Muslims in Black History Lecture and Tea

Friday Lecture and Tea

Theme: Muslims in Black History

Speaker : Dr. Ihsan Bagby
Cost: $10 (All proceeds benefit Faith Institute)
Date: February, 24, 2012
Time : 4pm- 6pm
Location: Atlanta Masjid of Al-Islam (Community Life Hall)
Summary: Faith Institute Fundraiser
Speaker Bio: Ihsan Bagby is an ISPU Fellow and an Associate Professor in the department of Islamic Studies at the University of Kentucky. His research has focused on Muslims in America. In 2001, he published the results of the first comprehensive study of mosques in America, entitled The Mosque in America: A National Portrait. Based on the 2001 study, Dr. Bagby has published four articles, “Imams and Mosque Organizations in the United States,” in Muslims in the United States. “A Profile of African American Mosques” in the Journal of the Interdenominational Theological Center, “Attitudes of Mosque Participants Towards America,” in the forthcoming book A Nation of Religions: The Politics of Pluralism in Multi-religious America, and “The Mosque in the American Public Square,” in Muslims’ Place in the American Public Square. Dr. Bagby received his Ph.D in Near Eastern studies from the University of Michigan with a specialty in Islamic Law.