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Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu!
The ICC-GC Board of Directors cordially invites the ICC-GC community and supporters to the eighth and final lecture of the Fall 2024Spring 2025 ICC-GC Annual Lecture Series, planned and organized by the ICC-GC Annual Lectures Committee.
Lecture Title:
Srat al-Kahf: The Issues of Good and Evil
Speaker:
Neji ben Hadj Tahar, Ph.D.
Dr. Neji studied mathematics, physics, and chemistry at the University of the Center in Monastir, Tunisia, where he obtained a bachelor's degree in physics. After teaching physics and chemistry at Ksar Hellal High School, he moved to Canada to continue his education. There, he earned a Masters degree in Atmospheric Sciences from the University of Quebec in Montreal.
He later pursued studies in sociology at the same university, earning a Ph.D. in Sociology with distinction. His doctoral dissertation focused on the rise and fall of civilizations, in which he analyzed and expanded the Khaldunian model on this topic.
Dr. Neji moved from Canada to the United States to work as a software engineer and is currently an IT consultant in Chicago. His research interests include Quranic studies and the philosophy of history, and he has published a book on the subject with Dar Al-Fikr in Damascus, titled "Man and the Quran: Landmarks of the Science of Direction." He frequently lectures on these topics at international conferences.
He resides in the United States, is married, and has three children
Co-Moderators:
Dr. Muhamad Dabbouseh and Imam Dr. Hazim Fazlic
(Co-Chairs of the ICC-GC Annual Lectures Committee)
Date: Sunday, May 4, 2025
Time: 11:15 AM
Location: ICC-GC Lecture Hall
Sr. Nuha O. Dabbouseh
Chairperson, ICC-GC Annual Lectures Committee
The ICC-GC Board of Directors remains committed to providing meaningful programming to our community. One such initiative is the Annual Lectures Program, which aims to offer educational, informative, and thought-provoking presentations. Our guest speakers are prominent intellectual professionals who graciously volunteer their time to research, prepare, and present these lectures for the benefit of our community.