Antioch, CA (PressExposure) April 06, 2010 -- Noted author, scholar and speaker Zaid Shakir writes: “Life presents us with many challenges and unexpected surprises. One of the greatest resources we have for successfully surmounting these challenges and surprises is patience. What is patience? It is restraining oneself, in light of sound intellect and the divine law, from responding in a way that might ordinarily seem justified in a particular situation….Controlling anger preserves the strength and distinction of the human being, his intellect. Such forbearance is the manifestation of good character.”

About the Author: Imam Zaid Shakir is among the most respected and influential Muslim scholars in the West. A former member of the U.S. Air Force, he obtained a B.A. summa cum laude in International Relations at American University in Washington, D.C., and later earned his M.A. in Political Science and International Relations at Rutgers University.

From 1988 to 1994, he taught as an Adjunct Professor of Political Science and Arabic at Southern Connecticut State University. Currently, as a scholar-in-residence and lecturer at Zaytuna College, he teaches regular courses on Arabic, Islamic Law, History, and Islamic Spirituality. He is the author of several books and is the translator of "Treatise for the Seekers of Guidance".

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