Allah, Liberty & Love With Irshad Manji

Hosted by CBC's Lucy van Oldenbarneveld

In Person Big Ideas

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Wednesday

Sep , 2011

7:00pm

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Irshad Manji is the new voice of reform, not only for Islam, but for all religions. When we realize that liberty and love, meaning and purpose are more sacred than ideology and dogma, our spirituality will come of age.

Deepak Chopra

Irshad Manji, the New York Times bestselling author to whom Oprah gave her first ever Chutzpah Award, returns to the Festival stage with Allah, Liberty & Love, a book about how to become a gutsy global citizen working for both personal and world peace. Manji has faith not just in Allah, but also in her fellow human beings. Prepare to be informed as well as inspired.

The Authors

Irshad Manji

Irshad Manji teaches moral courage at NYU's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. A Globe and Mail columnist, she is also a scholar with the European Foundation for Democracy. Her #1 Canadian bestseller, The Trouble with Islam Today, earned international recognition and inspired Manji's Emmy-nominated PBS film, Faith Without Fear. The New York Times has called her "bin Laden's worst nightmare" while the Jakarta Post in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country, has identified Manji as one of 3 women creating positive change in contemporary Islam. Allah, Liberty & Love: The Courage to Reconcile Faith and Freedom is her latest book.