Spirituality in Islam presentation, Sept. 9

Beneath the sound bites and headlines, there is a deeper story to be told about Islam. You are invited to a presentation on “Spirituality in Islam.”

Sunday, September 9, 2007, 7:00 p.m.
Elon Community Church

Guest presenters:
Imam Yaser Ahmed, spiritual leader at the Islamic Center of Greensboro (600+ worshipers from 20+ countries). Imam Ahmed is a naturalized U.S. citizen originally from Sudan.

Dr. Charles Wilkins, assistant professor of Middle Eastern Studies, Wake Forest University. Dr. Wilkins (Ph.D., Harvard) has lived and studied in Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Turkey. He was born in Turkey but spent his childhood and teen years in Elon, N.C.

This program is jointly sponsored by Elon Community Church and the Truitt Center for Religious and Spiritual Life.