Club member offers invitation to a Christian-Muslim dialogue program Oct. 30

Club member Mehmet Saracoglu invites National Press Club members to Rumi Forum`s joint program with Georgetown University`s Alwaleed Center for Christian-Muslim Understandingon, "Jesus in Islam," at 9:15 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 30, at the Bunn Intercultural Center, Room 270, on the Georgetown campus.

Zeki Saritoprak, professor and the Nursi Chair in Islamic Studies at John Carroll University, will examine the place of Jesus in the Qur'an and Hadith. He will present the topic of Jesus in Islam from an Islamic theological perspective including both classical and contemporary theologians' views of Jesus. Like Christians, Muslims, in general, also believe in the second coming of Jesus, known in Islam as the descent of Jesus. Saritoprak will highlight different Islamic theological approaches to Jesus's descent. Finally, Saritoprak will discuss the important role Jesus can play in interfaith dialogue.

Saritoprak is the author of "Islam’s Jesus" (University Press of Florida, 2014) and over thirty academic articles and encyclopedia entries on topics in Islam. He has served as guest editor for issues of the journals Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations and The Muslim World.

The program is free and open to all members, correspondents and journalists. Registration is required. To register, click here.

For more information about the event, please email Mehmet Saracoglu at [email protected].

To learn more about the event, visit Rumi Forum here.