The theme of Ms Manji's talk in London will be 'Faith + Politics + Human Rights' and will follow from the issues raised in her book 'The Trouble with Islam...'
Irshad Manji, author of 'The Trouble with Islam...'
Irshad Manji speaks in London
Thursday 12 May 2005
Indian YMCA, London W1T
7 PM
Muslim, lesbian, feminist, writer, scholar and TV personality - Irshad Manji is all these things and the controversial best-selling author of 'The Trouble with Islam...'. She will be speaking in London on Thursday 12 May 2005, hosted by the Lesbian & Gay Christian Movement,
with backing from a wide range of gay, women's, faith and human rights organisations.
The theme of Ms Manji's talk in London will be 'Faith + Politics + Human Rights' and will follow from the issues raised in her book, which she descibes as:
"My book, 'The Trouble with Islam...' is an open letter from me, a Muslim voice of reform, to concerned citizens worldwide - Muslim and not. It's about why my faith community needs to come to terms with the diversity of ideas, beliefs and people in our universe, and why non-Muslims have a pivotal role in helping us get there."
Ms Manji describes the main purpose of her visit as being to speak on various dimensions of Islam and human rights - from the perspective of a faithful yet struggling Muslim. "My core message is that no community, no ethnicity, no culture and no religion ought to be immune from respecting the universality of human rights. This, of course, is a controversial message in an age of cultural relativism. Mine is a positive message of pluralism. I truly believe that we can be pluralists without becoming relativists. That's especially important for the lesbian and gay movement to understand, given the bigotry we so often face from ethnic and religious groups."
Oprah Winfrey awarded her the "Chutzpah Award" for "audacity, nerve, boldness and conviction", while Ms Magazine selected her as "Feminist for the 21st Century".
Tickets for the event cost £12 (or £7 concessions) and can be purchased online from faith-politics-humanrights.org
For more information about the London event:
http://faith-politics-humanrights.org/
info@faith-politics-humanrights.org
A print-quality photograph and other material avialable from:
http://faith-politics-humanrights.org/mediakit.asp
Address of event:
Mahatma Gandhi Hall
Indian YMCA
41 Fitzroy Square
London W1T 6AQ
Map:
http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?lat=51.5229&lon=-0.1387&scale=10000&icon=x
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About
Irshad Manji
BIO OF IRSHAD MANJI – APRIL 2005
The New York Times describes Irshad Manji has "Osama bin Laden's worst nightmare." She takes that as a compliment.
Irshad is the best-selling author of The Trouble with Islam: A Wake-Up Call for Honesty and Change. Her book has been published internationally, including in Pakistan. This year, it will be published in Turkey, Iraq and India.
A Farsi-language translation is in the works for Iranians.
Meanwhile, the Arabic-language edition is already posted on her website, and can be downloaded free of charge.
Irshad hosts "Big Ideas", a Canadian TV program that features innovative thinkers in fields ranging from science to spirituality. As a volunteer, she sits on the inter-faith editorial board of Seventeen magazine, based in New York.
She also serves as a mentor to young scholars, specialising in human rights and public policy, at the Pierre Trudeau Foundation in Montreal.
Above all, Irshad is working with young Muslims around the world to launch a leadership centre that will promote the liberal Islamic reformation.
Recognising Irshad's own leadership, Oprah Winfrey has honoured her with the first annual Chutzpah Award for "audacity, nerve, boldness and conviction".
Ms. magazine has named her a Feminist for the 21st Century. OUT magazine selected Irshad's book one of the "100 success stories of 2004". And on International Women's Day last month, the Jakarta Post in Indonesia identified Irshad as one of three Muslim women making a positive change in Islam.
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For more information about Irshad Manji, visit her website at:
http://www.muslim-refusenik.com/
For more information about the London event:
http://faith-politics-humanrights.org/
info@faith-politics-humanrights.org
Thursday 12 May 2005
Indian YMCA, London W1T
7 PM
Muslim, lesbian, feminist, writer, scholar and TV personality - Irshad Manji is all these things and the controversial best-selling author of 'The Trouble with Islam...'. She will be speaking in London on Thursday 12 May 2005, hosted by the Lesbian & Gay Christian Movement,
with backing from a wide range of gay, women's, faith and human rights organisations.
