July 6, 2020
4:00 p.m. Central Daylight Time
This Monday, Dr. Younus Mirza will talk about “Sacrifice in Bible and Qur’an.” The event will be in Arabic and English.
Access link: https://us.bbcollab.com/guest/5942f8fb6fb94a24abb8a1e6772dfb72
About the speaker:
Dr. Younus Y. Mirza is a Visiting Researcher at Georgetown University and Director of the Barzinji Project at Shenandoah University which seeks to enhance America’s relationship with Muslim-majority countries. He defended his dissertation in Arabic and Islamic Studies from Georgetown University and has taught at Millsaps and Allegheny Colleges. His current research focuses on the relationship between the Bible and the Qur’an and the shared stories between them. He is a co-author of the book The Bible and the Qur’an: Biblical Figures in the Islamic Tradition and has published in various journals such as the Journal of the American Academy of Religion (JAAR), the Journal of Qur’anic Studies (JQS) and Islam Christian-Muslim Relations (ICMR). He teaches courses on the Qur’an, Islamic Movements, Biblical and Qur’anic Prophets, Marriage and Sexuality in Islam and Islam and Other Religions. https://dryounusmirza.com/about/