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18) A brand new link has been added to this website.  Please check out "Muslim Prayer Time Website."

17) New article by Professor Abdulaziz Sachedina.  Please click on the title to view the article.  "How Shall We Prepare for the Appearance of the Future Savior of Humankind?"

16) New article by Professor Abdulaziz Sachedina.  Please click on the title to view aritcle.  "Active Awaiting."

15) DVD production of Muharram 2006 has been finished.  Please contact us if you wish to purchase a copy.

14) New article by Professor Abdulaziz Sachedina.  Please click on the title to view aritcle.  "Active Awaiting."

13) Professor Abdulaziz Sachedina is giving an interview with the BBC World Service on its medical ethics series.  The topic will be "Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery" and can be heard between 17JUN06 to 19JUN06.  The programme can be heard online at this link.  Alternatively if you wish to hear the programme via your short wave radio, a list of times at which the programme can be heard will be posted closer to the interview date.

12) An interesting article written by Professor Liyakat Takim called "From Conversion to Conversation: Interfaith Dialogue in Post 9-11 America."  Click on the article title above to read it.

11) Professor Abdulaziz Sachedina recently attended the 10th anniversary symposium at the University of Pennsylvania Center for Bioethics.  The topic that the professor spoke about was "How Should American Society Cope with Death? The Religious Perspective."  Click on the title above to view the webcast.  RealPlayer is the ideal player to view this webcast.

10) Professor Liyakat N. Takim of the University of Denver has written a book called "The Heirs of the Prophet: Charisma and Religious Authority in Shi'ite Islam."  Click on this link to read about the book and it's upcoming release in July 2006.

9) The audio file for Professor Abdulaziz Sachedina's lecture "Islamic Roots of Democratic  Pluralism" at the United States Naval Academy is currently available.  Click here for the WMA file or click here for the MP3 file.

8)New article: "Human Vicegerency: A Blessing or a Curse? The Challenge to be God's Caliph in the Qur'an"

7) New Article: "The Wali of God and the Wasi of the Prophet: Ali B. Abi Talib in Twelver Shi'ite Belief"  Please click here for the Turkish translation.

6) The audio file for Professor Abdulaziz Sachedina's lecture "Islam, Democracy & Human Rights" at James Madison University is currently available.  Click here or goto Audio Lectures.

5) Professor Abdulaziz Sachedina's lecture "Cultural Differences Explain Muslim Reaction to Danish Cartoons" at the University of Virginia Law School.   Click here to see the overview.

4) New article: "Freedom of Religion and the Question of Apostasy in Islam"

3) RFE/RL's radio interview with  Emad Baghi: "Iran: Reinterpreting Ashura".

2)Muharram 2006 Lectures are available at this link.

1) Check out our new Reading List link.

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