Wednesday at the IC: Memories of Ali w/ Dr. Nebil Husayn
Join us for our next Sacred Door Lecture. Dinner will be served!
MEMORIES OF ALI IN SUNNI AND SHI'I ISLAM
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28
Date: Wednesday, February 28th
Time: 6 pm
Location: Global Center for Academic and Spiritual Life, 4th Fl., Rm 475, NYC 10012
Please join the Islamic Center at NYU on Tuesday, February 13th for our February Sacred Door Lecture, "Memories of Imam Ali in Sunni and Shi'i Islam" with our guest speaker Dr. Nebil Husayn.
Islams fourth caliph, Ali, can be considered one of the most revered figures in Islamic history. His nearly universal portrayal in Muslim literature as a pious authority obscures the views of his opponents who considered him an illegitimate ruler and a centuries-long process that entailed the rehabilitation of his character. In his book, "Opposing the Imam" (Cambridge University Press, 2021), Prof. Nebil Husayn considers the diverse ways in which early Muslims remembered Ali and contextualizes the rise of both Sunnism and Shi'ism. This presentation discusses key findings from this publication.
A brief lecture and a Q&A segment will be followed by dinner.
Nebil Husayn is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Miami. His research broadly considers the development of Islamic theology, historiography and debates on the caliphate. Husayn obtained his Ph.D. in Near Eastern Studies from Princeton University and an M.A. in Arabic and Islamic Studies from Harvard University. Husayn is the recipient of a Fulbright award and the University of Miami Fellowship in the Arts and Humanities. He is the author of Opposing the Imam (2021) and Caliphate and Imamate (2023).
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