In a message dated 11/13/99 6:47:27 AM Central Standard Time,
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 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful

 Forgotten Roots:  The Early History of Africans and Islam in the Americas

 A lecture program sponsored by the Badr Foundation, the New Brunswick
Islamic
 Center (Masjid al Huda) and the Islamic Society of Rutgers University
 with

 Sulayman Nyang--Professor of African Studies at Howard University in
 Washington, D.C.

 Sylviane Diouf--a writer specializing in the culture and history of people
of
 African descent in the Americas, author of the book:  Servants of Allah:
 African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas.

 Hamza Yusuf--one of the most noteworthy scholars of Islam in the West.  He
 completed most of his Islamic studies in the African nation of Mauritania

 Allan Austin-- retied professor of English and Afro American studies at
 Springfield College in Springfield, MA.  Author of African Muslims in
 Antebellum America:  A Sourcebook, and African Muslims in Antebellum
America:
 Transatlantic Stories and Spiritual Struggles

 Plus: a special exhibit--original Arabic manuscripts written by African
 Muslims while they were enslaved in the Americas

 Friday December 3, 1999---7:00 pm

 at the Auditorium at the Allison Road Classroom building---Busch
 Campus,Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ

 Tickets are $15 and are available at selected locations or by mail

 Please:  we ask that you do not bring children--everyone admitted must have
a
 ticket.

 Space is limited---get your tickets asap insha'allah.

 for more information

 email:  [log in to unmask]
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 phone/fax:  (732) 418-0427
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