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SUMMARY:Love and Life’s Meaning in Islam: Common Values, Shared Visi
 ons
DESCRIPTION:In this presentation, Dr. Safi Kaskas treats us to mystica
 l visions of Divine Love and the meaning of our existence arising from
  the Islamic faith. At the origin of that faith is the Qur’an, revea
 led over a period of 23 years to Prophet Muhammad. The question is not
  whether Allah is love or whether He loves us.  As with all major rel
 igions, Islam teaches that Allah is love and considers loving Him and 
 loving others to be the corner stone of all his messages to humanity, 
 including the Qur’an. Given that Allah does not need His creation, t
 he universal questions arise: Why are we here in the first place? Is 
 our existence on this planet accidental, a curious quirk of evolution 
 having no special value compared to the rest of creation? Or are we th
 e beneficiaries of a cosmic order that is structured in love to help u
 s flourish? If so, how should we treat our neighbors and what can we s
 ay about how humanity should grow? Intriguing visions flow from these 
 intriguing questions.\nDr. Safi Kaskas is a dynamic serial entrepreneu
 r who is a cofounder of East West University, Chicago, IL; Strategic E
 dge Management Consultants; and American Strategic Healthcare Manageme
 nt Company (ASHM). Mr. Kaskas has studied Abrahamic religions and lect
 ured throughout the US and the Middle East on subjects related to Isla
 m, and issues surrounding reconciliation between Evangelicals and Amer
 ican Muslims. He is a Senior Researcher in Islam and Multifaith Reconc
 iliation at George Mason University’s Center for World Religions, Di
 plomacy, and Conflict Resolution. His seminal works include a translat
 ion of the Qur’an into simple, easy-to-understand English in January
  2015, The Qur’an with references to the Bible in January 2016, and 
 Prophet Muhammad’s sayings on “The Kindest of Manners” to be pub
 lished this year. For more information, see www.kaskas.com.\n\nFor mor
 e information visit https://www.mytowncolorado.com/events/love-and-lif
 e-s-meaning-in-islam-common-values-shared-visions
DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20180118T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20180118T203000
CATEGORIES:presentation
LOCATION:Center for Spiritual Living Boulder Valley
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