February 2007:
Number 514
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A newsletter for the students, faculty and staff of the Collin County Community College District. Published monthly. For information or submissions, call 972.599.3142. Cougar News welcomes student and faculty submissions. Next deadline: Feb. 10 All submissions are due by 5 p.m. on the due date. Photos cannot be returned. Text should be emailed to mrobinson@ccccd.edu or sent on disk. Please submit copy that is proofed, edited and saved in Word format. Cougar News staff: Lisa Vasquez, director; Mark Robinson, editor; Marcy Cadena-Smith, contributor; Sydney Portilla-Diggs, student correspondent; Stephanie Hall, student correspondent; Sheri Mackey, contributor; Nick Young, photography and layout
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Islamic law scholar set to lecture at Spring Creek Campus
Collin will host one of the foremost scholars on Islamic law during a lecture 7-9 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 21, at the Spring Creek Campus Conference Center.
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| Dr. Yusuf Z. Kavakci | Dr. Yusuf Ziya Kavakci will present “The Concept of Law: Islam and the West,” the first of a planned series of lectures addressing fundamental questions of meaning and value from the perspective of diverse traditions represented in the community.
Dr. Kavakci earned a law degree and a doctorate in Islamic history and culture from Istanbul University in Turkey, where he later taught, and has taught and served as dean at the College of Islamic Studies of Ataturk University in Erzurum. He is a board certified attorney in Turkey and has practiced law in Libya, Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
A native of Turkey, Dr. Kavakci was ordained as a Waiz (a teacher of Islamic studies) and Mufti (a scholar that can make judgments on Islamic law) and served as an Imam (a religious leader) at several mosques in Istanbul. He has published a number of books in Turkish.
He is currently the resident Islamic scholar for the Islamic Association of North Texas and the founding dean of the Suffa Islamic Seminary.
The Spring Creek Campus is located at 2800 E. Spring Creek Parkway in Plano.
For more information, contact Anthony Mansueto, dean of Communications and Humanities, at 972.881.5812 or e-mail tmansueto@ccccd.edu.
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