Interview with Dr. Jasser Auda about ‘Islam and Muslims in America (Part : 1 & 2)

Abstract

Dr. Jasser Auda at Onislam.net During his recent visit to Cairo, the first visit following the Egyptian revolution which started this year on January 25th, Dr. Jasser Auda met with members of the Onislam.net editorial team for more than two hours in a dialogue on the Purposes of Islamic Law (Maqasid Al-Shari'ah) in the context of today's current events, which is his field of specialization. Dr. Jasser Auda is an Egyptian/Canadian scholar born in Cairo in 1966. He is an Associate Professor at the Public Policy in Islam Program of the Faculty of Islamic Studies in Qatar. He is a Founding Member of the International Union for Muslim Scholars (IUMS) in Ireland, and a member of several committees dealing with Islamic thought and contemporary issues in Canada, the UK, Egypt, India and the US. Before the start of his talk on Maqasid, we conducted with him this interview on the Shari'ah Index project, and the recent controversy in the US on the issue of Islamic Law and the conditions of Islam in America, followed by the situation of Muslims in Europe and how the conditions of Muslims in the West in general could be improved in the near and distant future. This is a transcript of the first part of the interview on Islam and Muslims in America, which took place in Cairo, on Wednesday 9 March 2011: Onislam.net (OI): It is a pleasure to have you with us today at Onislam, and we are honored by your visit.