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A Public Lecture on Islam and Christianity in Middle East: An Arab Christian Perspective
Date & Time : Wednesday, 3rd March 2010, 10:00am
Speaker : Dr. Chawkat Moucarry (Director of Inter-faith Relations, World Vision U.K.)
Chairperson : Professor Dr. Mohammad Hashim Kamali (Founding Chairman & CEO, IAIS Malaysia.)
Venue : IAIS (International Institute for Advanced Islamic Studies) Malaysia, Jalan Elmu, Off Jalan Universiti, 59100 Kuala Lumpur.
Programme
09:45am-10:00am Arrival of Guests and Registration
10:00am-10:05am Welcoming Remarks by the chairperson
10:05am-10:55am Address by the Speaker
10:55am-12:15pm Discussion
Chawkat Moucarry was born in Aleppo (Syria) and grew up in a Catholic home. He lived in Paris for twenty years. In 1994 he moved to England where he taught Islamic and Middle-Eastern Studies at All Nations Christian College. In September 2006 he joined World Vision International, a Christian Development, Relief and Advocacy organization, as the director of inter-faith relations. He is fluent in Arabic (mother tongue), French and English. Chawkat has a Masters degree in Christian theology and a PhD in Islamic Studies from the Sorbonne University (Paris). He wrote several articles and books including The Prophet & the Messiah. An Arab Christian’s Perspective on Islam & Christianity (IVP, 2001), The Search for Forgiveness. Pardon and Punishment in Islam and Christianity (IVP, 2004) and Two Prayers for Today. The Lord’s Prayer and The Fatiha (CSS Books: Tiruvalla, 2007). Chawkat is married, his wife is from Denmark. They live in the London area and they have four children.
Admission is Free.
Please confirm your participation latest by Monday, 1st March 2010
RSVP: Tel: 03-79569188 Fax: 03-79562188 or 03-79562966 Email: reply@iais.org.my
International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies (IAIS) Malaysia, Jalan Elmu, Off Jalan Universiti, 59100 Kuala Lumpur.
Bonus: Chawkat Moucarry is also speaking at the ‘Making Room Seminar: Living out the Theology of Divine Hospitality’ sponsored by World Vision / Kairos Research Centre at Corus Hotel, Kuala Lumpur from 1st – 2nd March 2010.
For more information kindly contact World Vision at 03-7880 6414 / E-Mail: admin@worldvision.com.my
A Public Lecture on Islam and Christianity in Middle East: An Arab Christian Perspective
Date & Time : Wednesday, 3rd March 2010, 10:00am
Speaker : Dr. Chawkat Moucarry (Director of Inter-faith Relations, World Vision U.K.)
Chairperson : Professor Dr. Mohammad Hashim Kamali (Founding Chairman & CEO, IAIS Malaysia.)
Venue : IAIS (International Institute for Advanced Islamic Studies) Malaysia, Jalan Elmu, Off Jalan Universiti, 59100 Kuala Lumpur.
Programme
09:45am-10:00am Arrival of Guests and Registration
10:00am-10:05am Welcoming Remarks by the chairperson
10:05am-10:55am Address by the Speaker
10:55am-12:15pm Discussion
Chawkat Moucarry was born in Aleppo (Syria) and grew up in a Catholic home. He lived in Paris for twenty years. In 1994 he moved to England where he taught Islamic and Middle-Eastern Studies at All Nations Christian College. In September 2006 he joined World Vision International, a Christian Development, Relief and Advocacy organization, as the director of inter-faith relations. He is fluent in Arabic (mother tongue), French and English. Chawkat has a Masters degree in Christian theology and a PhD in Islamic Studies from the Sorbonne University (Paris). He wrote several articles and books including The Prophet & the Messiah. An Arab Christian’s Perspective on Islam & Christianity (IVP, 2001), The Search for Forgiveness. Pardon and Punishment in Islam and Christianity (IVP, 2004) and Two Prayers for Today. The Lord’s Prayer and The Fatiha (CSS Books: Tiruvalla, 2007). Chawkat is married, his wife is from Denmark. They live in the London area and they have four children.
Admission is Free.
Please confirm your participation latest by Monday, 1st March 2010
RSVP: Tel: 03-79569188 Fax: 03-79562188 or 03-79562966 Email: reply@iais.org.my
International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies (IAIS) Malaysia, Jalan Elmu, Off Jalan Universiti, 59100 Kuala Lumpur.
Bonus: Chawkat Moucarry is also speaking at the ‘Making Room Seminar: Living out the Theology of Divine Hospitality’ sponsored by World Vision / Kairos Research Centre at Corus Hotel, Kuala Lumpur from 1st – 2nd March 2010.
For more information kindly contact World Vision at 03-7880 6414 / E-Mail: admin@worldvision.com.my
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