Fri, 8 June 2012, 8pm | English

The Chevrons

Sout Ilaahi

Shaykh Muhammad Al-Ninowy Husayni

talk

Fees: $12

1,400 years ago, Islam gave rights to women that those in the West did not get till the 20th century. Yet, culture and customs dictate her role and place in society today as opposed to the Al-Qur'and Al-Sunna.

Some of the highly venerated figures in our tradition are women. These include Mary - mother of Prophet Jesus, Asiya - wife of the Pharaoh, and the "mothers of the believers". The first believer in Prophet (saw) was a woman. The first martyr in Islam was a woman. Many of the pivotal Hadith transmitters and narrators were women. Some of the celebrated mystics and ascetics were women.

What challenges did they face? How did they overcome
them? Shaykh al-Ninowy will seek to answer these
questions in what promises to be a sublime lecture.

PS: Men are welcome too!