*All program timings are tentative and subject to changes.
Convention Program
Improved & Engaging Format
Friday
20th Dec. 2019
12:00PM – 1:00PM
Jumma Prayer
1:30PM – 2:30PM
Heart Series 1
The Quran and the Prophet:
Lessons of Love
Shaykh Muhammad Ninowy
2:30PM – 3:15PM
RIS Talk 1
A Return to Virtue:
Educating Our Children
in Modern Times
Sister Aisha Gray Henry
Imam Ibrahim Abu Gemali
3:15PM – 3:45PM
RIS Talk 2
Respond With Beauty:
Making Friends of Foes
Shaykh Yahya Rhodus
3:45PM – 5:30PM
‘Asr Prayer / Maghrib Prayer / Dinner Break
5:30PM – 6:00PM
RIS Talk 3
Blurring the Lines:
The War on Fitrah
Ustadha Nuriddeen Knight
Interlude
Jae Deen
6:00PM – 6:30PM
RIS Talk 4
Looking for Utopia:
Between Ideals and Reality
Ustadh Ubaydullah Evans
6:30PM – 7:00PM
RIS Talk 5
Winners and Losers:
The Qur’anic End Game
Shaykh Yasir Fahmy
7:00PM – 7:30PM
RIS Talk 6
Light Upon Light:
The Unity of Reason and Revelation
Dr. Bruno Guiderdoni
Interlude
Isam Bachiri
7:30PM – 8:00PM
RIS Talk 7
Final Solution?:
Why Kashmir Matters
Dr. Dalia Fahmy
8:00PM – 8:30PM
RIS Talk 8
When the World Turns Away
Imam Khalid Latif
8:30PM – 9:00PM
RIS Talk 9
The Pathology of Ideology:
Reviving the Prophetic Concept of Peace
Joram van Klaveren
9:00PM – 9:30PM
RIS Talk 10
Transform the Home, Transform the World
Imam Siraj Wahhaj
9:30PM – 10:45PM
Mind Series 1
Breach of Trust:
Leadership and the Ethics of Accountability
Panel – Ustadh Ubaydullah Evans / Ustadha Ieasha Prime / Ustadha Zaynab Ansari / Shaykh Yasir Qadhi
10:45PM – 11:15PM
Special Screening of
Narrative Film
Apocalypse
Canadian Premier at RIS
Saturday
21st Dec. 2019
10:00AM – 10:50AM
Heart Series 2
“Ask Your Lord for Forgiveness, then Turn Back to Him.”
(11:3)
Remorse and Repentance: Returning to the Creator
Shaykh Yahya Rhodus
10:50AM – 11:40AM
Heart Series 3
“If You are Grateful, I will Surely Increase You..” (14:7)
Gratitude:
The Key to Success
Shaykh Faraz Khan
11:40AM – 12:30PM
Heart Series 4
“So Endure Patiently with a Beautiful Patience” (70:5)
Beautiful Patience in the Life of a Believer
Mufti Hussain Kamani
12:30PM – 2:00PM
Lunch and Duhr Prayer Break
2:00PM – 3:30PM
Mind Series 2
From the Pulpit to the Picketline:
Bridging the Scholar-Activist Divide
Panel – Shaykh Yasir Qadhi / Dr. Dalia Fahmy /Shaykh Omar Sulieman /Sister Amira ElGhawaby
With Live Audience Questions
3:30PM – 5:30PM
Extended Bazaar Break
Maghrib Prayer / Dinner Break
5:30PM – 6:30PM
RIS Talk 11
“Which of the Favors of Your Lord Will You Deny?”
Maulana Tariq Jamil
6:30PM – 7:15PM
RIS Talk 12
The Friction of Factions:
The Boundaries of Faith and Tolerance
Shaykh Yasir Qadhi
Interlude
Khaled Siddiq
7:15PM – 7:45PM
RIS Talk 13
Men and Women:
Guardians for One Another
Ustadha Ieasha Prime
7:45PM – 8:30PM
RIS Talk 14
Like Burning Coal:
Keeping the Faith in a Faithless Age
Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi
8:30PM – 9:15PM
RIS Talk 15
An Ocean of Mercy:
Finding Solace in the Book of Allah
Shaykh Sulaiman Mulla
Interlude
InTeam
9:15PM – 10:00PM
RIS Talk 16
Walk With Humility, Talk With Sincerity
Imam Siraj Wahhaj
10:00PM – 10:30PM
RIS Talk 17
Isms and Schisms:
Mending Hearts in a World Divided
Shaykh Omar Suleiman
10:30PM – 11:00PM
RIS Talk 18
Vision 2020:
Rewriting Our Story
Imam Zaid Shakir
Sunday
22nd Dec. 2019
10:00AM – 10:50AM
Heart Series 5
“If You are True Believers, Put Your Trust in God.” (5:23)
Divine Trust: Reliance on the One Who Never Disappoints
Shaykh Yasir Fahmy
10:50AM – 11:45AM
Heart Series 6
“And He is With You Wherever You May Be.” (57:4)
Spiritual Vigilance:
The Secrets of Mindfulness
Shaykh Omar Suleiman
11:45AM – 12:30PM
Heart Series 7
“Every Soul Shall Taste Death”
(3:185)
‘Be in This World as a Traveller’:
Remembrance of Death and the Afterlife
Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi
12:30PM – 2:00PM
Lunch and Duhr Prayer Break
2:00PM – 2:45PM
Mind Series 3
A Dialogue on the Question of Cosmology: Traditional and Modern Understandings
A Conversation with Dr. Bruno Guiderdoni and Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr
2:45PM – 3:30PM
Mind Series 4
“Just Enough Religion to Hate”
A Conversation with Joram van Klaveren and Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad
Interlude
Hip Hop: Muslim Americans’ Shaping of Global Youth Culture
Brother Ali
3:30PM – 5:30PM
Extended Bazaar Break
‘Asr Prayer / Maghrib Prayer / Dinner Break
Interlude
Ustadh Rafaqat Ali Khan
5:30PM – 6:30PM
RIS Talk 19
Who Are the Lovers of the Beloved?
Maulana Tariq Jamil
6:30PM – 7:15PM
RIS Talk 20
As Above, So Below:
Aligning Our Bodies and Souls with the Heavens
Shaykh Muhammad Ninowy / Ustadha Saara Sabbagh
7:15PM – 8:00PM
RIS Talk 21
Sacred Harmony: Islam, Man, and the Order of Nature
Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr
8:00PM – 8:45PM
RIS Talk 22
God First:
Victory Through Surrender
Sister Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir
8:45PM – 9:15PM
RIS Talk 23
The Difficulty of Mildness
Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad
9:15PM – 9:45PM
RIS Talk 24
The Change Generation:
Our Youth, Our Hope
Imam Khalid Latif
Interlude
Dawud Wharnsby
9:45PM – 10:45PM
RIS Talk 25
Verily, He Was a Walking Qur’an
Mufti Hussain Kamani
Imam Zaid Shakir
Closing Dua
Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi
Special Thanks to
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