Area Muslim Society(ADAMS)
3) Reverend Reginald Early, President, Loudoun County NAACP

The Islamic Pacifism book will be available for purchase.
Arsalan Ifitkhar will be available to sign books, as well

http://www.islamicpacifism.com/
With the tragic rise of extremism and global racism around the world today, the sociopolitical philosophy of ‘Islamic Pacifism’ is a humanitarian ethical platform rooted within the general concepts of nonviolence and basic Muslim ethical teachings of mercy and compassion towards all of humanity.

From the global Muslim response to September 11 to analyzing the concept of ‘The Golden Rule’ within Islamic tradition to highlighting the contributions of historical Muslim pacifist giants from our recent past, this book ‘Islamic Pacifism’ shall offer young girls and boys of all colors and religions around the world a nonviolent antidote to many of our shared social and political issues affecting our globe today.

"The world needs more Muslim Gandhi’s like Arsalan Iftikhar, who calls for a pacifist antidote to the toxic pathologies of Islamist extremism and the racist xenophobia that sometimes masquerades as the ‘answer’ to the problem of terrorism. In his book Islamic Pacifism, Arsalan Iftikhar systematically tackles both of these dangerous ideologies and proposes, instead, a new global movement based on peaceful coexistence that is firmly rooted within the framework of modern Islam." - Deepak Chopra New York Times Best-Seller and Author of Muhammad: A Story of the Last Prophet

Arsalan Iftikhar is an international human rights lawyer, global media commentator and author of the book Islamic Pacifism: Global Muslims in the Post-Osama Era. As founder of TheMuslimGuy.com and global managing editor for The Crescent Post, Arsalan has been a regular weekly commentator for National Public Radio (NPR) and he is also a regular contributing writer for Esquire Magazine (Middle East edition) and CNN.com on domestic and international issues affecting our world today.