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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.