Park51 Jum'ah with Imam Adeel Zeb: April 5, 2024
As-Salamu 'Alaykum,
Dear Brothers, Sisters, and Valued Members of our Friday Congregation,
By the Grace of Allah, we are inviting you to the Jum'ah prayer services. The khutbah will start at around 1:15 P.M. We are privileged to be having guest speaker Imam Adeel Zeb as our khateeb this Friday.
Imam Adeel J. Zeb is a Muslim chaplain, interfaith scholar, and TEDx speaker. He recently served as the first Muslim and first South-Asian president of the National Association of College and University Chaplains. Zeb has worked as a Muslim chaplain at 11 colleges and universities across the United States and currently resides in the Greater Los Angeles area at the Claremont Colleges. He has spoken at Capitol Hill, the State Department, President Obama’s Interfaith Summit, the Sultanate of Oman and various faith-based centers and colleges globally. He also teaches as an adjunct professor at Hartford Seminary. He officiates weddings (nikkahs) with the Muslim Wedding Service and is a certified premarital/marital coach. He was profiled by The Washington Post and BuzzFeed, and the Associated Press over a 10-year span and has written for The Huffington Post. He has completed the prestigious fellowship for the Study of Auschwitz and Preventive Ethics. Zeb has certifications in conflict management, interfaith conflict management, and mediation from the United States Institute for Peace. He has led interfaith and faith-specific service trips internationally. He served as a two-time U.S. Congressional staffer. He holds degrees and certifications from Baylor University in business administration and Arees University in traditional Islamic studies, a master's degree in Islamic chaplaincy from Hartford Seminary studying with Dr. Ingrid Mattson and certified in tajweed and Qur'anic recitation from the Blue Mosque in Istanbul. He is currently pursuing his doctoral studies at Claremont Graduate University in the field of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion focusing on Muslim women’s rights. He was nominated for the “Peace Prize” for the El-Hibri Foundation and will be awarded the Distinguished Fellow award from the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE).
1. Location:
Gibney: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center
53A Chambers Street, Studio Y
New York, NY 10007
2. First time visitors are required to sign-in with security in the main lobby to gain entry to the prayer space.
3. Bathrooms may be limited in the building, so we strongly recommend everyone to arrive having done their ablutions (Wudu).
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We thank you greatly for your continued support. We look forward to seeing you again.
Jazakum Allahu Khairan.
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