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The City Circle promotes the development of a distinct British Muslim identity. It seeks to assist the process of community cohesion and integration by building bilateral strategic alliances between Muslim and non-Muslim communities and harness and channel the skills and resources of Muslim professionals into practical projects thereby facilitating and empowering young Muslim women and men to 'put back in' to the wider British community.
The City Circle is an open circle for open minds. The City Circle provides an atmosphere where individuals are pushed to think outside the box. The City Circle hosts weekly events where ideas develop, the soul is nourished and issues highlighted. It seeks to promote practical and progressive solutions to community problems. The City Circle runs targeted community based projects and highlights social and welfare causes as well as servicing third party initiatives. The City Circle is a registered charity.
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Subject: |
TOWARDS A MUSLIM SOCIAL CONTRACT IN EUROPE |
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Speaker: |
Shaikh Dr. Mustafa Ceric, Grand Mufti of Bosnia-Hercegovina |
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Venue: |
Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, London WC1H 0XG (nearest tube: Russell Square, Piccadilly Line) |
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Date: |
6.30 - 8.00pm, Thursday 15th May 2008 |
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With the Name of God, All-Merciful, Most Merciful
The City Circle invites you to the Second Annual Zaki Badawi Memorial Lecture.
In Western thought, the idea of a "social contract" between individuals and the state has been a subject of intense discussion for millenia. Major thinkers have included Plato, Aquinas, Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau. In Islamic thought, the "Covenant of Madinah" is the first expression of what may be described as a social contract, as stated by Muhammad Asad (Leopold Weiss). Later thinkers on the subject include the Aristotelian Ibn Sina, al-Farabi and Ibn Khaldun.
Islam reached Europe within the first century of the former's history, with the conquest of Andalusia. Centuries of Islamic rule in Spain, Sicily and throughout the Ottoman Empire mean that Europe and the world of Islam have had continuous mutual interaction.
At a time when European identity, Muslim identity and integration of Muslim communities in Europe are pressing issues, this lecture will aim to illuminate and inspire.
FREE ENTRANCE - ALL WELCOME.
For more information, contact usama@thecitycircle.com, 07980 834340
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