Interfaith Today, episode nine

Interfaith Today offers a talk by Dr. Iftekhar Hai that was presented last year at the Interfaith Center at the Presidio. The recording starts without much introduction as Dr. Hai sings a prayer. So I offer a biography of Dr. Hai written by Paul Chaffee, Director of the ICP.

Iftekhar Hai is the interfaith officer of United Muslims of America. For the past ten years he has been active locally, nationally, and internationally in interfaith circles. He serves on the boards of the San Francisco Interfaith Council, the Interfaith Center at the Presidio, and for a number of years on the United Religions Global Council. Iftekhar is of Pakistani heritage, but he grew up in Mumbai (Bombay) in India, went to Roman Catholic schools, and had a Jewish landlady when he first came to the United States, who helped him with the cultural adjustment and introduced him to Judaism. Iftekhar has not only been active as a Muslim representative to interfaith groups but, since 9-11, has gone out of his way to introduce new Muslim leaders to the Bay Area. He has also been active in the larger Muslim community in promoting liberal approaches to their faith.

I am happy to have this presentation to share during Ramadan.