The San Francisco Bay Area Muslim community is one of the most diverse and most blessed communities in the USA. We are also not shy of controversy….

Open Forum: Should Muslims use the N word? Finding balance between being Muslim and being cool

The Lighthouse Mosque is pleased to announce its first community forum. This program is designed to elicit a frank and open discussion of a pertinent issue vexing the Muslim community. This first discussion will discuss the limits of cultural assimilation for a Muslim. Imam Zaid Shakir, Shaykh Abdullah Ali and Brother Adisa Banjoko amongst others will be in attendance. All are invited.

For background reading we suggest:
Randall Kennedy’s concise book, Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word and A.A. Akom’s article, The House that Race Built: Some Observations on the Use of the Word Nigga, Popular Culture, and Urban Adolescent Behavior.

Date: Sunday, February 10, 2008

Time: 12:00pm - 3:00pm

Location: Lighthouse Mosque, 4606 Martin Luther King Blvd, Oakland, CA

Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=10178390406