Tumbled Thoughts On American Muslim Life

From the Annual Outreach Dinner - The Journey Within, hosted by Muslim Education and Converts Center of America (M.E.C.C.A.) in New York City on December 11th, 2011.

Here’s the audio from the Ramadan lecture I delivered at Masjid Quba in Philadelphia, Ramadan 1432AH/August 7th, 2011.

I had the honor to speak at Rutgers University on the topic of Islam and social work. The audience was a graduate class which is studying the intersection of social work and spirituality. After giving a brief bio on myself and an intro on Islam, I talked about the concept of the “common good” or al-amr b’l-Ma’ruf الأمربالمعروف. It was a great opportunity to learn as well as impart, for it is painfully obvious that the Muslim community is in a shortfall when it comes to social work and providing social services. Several of the students, who work in the field of social work, highlighted that they are working with Muslims within the populations that they serve and they are often at a loss of how to acutely treat this clients due to their lack of familiarity of the religion as well as the absence of support and infrastructure within the Muslim community.

Envy: A Ramadan Lecture, delivered at Masjid Quba in Philadelphia, August 10th, 2009.

The Relevance of Muslim Thought: A Lecture. Delivered November 10th, 2009, at the University of Pennsylvania.

Sufism: An Introduction. A lecture delivered at the University of Pennsylvania in 2009.