Sept. 21, 2010

Shaikh Kabir Helminski will deliver a lecture on the Ground Zero Mosque, Islam and Sufism on Sept. 23 at CSU Monterey Bay.

The free event will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. in the University Center on Sixth Avenue.

For more than 30 years, Mr. Helminski's focus has been developing and sharing a contemporary approach to Islamic concepts and practice, both within the Islamic community and outside of it.

In 2001, he was the first Muslim to deliver the prestigious Harold M. Wit Lectures on Spirituality in Contemporary Life at Harvard Divinity School. Eight years later, he was named one of the 500 Most Influential Muslims in the World by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center in association with Georgetown University.

The talk is sponsored by the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and the Department of Global Studies at CSUMB.

For more information, contact Cheryl Abbott at 582-4189.