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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello everyone,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Studies in Islam is co-sponsoring two lectures with the Noor Cultural Centre<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span>and we would like to invite you to attend! Professor Mahmoud Ayoub will speak on the following topics:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Religious Extremism in Muslim History <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Also featuring: Professor Mohammad Fadel (Faculty of Law, University of Toronto)
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<p class="MsoNormal">Date: Wednesday September 23, 2015 <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Time: 7 pm <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Location: Auditorium, Noor Cultural Centre (123 Wynford Drive, Toronto, M3C 1K1)
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<p class="MsoNormal">Admission: $5<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>The Need for Muslim Unity <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Date: Thursday September 24, 2015 <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Time: 7 pm <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Location: Auditorium, Noor Cultural Centre (123 Wynford Drive, Toronto, M3C 1K1)
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<p class="MsoNormal">Admission: $5<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Professor Mahmoud Ayoub (PhD) is Professor Emeritus at Temple University, and Professor of Islamic Studies & Christian-Muslim Relations at Hartford Seminary in Connecticut. He is the author of numerous books, including Redemptive Suffering
in Islam and The Qur’an and Its Interpreters (vol. 1 & 2). Throughout his academic career, Mahmoud Ayoub has received distinguished awards and scholarships, and is an internationally-recognized authority in comparative study of Islam and Muslim-Christian relations
and inter-religious dialogue.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please see the attached poster for further details. If you would like to register for one or both of these events please contact the Noor Cultural Centre.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Visit the Noor Cultural Centre website:
<span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.noorculturalcentre.ca/">http://www.noorculturalcentre.ca/</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you very much,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Laura MacKenzie<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Administrative Assistant to Studies in Islam <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Renison University College<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">240 Westmount Road North<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G4<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tel: 519-884-4404<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">uwaterloo.ca/studies-in-islam <o:p></o:p></p>
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