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Friday Prayer at ICCNC with Dr. R. David Coolidge

  • Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California (ICCNC) 1433 Madison Street Oakland United States (map)

Please join us for Friday Prayers at ICCNC starting at 1:00 PM. The Imam for this Friday's prayer will be Dr. R. David Coolidge.

The Friday prayer sermons (Khutba) by Dr. Coolidge will be live-streamed via both Zoom Meeting and ICCNC YouTube Channel.

R. David Coolidge received his Ph.D. in 2023 from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA. From 2008-2013 he worked as a Muslim chaplain, first at Dartmouth College and then at Brown University. From 2014-2017 he taught an undergraduate course on Islamic law and ethics at New York University. He is currently visiting faculty for Bayan Islamic Graduate School. He has served on the boards of various American Muslim institutions, including Zaytuna College and Taleef Collective. He converted to Islam in 1998, and in 2004 married Sumaiya Balbale, daughter of early American Muslim activists Shafi and Nishat Balbale (Allah have mercy on them). His short book on Islam, "The Beautiful Surrender," is available on Amazon, and his personal blog can be found at amercycase.com.