Duquesne University

19 Jan 2016

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Syrian Christian Immigrants and Refugees

Tuesday, January 19, 2016 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Africa Room, Duquesne Union, Duquesne University
Sponsored By: 
CCMD and TCCP

The Consortium for Christian–Muslim Dialogue and the Turkish Cultural Center of Pittsburgh invite you to the first of their 2016 Religion & Society Lectures, given by Mais Haddad, Esq., who practiced law in Syria and continues working for human rights.

Contact: 
ccmd@duq.edu

18 Nov 2015

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Music and Religion

Wednesday, November 18, 2015 - 4:30pm
719 Fisher Hall, Duquesne University
Sponsored By: 
Organized by the Consortium for Christian-Muslim Dialogue (CCMD) of Duquesne University in collaboration with the Turkish Cultural Center of Pittsburgh.

Father Stephen Concordia, O.S.B., Director of Programs in Sacred Music at Saint Vincent College, and Professor Sadık Kara of Fatih University, Istanbul, will discuss the place of music in Christian and Muslim life.

Free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.

Contact: 
Emad Mirmotahari at mirmotaharie@duq.edu or 412.396.6420

14 Oct 2015

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Mary in the Quran

Wednesday, October 14, 2015 - 4:30pm
719 Fisher Hall
Sponsored By: 
Consortium for Christian-Muslim Dialogue (CCMD) of Duquesne University and the Turkish Cultural Center of Pittsburgh.

Zeki Saritoprak
Nursi Chair of Islamic Studies
John Carroll University

ALL lectures are FREE and open to the public.
Light refreshments will be served.

Contact: 
Emad Mirmotahari at mirmotaharie@duq.edu or 412.396.6420

13 Oct 2015

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Religion & Society Lecture Series

Tuesday, October 13, 2015 - 4:15pm to Wednesday, November 18, 2015 - 4:30pm
Duquesne University, Fisher Hall Room 719
Sponsored By: 
Consortium for Christian–Muslim Dialogue

The Consortium for Christian–Muslim Dialogue invites local faculty, students, and members of the general public to the “Religion & Society Lecture Series” of monthly talks. The series has been organized in collaboration with the Turkish Cultural Center of Pittsburgh, which will provide refreshments.

Contact: 
Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA

16 Sep 2015

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Religious Freedom & its Intersection with the 14th Amendment

Wednesday, September 16, 2015 - 4:30pm to 6:30pm
719 Fisher Hall, Duquesne University
Sponsored By: 
Christian–Muslim Dialogue Committee of Duquesne University in collaboration with the Turkish Cultural Center of Pittsburgh

Nicholas Cafardi, Dean Emeritus and Professor in the Duquesne University School of Law, will give the inaugural lecture in the Religion & Society Lecture Series, a project of the Christian–Muslim Dialogue Committee of Duquesne University and the Turkish Cultural Center of Pittsburgh.

Professor Cafardi will speak on “Religious Freedom & its Intersection with the 14th Amendment,” in 719 Fisher Hall on Wednesday, 16 September at 4:30.

The event is free and open to the public, and light refreshments will be served.
 

Contact: 
Dr. Marinus Iwuchukwu (iwuchukwum@duq.edu)

24 Sep 2014

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Islamic Art Exhibit

Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 10:00am to 5:00pm
Les Idees Gallery, Duquesne University
Sponsored By: 
Duquesne University

Islamic Art Exhibit Opening at Les Idees Gallery
Posted on September 3, 2014

The Christian-Muslim Dialogue Committee (CMDC) is sponsoring an exhibition of Islamic art featuring Pittsburgh-based artists in the Les Idees Gallery on the third floor of the Union.

The exhibit, which will run from Thursday, Sept. 4, through Tuesday, Sept. 30, supports the CMDC’s mission to provide a platform for multiple perspectives between Christians and Muslims, and to promote healthy and peaceful relationships.

24 Sep 2014

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Fingers of the Noose: Imaging Injustice

Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 4:30pm to 6:00pm
Berger Gallery (207 College Hall), Duquesne University
Sponsored By: 
Center for Interpretive and Qualitative Research Center for Interpretive and Qualitative Research, Duquesne University

Presenter: Professor Andrew Ellis Johnson, Associate Professor of Art at Carnegie Mellon University

Contact: 
Center Coordinator, Fred Evans, Dept. of Philosophy, at evansf@duq.edu, 396-6507

24 Sep 2014

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Who is Jesus to Muslims? Who is Muhammad to Christians?

Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 3:00pm to 6:00pm
Power Center Ballroom,512 Power Center 600 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15282
Sponsored By: 
Duquesne University

2014 Symposium on Interreligious Dialogue

Speakers:

Sayyidna Isa; Jesus in the Eyes of a Muslim
Ifan A. Omar, Associate Professor of Theology, Marquette University

Who is Muhammed to Christians?
Nelly van Doorn-Harder
Professor of Islamic Studies
Wake Forest University

Free to all students with ID and to Duquesne University Faculty and Staff
Registration is required for general public at www.duq.edu/theology/cmdc
Registration fee: $15

Contact: 
Dr. Marinus Iwuchukwu, cmdc@liveduq.onmicrosoft.com, 412 396.1014

28 Apr 2013

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DRONES AND JUST WAR

Sunday, April 28, 2013 - 3:30pm to 5:00pm
Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, 5700 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA
Sponsored By: 
Episcopal Church of the Redeemer

Panelists will relate the current U.S. use of drone strikes to Christian and Islamic theories of what is just in war and to American constitutional law.
Jules Lobel is a co-author of Less Safe, Less Free: Why America is Losing the War on Terror (2007) and president of the Center for Constitutional Rights. Ronald Stone is the author of Prophetic Realism: Beyond Militarism and Pacifism in an Age of Terror; Susan Hascall teaches and has written several articles about Islamic Law.

FREE except for those who want CLE credit!

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