On Easter Sunday April 5, the Video Discussion group began viewing six award-winning documentary films on Islam. They are produced by Discover Islam, an organization whose purpose is to dispel the most popular misconceptions about Islam and portray it, and American Muslims, as part of the American mainstream. 

 

Each film has been professionally produced and includes interviews of well known scholars like Sheikh Hamza Yusuf, Professor John Esposito, Dr. Abdullah Hakim Quick, Dr. Umar Faruk Abdallah, Sister Lisa Killinger and Imam Jowhari Abdelmalik amongst many others. Also interviewed are numerous active Muslims and a variety of church leaders across the US.

 

These films showcase Muslims who are faithful and ardent practitioners of their tradition. But the films also expose real-world distortions of Islam and the Qur'an in such radical actions as prohibiting women's education or terrorist attacks for political ends. It could well be argued that such extremists are no more representative of authentic Islam than are the KKK and Branch Davidians of Christianity.

 

It is hoped that through viewing and discussing these films, you will learn enough about Islam and Muslims to make the distinctions that Christians routinely make among the varied expressions, both positive and destructive, of the Christian tradition.

 

Films covering a range of topics will be viewed on the following dates.

1. Islam: Faith and History                    April 5

2. Islam: an American Faith                  April 12
   (No Class)                                         April 19

3. Women in Islam                                April 26

4. African Americans and Islam            May 3
   (No Class)                                         May 10

5. Islam: A Faith Hijacked                      May 17

6. Christians and Islam                          May 24

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To attend, you have two options at 920am each Sunday morning:

• On your computer, you can join our meeting via this Zoom link.

OR …

• You can physically come to the Lake Street Church Parker Room, where our Zoom session will be shown on screen. This will include both the video and the online class discussion, in which you can participate.