DICID Receives Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf

25 Aug DICID Receives Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf

The DICID received Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf and met with the DICID chairman, Dr. Ibrahim Al-Naimi. During his visit they discussed the present situation of interreligious dialogue in the USA. Dr. Al-Naimi thanked Imam Feisal and his wife, Mrs. Daisy Khan for their active participation during an official visit of DICID to the States last April. Feisal Abdul Rauf is an Egyptian-American imam, author, and activist whose stated goal is to improve relations between the Muslim world and the West. Imam Feisal received national attention for his plans to build Park51, an Islamic cultural community center, two blocks away from Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan. He has written three books on Islam and its place in contemporary Western society, including What’s Right with Islam Is What’s Right with America, and founded two non-profit organizations whose stated missions are to enhance the discourse on Islam in society. He has condemned the 9/11 attacks as un-Islamic and called on the U.S. government to reduce the threat of terrorism by altering its Middle Eastern foreign policy. Author Karen Armstrong, among others, has praised him for his attempts to build bridges between the West and the Muslim world.