Dr Akbar Ahmed &
Arif Mansuri to Promote Understanding of Islam at DC Event
Dr.
Akbar Ahmed and Arif Mansuri |
Denver:
Distinguished author and international advisor on Islamic
issues, Ambassador Akbar Ahmed, accompanied by well-known
industrialist and community activist Arif Zaffar Mansuri will
lead a discussion on “Understanding Islam: Paving the
Way to Better Relations and Organizational Effectiveness in
a Post 9/11 World,” on Oct. 11, 2007, 1-3 p.m., at the
National Press Club, 529 14th Street NW, Washington D.C. 20045.
Ambassador Ahmed and Mr. Mansuri will lead an interactive
discussion on Islam in today’s world, globalization,
the onset of Muslim majority nuclear nations, and the rapid
proliferation of the Islamic faith and its worldwide impacts.
They will explore how that in the years since 9/11, a lack
of knowledge regarding the Islamic community has led to apprehension,
misunderstanding and sometimes fear. They will show a way
to “bring the temperature down” and create a path
toward understanding.
Ambassador Ahmed is the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies
at American University in Washington DC. According to the
BBC, Ahmed is considered “the world’s leading
authority on contemporary Islam.” He is former High
Commissioner of Pakistan to Great Britain, has advised Prince
Charles and met with President George W. Bush on Islam. Ahmed
is regularly interviewed on CNN, CBC, the BBC, ARY TV and
has appeared several times on the Oprah Winfrey Show and
Nightline. In 2006, Ambassador Ahmed won the Purpose
Prize Award with Dr. Judea Pearl for their work on interfaith
dialogue.
Arif Zaffar Mansuri is the president and managing editor of
the nationwide Pakistani-American newspaper, Pakistan
Link. He also is the director of the Pakistan American
Leadership Center (PAL-C) and presides over the Council of
Pakistan American Chamber of Commerce (CPACC). He is a board
member of the Southern California Organization of Pakistani
Engineers (SCOPE) and Urdu Writers Society (UWS). He also
serves on the FBI’s Multicultural Advisory Committee
(MCAC) and as vice chairman of the Pakistan Advisory Council
for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
Ambassador Ahmed and Mr. Mansuri will answer questions from
the media after their presentation.
The event, sponsored by Jones Knowledge Group®, will be
held in conjunction with the launch of a new online course,
Understanding Islam: An Introduction, that empowers
learners to break.
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