Thursday Night In Stoughton, MA

ATC Speakers Forum Presents:
 
“”A Perspective on Islam, Christians and Israel“
 
With
 
Dr. Mark Durie
 
 
 
Thursday, January 19, 2012
7:30 p.m. ~ 9:00 p.m.
Ahavath Torah Congregation
1179 Central St., Stoughton, MA
  
Dr. Mark Durie is a theologian, human rights activist and pastor of an Anglican church. He has published many articles and books on the language and culture of the Acehnese, Christian-Muslim relations and religious freedom. A graduate of the Australian National University and the Australian College of Theology, he has held visiting appointments at the University of Leiden, MIT, UCLA and Stanford, and was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 1992.
 
 
This lecture by an Australian scholar of Islam discusses the contradistinctive intersection of Islam’s doctrine, Israel as the independent sovereign project of the Jewish people and Christian support of Israel’s right to exist.
 
There is no charge for the this event. Donation of $5 suggested.
 
This event is co-sponsored by Christians and Jews United for Israel (CJUI), Rabbis and Ministers for Israel (RMI), ACT Boston, ACT Framingham
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Thursday, January 19th

On Thursday, January 19th, Dr. Mark Durie will be speaking at the Ahavath Torah Congregation – 1179 Central Street, Stoughton, MA, at 7:30 pm.
 
Dr. Mark Durie is a theologian, human rights activist and pastor of an Anglican church. He has published many articles and books on the language and culture of the Acehnese, Christian-Muslim relations and religious freedom. A graduate of the Australian National University and the Australian College of Theology, he has held visiting appointments at the University of Leiden, MIT, UCLA and Stanford, and was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 1992.
This lecture by an Australian scholar of Islam discusses the position of non-Muslims – Jews, Christians and others – under sharia law.
There are two stories about non-Muslims living under Islam, who Muslims call dhimmis. One is that dhimmis were the fortunate recipients of Islamic benevolence. The other is that non-Muslims had to buy their heads back each year in a legal system designed to degrade and belittle them, and to ensure their decline. The story of the dhimmis, and their centuries of subjugation under Islamic law, raises troubling questions about the spiritual trajectory of western societies, and their seemingly inexorable drift towards the psychology of surrender.
 
I have heard him speak in the past. He is interesting and informative and well worth listening to. Don’t miss this!
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