In God We Trust

What you'll walk away with

In this timely and unique course by Dr. Omar Suleiman you will study

• What does Islam look like in the public space? What are the defining qualities of Islam?
• How did the Prophets balance their call to Tawheed and their call to other social reforms?
• What are the necessary individual Tazkiyya elements needed for one who engages the public space?
• How to find happiness in pleasing Allah through service, and how to balance your activism
• How to find your role in the community and find your cause
• The spiritual dimensions of activism, balancing worship and work, fulfilling the rights of God and the rights of man
• How to move away from operating within the forced confines of a political identity, and reclaim our space as a faith community
• How to utilize the unique opportunities that Islam provides as a tradition to confront injustice, as well as how to navigate the boundaries Islam defines
• Guidelines and models to coalition building and interfaith
• Maintaining clarity in activism and understanding when absolute change is needed and when gradual change is inevitable
• Maintaining Tawakkul in Allah while we seek to change our world
• The connection between conveying the message and the protection that comes from Allah in the process