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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

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Press Release

For Immediate Release:



Contact: Monteil Harper

monteil@nidpublishers.com

Phone: 1-510-387-2604



Imam Zaid Shakir joins a long list of luminaries at the critical "Building Momentum In Mainstream Culture" conference 2010 at the New York University Kimmel Center. This conference invites you to hear leading American Muslims engage the pressing challenges of our present and the great potentials of our future. Over a course of two days thinkers, scholars, leaders and artists will debate, discuss and explore our embrace of the mainstream. Hosted in New York on Jan. 22-23, 2010, this first of an annual series will become a critical moment on our calendars, a conference of introspection, dynamic exchange, fresh ideas and spiritual reconstruction.

On Saturday January 23, 2010, Imam Zaid of Berkeley California at the Kimmel Center will be having a book signing for his award winning book Treatise For The Seekers of Guidance. The signing will take place at New York University Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012 from 2 - 4pm: http://www.icnyu.org/conference .

Treatise For The Seekers Of Guidance (Imam al-Harith al-Muhasibi s Risala al-Mustarshidin) by Imam Zaid Shakir is intended to serve as a layman's guide to Islamic spirituality. It deals with the purification of the soul, and has been translated in its entirety and explained with an in depth commentary. This new literary work with moving translation and insightful narrative will prove to be invaluable literature of enduring benefit, and is astoundingly relevant for our individual lives and society at large.

Translation and exegesis of a classic treatise of Islamic mysticism, "Shakir is to be lauded for his commentary, bold at times. A simple, easy-to-read guide to Islamic spirituality that helps to explain Islam's ongoing conflict with the Western world"; excerpt from Kirkus Review http://bit.ly/ggVKG .

Treatise For The Seekers Of Guidance, is published by NID Publishers, and is distributed by Baker & Taylor, Ingram, and BookSurge. It has foreign book distributors' in U.K., Canada, Australia, and South Africa. It has already reached #24 on Amazon.com for Religion, Spirituality, Islam , and Law.



References:

Baltimore Examiner- x-9968

Zaid Shakir.com



About the Author

Professor, writer and noted scholar, Imam Zaid Shakir has been described as a "leading intellectual light" by the New York Times and as "one of the towering principle voices not only in contemporary Islam, but in American society". A Scholar-in-residence at Zaytuna Institute Berkeley, CA., Board of Trustees member, and co-founded Zaytuna College in 2009 http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2009-05-18-islamic-college_N.htm?csp=34 . He is the author of the groundbreaking books, Heirs of the Prophets, and Scattered Pictures: Reflections of An American Muslim. And, has also written for The Washington Post, The San Francisco Chronicle, and more. He lives with his wife in Hayward, Calif.

Imam Zaid Shakir is a vastly important voice, particularly in President Obama's America. In the spirit of the great scholars of the past, the Imam embodies the rationality, spirituality and breadth of traditional knowledge, as well as cutting-edge academic intellect. Imam Shakir leaves a lasting impression; his ability to move hearts and minds encompasses all faith denominations and walks of life.

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Zaid Shakir

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