Socializing Meets Social Justice | Muslims and Christians: Celebrating Commonalities and Respecting Differences

The Fordham Alumni Chapter of San Diego invited Fordham alumni and friends in the San Diego area to this exciting event featuring Imam Taha Hassane, director of the Islamic Center of San Diego, and Sister Kathy Warren, O.S.F., a Franciscan from the Diocese of San Diego.

Imam Taha Hassane is the director of the Islamic Center of San Diego, where he has served as Imam since 2004. As a faith leader, he has joined forces with Catholic, Jewish, and Protestant leaders and nonreligious organizations to address issues such as immigration, homelessness, racial injustice, and worker wages. Last June, Imam Taha was named Community Hero”by KPBS and the National Conflict Resolution’s Center for his civility in public discourse.

Sister Kathy Warren is a member of Franciscan Sisters of Rochester, Minnesota, and moved to San Diego a year ago to be the director of the Office for Women Religious in the Diocese of San Diego. Since 2000, Sister Kathy has been a retreat and conference presenter on themes related to Muslim-Christian interaction from a Franciscan perspective. She is the author of Daring to Cross the Threshold: Francis of Assisi Encounters Sultan Malek al-Kamil. She has also been involved in the production of two films about Francis and the Sultan: one from a Franciscan publishing house, the other from a Muslim publishing house. She looks forward to sharing the story of Francis and the Sultan as the springboard for the timely conversation regarding Muslim-Christian interaction in our lives and our world.

All are welcome to this Jesuit-sponsored, interfaith, intergenerational, free gathering. Alcoholic and nonalcoholic drinks will be available along with food from a Green Flash food truck.

This event is sponsored by the Ignatian Solidarity Network. For planning purposes, please RSVP via the our Facebook page.