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Community Service Committee (CSC)
February Monthly Meeting

Topic:  Qur'anic exegesis (tafsir) and the Methodology of the mufassirin

Time:  5:50 – 7:10 PM  Saturday February 2nd, 2008

            (7:15 – 8:00 PM Dinner)

Speaker:  Carolyn Baugh 

Topic Theme:  A look at the Islamic intellectual tradition of Qur'anic exegesis (tafsir), with special attention given to four of its masters from the pre-modern era, al-Tabari, al-Zamakhshari, al-Qurtubi and Ibn Kathir.  How did these amazing scholars engage in writing tafsir, and how does studying tafsir enhance our faith? 

Speaker’s Bio:  Carolyn Baugh is a summa cum laude graduate of Duke University, with a self-designed degree in Arabic and Arab literature.  She also studied Arabic at the Middlebury Language Institute and the American University in Cairo.  She is currently a doctoral candidate in her fourth year of the Islamic Studies program in the University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations.  Her focus is gender issues in Islamic law.  In addition to an article in the Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World, she is the author of ‘The View from Garden City,’ a novel about Egyptian women debuting in August of 2008 from Forge Books. 

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Community Service Committee (CSC)
The FIE holds monthly meetings for the community in which speakers share their knowledge. marriages, weekend barbeques, gatherings, etc are held on the Foundation grounds. 
As a service to the community the FIE has a monthly meeting planned on every first Saturday of the Month. There are usually speakers on various topics including Islamic Jurisprudence, Political Committee Meetings, Internet Usage, etc. 

The FIE holds annual Qur'an Recitation and Knowledge of Islam contests.
The Foundation has 5 times daily prayers and Jumuah prayers that start at 1:00 PM on Friday throughout the year.

Research Center and Fatwa:
At any time you will find help to handle events such as weddings, family counseling, business, ..etc In addition, you can receive an advice and counseling on different personal and relationship problems.

Other CSC Activities include:

  • Marriages   

  • Social Gatherings

  • Eid Parties

  • Weekend Barbeques


    For more information about the monthly meeting, also if you have any suggestions or comments
    please contact the CSC email group at  fie_csc@yahoogroups.com

 


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