BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. - Sheikh Professor Abdul Hadi Palazzi, who has called himself a “Muslim Zionist”, will speak at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, February 17, 2004, at Adat Shalom Synagogue, 29901 Middlebelt Road, Farmington Hills. Topics included in the program, Islam, Democracy & Zionism: A Journey Toward Understanding include, “The Jewish-Moslem Dialogue and the Question of Jerusalem”, “Islam and Democracy”, “Suicide Bombers: Martyrs or Apostates?” and others. 

Sheikh Palazzi, who lives in Italy, is a scholar and an ordained Islamic religious leader.  He is Resident Professor of Middle East Studies at the Research Institute for Anthropological Sciences in Rome, and a lecturer on the History of Religion as well as a commentator on the Middle East for Italy’s public television organization called the Italian Muslim Assembly together with eight other sheikhs.  He has published numerous papers and articles, and addressed a number of international conferences on a variety of issues, including peace in the Middle East and the relations of Moslems and the State of Israel.  Most unique about Sheikh Palazzi is his ideas about the relationship between Islam and the Jewish People and Israel.  Not only is he a “Muslim Zionist”, but he also denounces Muslim political extremists, the PLO, Arafat, the Al Aqsa Brigade and their like as perverting authentic, traditional Islam.  

Sheikh Palazzi’s address is jointly sponsored by Aish Detroit (248-593-5138), the Anti-Defamation League (248-646-2440), the B’nai Brith (248-646-3100), Hillel of Metro-Detroit (313-577-3459), the National Christian Leadership Conference for Israel (248-557-4527) and the Zionist Organization of America (248-282-0088).  The public is cordially invited to attend, and coffee and light refreshments will be served.   

Sheikh Professor Abdul Hadi Palazzi

Secretary General, Italian Muslim Assembly [http://amislam.com];

Muslim Co-Founder and Co-Chair, Islam-Israel Fellowship,

Root & Branch Association, Ltd. [www.rb.org.il]

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