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Ramadan Mubarak!🌙

Penny Appeal Canada invites you to our National Iftaar Tour: Breakin' Dates! Join us for a spiritual evening to embrace Ramadan together in Calgary. We are thrilled to host our esteemed speakers Professor Khaled Beydoun and Shaykh Alaa Elsayed!

Attend the iftaar, share your blessings and feel the strength of community, all while Breakin' dates together!

Guest Speakers

Shaykh Alaa El Sayed

Imam, Speaker & Community Leader

Sheikh Alaa was born in Cairo and lived in Egypt until he was 15 years old. During his youth, he spent his time as the goalie for the Junior National Team and moved to Toronto, Canada in the late 1970’s. Sheikh Alaa studied for his Bachelors in Shariah from the American International University and earned a scholarship from the Shari’ah Academy/Mishkah University in Florida. Sheikh Alaa has also received his ijaÂzah of Quran recitation for Hafs an Asim and studied comparative religion for five years through the IPCI in South Africa. He was on the board of directors of the World Assembly of Muslim Youth.

Khaled Beydoun

Law Scholar & public intellectual

Khaled A. Beydoun is a leading thinker on national security, civil rights and constitutional law. He has published a series of books, including the critically acclaimed American Islamophobia: Understanding the Roots and Rise of Fear, featured his insights in the New York Times and the Washington Post, and his work has been featured in leading law journals. He serves as a law professor at the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville School of Law and Senior Affiliated Faculty at U.C.-Berkeley, a leading public intellectual on matters linked to Islamophobia, national and cyber-security, and civil rights

Guest Speakers

Shaykh Alaa El Sayed

Imam, Speaker & Community Leader

Sheikh Alaa was born in Cairo and lived in Egypt until he was 15 years old. During his youth, he spent his time as the goalie for the Junior National Team and moved to Toronto, Canada in the late 1970’s. Sheikh Alaa studied for his Bachelors in Shariah from the American International University and earned a scholarship from the Shari’ah Academy/Mishkah University in Florida. Sheikh Alaa has also received his ijaÂzah of Quran recitation for Hafs an Asim and studied comparative religion for five years through the IPCI in South Africa. He was on the board of directors of the World Assembly of Muslim Youth.

Khaled Beydoun

Law Scholar & public intellectual

Khaled A. Beydoun is a leading thinker on national security, civil rights and constitutional law. He has published a series of books, including the critically acclaimed American Islamophobia: Understanding the Roots and Rise of Fear, featured his insights in the New York Times and the Washington Post, and his work has been featured in leading law journals. He serves as a law professor at the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville School of Law and Senior Affiliated Faculty at U.C.-Berkeley, a leading public intellectual on matters linked to Islamophobia, national and cyber-security, and civil rights

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Name: PAC National Iftaar: Breakin’ Dates: Calgary, AB
Start: 2023-03-25T17:30:00-07:00
End: 2023-03-25T22:00:00-07:00
Location: Astoria Banquet Hall