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ALIM is committed to facilitating dialogue between the textual and historical traditions of Islam and the sociopolitical, cultural and intellectual realities informing the lives of American Muslims through relevant, engaging, and inspiring programming.
Our flagship, 3-week summer intensive has changed the lives of countless community leaders over the last 20+ years. Other programs include our annual Winter Program and local, organization specific weekend programs. |
ALIM's Monthly Blog
The Challenge of Celebrating the Prophet in America
I have always maintained that our context makes a full embrace of the Prophet Muhammad (upon him be peace) difficult. Within our sacred history, Jesus Christ of Nazareth (upon him and his blessed mother be peace) is the direct predecessor of the Prophet Muhammad (upon him be peace). Relative chronological proximity as well as being the central religious figures of the two largest religious communities in the world have linked inextricably the Christ and the Prophet (upon them be peace). When prophethood is understood as a continuous process, beginning with Adam and culminating in the Prophet, the differences between the various Prophets of God (upon them be peace) are appreciated as alternations in form but not essence. In fact, speaking of Jesus and the Prophet Muhammad (upon them be peace), their lives and respective ministries, offer the perfect complement to one another. But where the wise see connection and harmony, those with less expansive understandings see contradiction and sometimes (due to being chronologically later) attribute inauthenticity to the Prophet Muhammad (upon him be peace). Thus, the Prophet has been misunderstood among many Americans.
GAZA AND THE POVERTY OF ANESTHETIZING NARRATIVES
"...for every moment spent wrangling over these messy details, another innocent Palestinian child dies, another innocent Palestinian mother loses a baby, another innocent Palestinian man is crushed under the rubble. No, I want to say here one thing and one thing only: Stop this killing. Stop this killing. Stop this killing––now!"
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