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This Muharram 2024|1446 Sacred Roots will host gatherings in honor of Imam Husayn son of ʿAli, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad.

• Lectures will be delivered by Shaykh Trenton Carl

• Poetry/Nawha will be recited by Brother Hussayn Aakil and Sister Salihah Aakil along with others

Between Tyranny & The Sacred - How Religion Loses its Edge

The movement of Husayn ibn ʿAli aimed to raise humankind from the shadows of tyranny into the Light of the Sacred. He rose to revive the wholeness the Prophetic Message at a time when spiritual and governmental corruption sought to blunt the edge of religion. The “Edge of Religion” is its penetrating critique of humankind’s obsession with the material world and its audacity to propose a path toward a just world.

This series will

1. examine contemporary challenges to living Islam’s moral message holistically

2. reflect on ways that we can revive the Prophetic message using the stand of Imam Husayn as a model

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Schedule

• 11:00 - Welcome and Lecture

  • Poetry and Nawha

  • Community Reflections

• 1:00 - Prayer

• Lunch