Date/Time
Date(s) - 09/02/2017
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Eid al-Adha
(Potluck, fundraiser, storytelling, candy, games)
7:00pm, September 2, 2017
2441 Le Conte Ave
Berkeley, CA 94709
Eid al-Adha (Arabic: عيد الأضحى) commemorates Prophet Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice everything for God, including his son, Ismael. God became impressed with Abraham’s sincerity, and gave him a ram to sacrifice instead. In the Jewish tradition it was Isaac who was offered up.
*It is Islamic tradition to wear your most beautiful clothes for EID. So be creative and dress in a way that honors your traditions.
*Please bring a dish to share, desserts, and drinks. Kids are welcome.
RSVP to Qalbumaryam@gmail.com
- Dr. Yarehk E. J. Hernández Peña will give the Eid Al Adha Khutbah
Dr. Yarehk E. J. Hernández Peña is an educator and critical Muslim thinker hailing from Brooklyn, New York. Yarehk has worked in New York City, Los Angeles, Oakland and Philadelphia as an inner-city public school teacher. He completed his undergraduate studies at the City College of New York, where he majored in Middle East History. He also minored in Comparative Religion with a focus on Jewish Studies. Yarehk continued with graduate study at the University of Pennsylvania, where he received a Master of Science in Education with a focus on urban education. He recently completed his doctorate in Religion with a focus on Islamic Studies at Temple University. His research interests include Muslim identity formation, sexuality and gender, Morisco Studies, Islamophobia, the intellectual history of race/racism and Muslim minorities in Spain and Latin America. Yarehk has also spent time traveling and studying Ilm al-Tassawuf (Sufism) in Europe and the United States.
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