Jihad: Lecture at Santa Clara University (DVD)

Santa Clara University Lecture Featuring: Al Habib 'Ali al Jifri and Shaykh Hamza Yusuf.
Jihad - Its significance and understanding in Islam

Mankind has reached a most critical juncture in its history that urgently demands our attention. The global turmoil of confusion, helplessness, suffering, exploitation, and armed conflict that threatnes to engulf the world , must be seen as the macro-cosmic reflections of the imbalances within the human self. The rescuing of humanity from the present condition is the destiny of Islam.

This DVD presents a dynamic discourse that offers legal, linguistic, historical, and spiritual explanations into the profound meanings of Jihad in Islam by the acclaimed scholar Habib Ali al-Jifri given at Santa Clara University before a sold out auditorium of students, educators, and concerned people from diverse backgrounds, Drawing from the vast wealth of traditional Islamic scholarship, Habib Ali al-Jifri takes us through the current crises, the industrial revolution, beyond the crusades, and finally to the center of the human self ... where the most important battle must be fought, Indeed what the world needs now more then ever is Jihad.

Bonus DVD Features
# Q&A session: Habib Ali- al-Jifri and shaykh Hamza yusuf
# Wajdi al-Arabi: Famous Egyprtian actor speaks about his experiences during the three weeks of US tour of Habib Ali al-Jifri

Speaker's Biography
Al-Habib 'Ali Zain al'-Abideen al Jifri was born of a noble prophetic lineage and has studied for over 20 years at the hands of many great and prestigious scholars, connecting him with authentic chains of transmission and learning all the way to the Prophet Muhammad (PBUM) himself. He is an explosive and motivating speaker, a caller to the way of Allah and His Messenger (pbuh) and a spiritual educator of the highest caliber.