Oxford Interfaith Week 2009

Where is YOUR soul?


"Why should I seek? I am the same as He. His essence speaks through me. I have been looking for myself!" - Rumi

As an authentic and intricate spiritual tradition, Islam provides succour and inner peace to over 1.5 billion individuals on this planet. Going far beyond outward, ritualistic practices such as prayer, fasting and alms-giving, Islam seeks true inward transformation and restoration of purity and perfection of the human soul. Join international scholar and teacher/student of the Islamic Spiritual path, Sheikh Jihad Hashim Brown, for a journey into Universal realm of spirituality, love and the meaning of life.

Speaker Bio:
Sheikh Brown was born in Santa Ana, California. He graduated from Rutgers University in 1994 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and a Minor in Middle East Studies. Upon graduation, he went on to pursue studies in Islamic Juristic Methodology, Theology and Logic with renowned scholars in Damascus, Syria. Subsequently, he continued studies of Islamic Juristic Methodology from the "Compendium of Compendiums" of al-Taj al-Subki in the antique madrasahs of the Southern Atlas Mountains in Morocco.

This event is part of a term of events entitled "Experience Islam Term" , coordinated by Oxford University Islamic Society in conjunction with various other societies of Oxford University.

Practicalities:
Date: Tuesday 3rd March (7th week)
Venue: 90 High Street, University College
Time: 7:30pm

For more information see see www.ouisoc.com