Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Imam Feisal Rauf at Yale!

Talk by Imam Feisal Rauf, a leader of the initiative to build the Park51 Community Center.

Imam Feisal Rauf will be giving a talk about Islam, tolerance, and democracy, which will be moderated by Rabbi James Ponet.

Wednesday, March 23, 7:30 pm at SSS 114.

Doors open at 7 pm for students with a Yale ID.

Thursday, January 6, 2011

A Muslim from India who does Hebrew Caligraphy!

Thoufeek Zakriya, a Muslim caligrapher who does hebrew caligraphy in Cochin, India, recently emailed me about his work. His work seems fascinating, and I urge you all to check out the following two links about what he does (one also goes into Jewish-Muslim relations in India, another interesting topic).

http://thoufeekzak.blogspot.com/

http://thoufeekzak.blogspot.com/2010/10/hebrew-quran-manuscript-from-cochin.html

-Sam