AIC BULLETIN
AIC's Annual Fundraising Dinner
We would like to express our deepest gratitude to everyone who attended our Fundraising Dinner. We value your trust, and we thank you for your solidarity with our mission! A very special thanks to our beloved team member, advocate, and benefactor Dr. Shakeela Hassan, to Darryl Muhammad (Maker Media) for his tireless work capturing all of our special moments, to Kacia Muhammad for the beautiful floral arrangements, and to Dr. John Esposito for his poetic tribute to our late founder, Dr. Ismail Al Faruqi, may God be merciful to him and his late wife.
Congratulations to all of the AIC Awardees:
• Ahmed Rehab, Executive Director of CAIR-Chicago - AIC Restoring the Balance Award
• Dr. Aminah Al-Deen, Professor Emeritus - DePaul University - AIC Lifetime Achievement Award
• Dr. Assad Busool, Professor Emeritus - American Islamic College - AIC Lifetime Achievement Award
• Sara Trumm, Executive Director, CCME at The Lutheran School of Theology, AIC Community Champion Award
Sincere appreciation also goes out to the Abid Bengali family, Muhammad family, Siddique family, Hassan family, Maimoona Ali family, and Fahim & Yasmin Shariff family
Heartfelt Gratitude to our Sponsors
ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR SPRING SEMESTER 2025
Join American Islamic College for Undergraduate or Graduate Studies this Spring 2025! We are now accepting applications for our accredited Bachelor's, Master's, and MDiv (Chaplaincy) programs. Spring Semester begins January '25. Contact us with any questions at [email protected].
OUR VISION
Welcoming students of all faiths and backgrounds, American Islamic College (AIC) is a Chicago-based institution of higher learning grounded in Islamic values and steeped in Islam’s rich and diverse intellectual and cultural traditions. AIC promotes appreciation for the scope and richness of Islamic history and civilization both in and beyond the classroom by means of significant research, impactful teaching, and informative public events highlighting Islam’s intellectual, artistic, and cultural expressions. Through rigorous scholarship and a commitment to social justice, the collective good, civic involvement, interfaith understanding, and intercultural engagement, AIC prepares students to become critical thinkers, visionary leaders,
and responsible global citizens.
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