The Covenants of the Prophet Muhammad (s) with Christians - Dr John Morrow
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CYAN
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CYAN, along with our UK partners Radical Middle Way (RMW), and the Chaplaincy at University of South Wales, are pleased to announce that Cardiff will be hosting Dr John A. Morrow, the author of a ground-breaking work on the 'Covenants of the Prophet Muhammad with the Christians of the World'.
Join us in what promises to be a thought-provoking evening.
The talk and presentation entitled ‘Covenants of the Prophet Muhammad with Christians: Ancient Traditions, Contemporary Resonance’ will be taking place in the Atrium, University of South Wales, Adam Street, Cardiff CF24 2FN on Saturday 21st June 2014, 7pm-8:30pm.
Please note that this is a FREE event.
We are grateful to the Canadian High Commission whose support has enabled this visit to happen.
Global events continue to conspire to drive wedges between Christian and Muslim faith communities. Individual acts of terror and the instability of large parts of the world creating a climate of fear for religious minorities, such as the threat to minority Christian populations in the Middle East, are motivating Muslims here in the West to redouble our efforts for peace.
We hope to build on existing positive relationships in Wales and hope that events designed to bring about greater understanding between our faiths will lead to genuine friendships and result in firm alliances across faith boundaries to oppose the oppression of religious minorities and stand together for justice and religious freedom.
About the speaker:
Dr John Andrew Morrow was born in Montreal, Canada, in 1971. He received his doctorate from the University of Toronto where he acquired expertise in Hispanic, Native, and Islamic Studies. He has served as a faculty member and administrator at numerous colleges and universities, the most notable of which was the University of Virginia’s Semester at Sea program for which he taught Spanish, English, and Religious Studies while circumnavigating the globe. Dr. Morrow had authored and edited a wide body of books in various fields. In the area of Islamic Studies, his works include: Arabic, Islam, and the Allah Lexicon: How Language Shapes our Conception of God (Edwin Mellen, 2006), the Encyclopedia of Islamic Herbal Medicine (McFarland, 2011), Religion and Revolution: Spiritual and Political Islam in Ernesto Cardenal (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012), Islamic Insights: Writings and Reviews (Ansariyan, 2012) and Islamic Images and Ideas: Essays on Sacred Symbolism (McFarland, 2013), among many others. Dr Morrow is also a member of the Metis aboriginal community.
