Join us this Sunday at 7pm for a special event: Islamic Ethics & The Challenges of Our Age with Shaykh Amin Kholwadia and Rhamis Kent at Rainier Arts Center.
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Ours is an age of unprecedented challenges: the destruction of the planet, the erosion of the private sphere as technological innovation proceeds exponentially, the unequal distribution of the world’s resources despite the fact that the planet provides more than enough for us all; these are but a few of the issues presently facing humanity.

Islam, being at once a spiritual, ethical, and legal tradition, is characterized by a concern for every aspect of human life on earth as well as every other creature upon it.

What might the Islamic tradition have to contribute to contemporary conversations about the means to remedy our situation? How can Muslims, particularly those in the West, apply our ethical tradition in contemporary society to be agents of positive change on an individual and communal level?

What does Islam have to offer the environmental crisis? Economic inequality and the global banking system? The challenges and opportunities posed by increasingly powerful technology?
Join us for a conversation with world renowned scholars who have dedicated their lives to exploring these questions.

Shaykh Mohammed Amin is a Muslim scholar, mentor, and the founder of Darul Qasim, an institute of traditional Islamic higher learning in Chicago. Shaykh Amin is an active advocate of the classical Sunni tradition of Islamic scholarship and a passionate promoter of traditional Islamic sciences and methodologies of teaching and learning. He is regarded internationally as an expert theologian and an authority in the fields of Islamic philosophy and theosophy. His deep knowledge in the Islamic tradition and his consistent engagement with contemporary issues facing everyday Muslims in the West has endeared him to young Islamic scholars and professionals all over.

Rhamis Kent is the Director of Stewardship & Sustainability at Wasat. He has been at the forefront of contemporary conversations around Islamic ethics and the environment.