Altaf Husain – Spirituality: The Catalyst of Mercy

Altaf HusainDecember 11, 201121 min0 comments

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In this powerful lecture delivered on the tenth anniversary of September 11th, Dr. Altaf Husain explores the essential relationship between spirituality, mercy, and compassion in the life of a believer. Drawing on Quranic verses, hadith, and the example of the Prophet ﷺ, he argues that a truly spiritual person cannot be inwardly devout while remaining outwardly indifferent — or worse, harmful — to Allah's creation. Dr. Husain challenges Muslims to carry the spiritual momentum of Ramadan forward by developing personal practices of remembrance and actively channeling mercy into service for the most vulnerable in society.

Dr. Altaf Husain serves as an Assistant Professor in the Howard University School of Social Work, in Washington DC. He received his Ph.D in Social Work from Howard University and his Master of Science in Social Administration from the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Husain’s research interests include displaced populations (homelessness, victims of disaster,immigrants and refugees), mental health and psycho social well-being of adolescent immigrants and refugees of color in the U.S.; immigration policy and its impact on the family; cultural competence; and the development of social service agencies in the Muslim community. Dr. Husain has written and researched on the topic of Islam and Muslims, most recently completing a quantitative study of Somali youth in the United States. He has been invited by the Department of Homeland Security Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties to provide insights on Islam in general and specifically on the Somali Diaspora, in light of the disappearance of a few dozen Somali American youth from the United States in 2008-2009. Dr. Husain servedas a two-term national president of the Muslim Students Association of the U.S.and Canada (MSA National). Dr. Husain presently serves as a board member andchair of the Leadership Development Committee of the Islamic Society of NorthAmerica (ISNA). He was a founding board member of the Islamic Social ServicesAssociation

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