The theme of Ms Manji's talk in London will be 'Faith + Politics + Human Rights' and will follow from the issues raised in her book, which she descibes as:
"My book, 'The Trouble with Islam...' is an open letter from me, a Muslim voice of reform, to concerned citizens worldwide - Muslim and not. It's about why my faith community needs to come to terms with the diversity of ideas, beliefs and people in our universe, and why non-Muslims have a pivotal role in helping us get there."
Ms Manji describes the main purpose of her visit as being to speak on various dimensions of Islam and human rights - from the perspective of a faithful yet struggling Muslim. "My core message is that no community, no ethnicity, no culture and no religion ought to be immune from respecting the universality of human rights. This, of course, is a controversial message in an age of cultural relativism. Mine is a positive message of pluralism. I truly believe that we can be pluralists without becoming relativists. That's especially important for the lesbian and gay movement to understand, given the bigotry we so often face from ethnic and religious groups."
Oprah Winfrey awarded her the "Chutzpah Award" for "audacity, nerve, boldness and conviction", while Ms Magazine selected her as "Feminist for the 21st Century".
Tickets for the event cost £12 (or £7 concessions) and can be purchased online from faith-politics-humanrights.org
For more information about the London event:
http://faith-politics-humanrights.org/ info@faith-politics-humanrights.org A print-quality photograph and other material avialable from:
http://faith-politics-humanrights.org/mediakit.asp Address of event:
Mahatma Gandhi Hall
Indian YMCA
41 Fitzroy Square
London W1T 6AQ
Map:
http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?lat=51.5229&lon=-0.1387&scale=10000&icon=x --------------
About
Irshad Manji
BIO OF IRSHAD MANJI – APRIL 2005
The New York Times describes Irshad Manji has "Osama bin Laden's worst nightmare." She takes that as a compliment.
Irshad is the best-selling author of The Trouble with Islam: A Wake-Up Call for Honesty and Change. Her book has been published internationally, including in Pakistan. This year, it will be published in Turkey, Iraq and India.
A Farsi-language translation is in the works for Iranians.
Meanwhile, the Arabic-language edition is already posted on her website, and can be downloaded free of charge.
Irshad hosts "Big Ideas", a Canadian TV program that features innovative thinkers in fields ranging from science to spirituality. As a volunteer, she sits on the inter-faith editorial board of Seventeen magazine, based in New York.
She also serves as a mentor to young scholars, specialising in human rights and public policy, at the Pierre Trudeau Foundation in Montreal.
Above all, Irshad is working with young Muslims around the world to launch a leadership centre that will promote the liberal Islamic reformation.
Recognising Irshad's own leadership, Oprah Winfrey has honoured her with the first annual Chutzpah Award for "audacity, nerve, boldness and conviction".
Ms. magazine has named her a Feminist for the 21st Century. OUT magazine selected Irshad's book one of the "100 success stories of 2004". And on International Women's Day last month, the Jakarta Post in Indonesia identified Irshad as one of three Muslim women making a positive change in Islam.
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For more information about Irshad Manji, visit her website at:
http://www.muslim-refusenik.com/ For more information about the London event:
http://faith-politics-humanrights.org/ info@faith-politics-humanrights.org 
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19.04.2005 19:57
you want to discredite Islam?
you support war in iraq
war in afganistan
war in IRAN
you love isreal?
you hate imigration and muslim people?
brother
Hysterical nonsense
19.04.2005 21:12
Don't be so afraid of alternative points of view. Not everyone who disagrees with you is "a Zionist Agent". Grow up!
Qwerty
This is great
28.04.2005 18:48
The sooner people stop listening to the pro-muslim dogma of the so called "left" in British politics today the better.
Dave
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Irshad Manji speaks in London
13.05.2005 10:37
She calls herself a muslim and yet has not one positive word to say about her faith!
A muslim MUST pray five times a day, and yet she supports Ismailis who do not even adhere to this core principle of Islam. She supports Israel - not because of any great idea that the Jews should have their own state (although she does believe this) the only reason she supports the state of Israel (and she has said this herself) is because the Israeli state is more pro-gay! than any Arab state. (she forgets the fact that Homosexuality is a sin within Judaism!
She suggests in her many essays and speeches that Muslims take the Holy Koran literally, when any lay Muslim understands and practices their faith by understanding the words of the Koran in the context it is written!
Before she got in bed with the anti-muslim lobby in the West she should have understood one basic concept, the fame and money she is getting right now by using the media in the West who are hungry for muslim bashing may give her a nice home and a flash car - but material goods don't last forever.
I suggest if she doesnt like this club - for which I'm a fully paid up member she leaves!!
Shuhel Ahmed
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