Islam in a Global Perspective: What Makes Islam Work?

As-salamu Alaykum,

How is everything dear brother. It is me Bruce, we met a few times. I am a student at Temple at am finishing my Master’s. Good news I just got accepted into the PhD program at Temple. My work will be on early Islamic Jurisprudence and the school of Medina. I would like to concentrate on Malik, the Muwatta’, and my opinion, which I plan on providing my proofs, is to show how in Morocco and Andalus the school of Malik was a school that produced some of the most amazing scholars of tassawuf, promoted a pluralism and tolerance, and was isolated from much of the political movements and was therefore more archaic and more original to the understanding of a living Sunnah.

I love the site and the work you are doing. You have your baby, next month my third grandchild is being born, a boy in sha’Allah. I met you in the past and would like to meet you for coffee, discuss some ideas as far as work I am considering and I have a lot of questions for you. You have offered in the past to agree to lunch, I insist on me, so give me a call so I can discuss what is convenient for you. This is more personal in nature if you can remove this if it post I would appreciate it.

Keep up the good work!

Bruce