Duke MSA will be hosting our first ever ISLAMIC AWARENESS MONTH!! We have several interesting events lined up each week, from lectures with respected speakers, to film screenings, to an arts & calligraphy night! Don't miss the opportunity to attend some of the most exciting events on Duke's campus!

** All events are in Westbrook 0014 from 6-8 PM unless otherwise indicated

March 18TH
Islamic Finance in the Context of the Global Economic Crisis
John Huntz - Executive Director of Arcapita Venture
McClendon Auditorium - Fuqua School of Business
4 PM

March 19TH
Sharing the Abrahamic Blessing:
Challenges in Jewish Muslim Relations
PROF. YEHEZKEL LANDAU, Hartford Seminary


MARCH 24TH
“Inside Mecca”
Screening & Discussion w/Director
ANISA MEHDI, Producer/Director


MARCH 25TH
Islamic Law: Rumor or Reality?
DR. EBRAHIM MOOSA
Duke University


MARCH 27TH
American Islam: Is it really happening?
DR. UMAR F. ABD-ALLAH
Chairman of the Board &
Scholar-in-Residence
Nawawi Foundation


MARCH 31stT
Sufism: Mystical Dimensions of Islam!
DR. SEYYED HOSSEIN NASR
George Washington University
Divinity School ~ W0014
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM


APRIL 1st
Islamic Art: Calligraphy
MBAYE LO & MUHAMMAD HABIB
Instructors’ at Duke University
Social Psychology Building, Room # 119
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM


APRIL 2nd
Religious Peace Making:
An Islamic Perspective
DR. ABDUL RASHIED OMAR
Notre Dame University


APRIL 6TH
Muhammad: Legacy of the Prophet
Fascinating Documentary on
the Prophet of Islam (PBUH)


APRIL 7TH
Reform in Islam:
Between Love and Justice
DR. OMID SAFI, UNC at Chapel Hill


APRIL 8TH
An American Doctor’s
Legendary Work in Iraq!
DR. RANDALL WILLIAMS
Raleigh Hospital


APRIL 9TH
Official Opening Ceremony
of Muslim Life at Duke
406 Swift Avenue
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM


APRIL 9TH
A Panel Discussion:
On Hindu-Muslim Relations
DR. KISHOR TRIVEDI &
CHAPLAIN ABDULLAH ANTEPLI,
Duke University


APRIL 10TH
ANNUAL JUMMAH ON THE QUAD
IN FRONT OF THE CHAPEL
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM


APRIL 14TH
Mary and Jesus in the Holy Qur’an
DR. BRUCE LAWRENCE
Duke University


APRIL 15TH
“The Color of Paradise”
A Breath-taking Iranian Movie


APRIL 16TH
Islam and Violence
DR. IBRAHIM ABD RABI
University of Alberta