Islam is the second largest religious trad ition in Canada\, yet not many people know a lot about it. In this present ation\, drawn from his One God and Two Religions book\, Amir Hussain will talk about basic Muslim beliefs and practices. He&rsquo\;ll do that in the context of Canada\, and the changes that the Canadian Muslim community ha s experienced over the past 50 years. He&rsquo\;ll also discuss some of th e issues and prejudices that Canadian Muslims have faced over that time.\n
Presenter Bio
\nDr. Amir Hussain\, P rofessor of Theological Studies\, Loyola Marymount University\, Los Angele s
\nDr. Amir Hussain\, a Canadian Muslim\, is Professor of Theological Studies at Loyola Marymount University\, the Jesuit university in Los Angeles\, where he teaches courses on Islam\, focusing on contempo rary Muslim societies in North America. Amir went to school in Oakville\, first at Oakwood public school and then Perdue high school\, before moving to Toronto to attend the University of Toronto. He served as President of the American Academy of Religion in 2023. The author or editor of seven b ooks and over 60 scholarly articles\, his most recent work is as editor-in -chief of the Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam in North America\, published th is year by OUP. He was an advisor for the television series The Story of G od with Morgan Freeman\, and appears regularly on the History Channel in p rograms like Ancient Aliens\, History&rsquo\;s Greatest Mysteries with Lau rence Fishburne\, Holy Marvels with Dennis Quaid\, and The UnXplained with William Shatner.
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