Akbar Ahmed’s new play on religious tolerance
Author Akbar Ahmed has penned a new play on contemporary Islam. “Noor” is the story of three Muslim brothers who try to rescue their kidnapped sister. The brothers represent the three models of Islam—fundamentalist, mystical, and modernist—that Ahmed identifies and explores in his book Journey into Islam.
Show times for staged readings of “Noor” are November 19 and 20 at 8 p.m. in the Abramson Family Recital Hall at American University’s Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC. Discussions on contemporary Islam will follow the readings. Panelists for the discussion include Mahmud Ali Durrani, Pakistan ambassador to the United States; John Chane, bishop of Washington at the National Cathedral; Tony Blankley, syndicated columnist and senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation; Matt Frei, anchor, BBC America; Nora Boustany, Washington Post columnist, and Leon Harris, host of ABC-7’s Capital Sunday. Ari Roth, Artistic Director of Theater J, will moderate the discussion.
For more information on “Noor,” which the Washington Post hails as “a paean to religious tolerance,” go to http://www.tix.com/Event.asp?Event=114947
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