LIFE LONG LEARNING
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As Salaamu Alaykum 
 
Alhamdulillah, iiFRi has teamed up the University of KwaZULU-Natal and are now bringing to you the Life Long Learning program. 
 
The Life Long Learning is a program that is in keeping with the Islamic principle of "Seeking Knowledge from the cradle to the grave." The first series of lectures commences on the 15th of August 2009 and will be conducted by Sheikh Rafeek Hassen who has a Masters in Religious and Cultural Transformation. 
 
The discussion will centre around the key issue : Islam and the Modern World - conflict or co-existence ? This question is becoming increasingly important given the increased and heightened conflict spots in mainly Muslim countries and an erroneous assumption that Islam is NOT compatible with the Modern World. 

This question will be answered over a series of Lectures held at MTB building C3 Seminar Room Howard College commencing 15th August 2009.

In order to answer this question one needs to understand what Islam is, its ethos, its politics, its cosmology, and how it reached the Modern world over the past 14 Centuries. One also needs to understand the Modern World, its 'origin', its politics, its cosmology etc. and THEN one can make an informed comparison between Islam and the Modern World - where the points of co-existence meet and where the points of conflicts meet.

In recent years, Muslims have taken centre stage globally after the well publicised events of 9-11, the invasion of Muslim Countries under the banner of "a war on terror" and the notion that Islam is not compatible with the Modern World.

It will also discuss that despite all this, Islam is still the fastest growing religion in the world today. These and many other related events and notions, if not properly understood by individuals and Governments can lead to catastrophic global human conflict exceeding the horrors and suffering of World War 1 and 2 by leaps and bounds.

It thus becomes imperative for all concerned and thinking individuals of ALL RELIGIONS AND COLOURS AND NATIONALITIES to make objective and unemotional efforts to find the truth, sift facts from the fiction and myths and single out the causes, even if it lies within one's own fraternity and taking proper remedial action. Only then can global peace and harmony between religions, nations and people be restored.

The cost for this course is only R90.00 ($12.00) per session.

If you would like to enroll for this Life Long Learning program, please click the button where you will be directed to 2checkout.com where you can pay for the course with your credit card. Once you have completed payment, you will be directed to our website where you need to complete the registration form and send it back to us. We will then contact you to confirm your registration.

Alternatively, if you bank electronically, you can do an EFT (Electronic Fund Transfer) into iiFRi's bank account as follows:
iiFRi
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Account Number:       9202074773
Branch Code:            632005
 
Please use your name and telephone number as a reference.
 
Thereafter, please fill out the Registration Form hereunder, and send proof of payment and the completed registration form to correspondence@iifri.com or fax to 0866 257 555 whereafter we will contact you and confirm your registration.
 
Please note, the payment method on 2checkout.com is quoted in US Dollars. Please check the latest Currency Rate as your credit card will be debited according to the latest Currency Rate. Fluctuations may occur depending on the current Rand - Dollar conversion.
 
Please feel free to contact us for any further information by emailing correspondence@iifri.com or calling us on 031 564 5829
 
Shukran.
 
Was Salaam
iiFRi