Here’s a special treat for IslamCrunch readers: an exclusive look at a new project of the Zaytuna Distance Learning Program – the DeenLoad series.

Curing Extremism

The DeenLoad series offers single lectures for download. The first series is titled Curing Extremism with Imam Zaid Shakir, Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad and Shaykh Hamza Yusuf.

In this timely download, Imam Zaid, Shaykh Abdal Hakim and Shaykh Hamza diagnose and offer curative solutions to one of the most pressing problems we face as a globalized human society…. religious extremism.

Is Islam intrinsically extreme? Who’s to blame? What is the role that the individual, the community and the society at large can play in combatting and preventing religious extremism?

Find the answers to these essential questions and more in this critical series.

Click the link to purchase the download: http://zikrcast.com/Distance_Learning/deenload.php

We highly recommend the video download. It is high quality video in 640 x 480 mp4 format.

Another special treat: for every person who adds a comment to this post with sincere feedback on why you enjoy or dislike IslamCrunch, will receive a discount code for $1.00 off the sale price. If you leave a video comment, you will receive a $2.00 discount code.

LECTURE OUTLINES

Part 1 by Imam Zaid Shakir

• Particular dynamics of Muslim life in Britain
• What shapes who we are
• Parallels between the ghettos in the US & Britain
• Distorted understanding of “the other”
• The reality of low self esteem amongst the youth
• Fighting with the wrong weapons
• Superficial reactions to social ills
• Changing our perception of western societies
• Taking advantage of the opportunities that Western society offers
• Being a community of balanced
• Forging a new vision of change for our youth
• Doing more to help more

Part 2 by Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad

• The bewilderment of this age
• The guiding Ship of Faith
• Unity amidst diversity
• The response of the believers and the response of the hypocrites to trials
• A multitude of choices and conflicting voices
• Following the scholars or ones whims
• The tranquil stability of the believers
• Projecting inner ugliness onto Islam
• Aiding the enemies of Islam with our wrong actions
• Spreading the message of Rahmah

Part 3 by Shaykh Hamza Yusuf

• Defining terms & limits
• Living in a culture of extremes
• Causing our own suffering
• To whom is our allegiance
• Interacting with the law of the land
• Understanding civil disobedience
• Studying the Prophetic model of social reform
• Advice for Muslims living in the West
• Perceptions of Muslims in the West
• The question of assimilation and integration
• The potential benefits that Muslims bring to society
• A call to wisdom
• The example of the Bee
• The best defense

In 2008, Zaytuna Institute launched its first Summer Arabic Intensive, a rigorous 8-week program that would offer students much more than what similar programs at any other American university did.
Instead of offering a learning environment disconnected from what was
being taught, Zaytuna created a community of learning, where students
were immersed in an Arabic-speaking environment inside and outside the classroom.

Zaytuna is pleased to announce that applications are now open for the Summer 2009 Arabic Intensive. Please take a moment to explore our program through this website, and we look forward to seeing you this summer. We trust you’ll find our Summer Intensive as fulfilling as the graduates of Summer 2008 did.

http://arabicintensive.org/

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EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Imam Siraj Wahhaj speaks about the Muslim Alliance of North America (MANA) organization; from the roots at Masjid Taqwa to MANA.

** Imam Siraj reminds us not to drop the baton. **

Recorded in Santa Clara, California, October 25, 2008.

Support MANA: http://mana-net.org/

Original video link: http://www.viddler.com/explore/islamcrunch/videos/4/
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It is with great honor to announce the official podcast for Imam Zaid Shakir. The web interface can be found here:  http://newislamicdirections.com/mediacast/

The iTunes podcast feed can be found here: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=292650619

Check out Imam Zaid’s ‘Eid 1429 (2008) khutbah here:

http://newislamicdirections.com/mediacast/id-khutbah-1429-2008/

And last Friday’s khutbah (October 3, 2008) here: http://newislamicdirections.com/mediacast/friday-khutbah-october-3-2008/ – Reflections of Surah Al ‘Asr

We would like to thank Imam Zaid and Umm Hassan for allowing us the opportunity to work on this endeavor. May Allah s.w.t. accept it and make it a means of entering Paradise.

Taken from the conference: “Loving God and Neighbor in Word and Deed: Implications for Muslims and Christians” hosted by the Yale Divinity School, July 2008.

With Shaykh Al-Habib Ali Al-Jifri and Rev. Dr. Robert Schuller
Wednesday, July 30

Introduction by Joseph Lombard, author of Submission, Faith & Beauty*.

Live translation by Ustadh Yahya Rhodus.

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More videos here: http://www.yale.edu/divinity/video/commonword/video.shtml

Also available: a video with Shaykh Abdul Hakim Murad Winter

* Published by Zaytuna Institute, co-edited by Shaykh Hamza Yusuf and Imam Zaid Shakir