Islamophobia on the Eastern Front
speakers:
Hamid Algar, Near Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley
The social, cultural, political, and religious dichotomies evoked by the term Islamophobia are most readily conceived of as a modern-day conflict between Islam and the Protestant-Catholic West, and the people and institutions of the Middle East with those of Western Europe and the United States. Less well known, however, is what Professor Hamid Algar characterizes as an unbroken history of systematic hostility, persecution, and violence perpetrated against Muslims by adherents of Slavic Orthodox traditions dating back to the 16th century.
What Islamophobia Means in Britain
speakers:
Tariq Modood, Sociology, University of Bristol, UK
Before there were anti-Muslim attacks in Britain, there was anti-Asian and African discrimination in the 1980’s. Prior still to that, there were widespread acts of hostility directed against non-whites throughout the 1950’s.
The Qur’an and the U.S. Constitution
speakers:
Kathleen Moore, Law and Society, UC Santa Barbara
On January 4th, 2007, the newest members of the 110th Congress were sworn in to duty. Among that number was House Representative Keith Ellison from Minnesota, an African American, and the first Muslim ever elected to serve in Congress.
Karl Britto is a joint appointed professor in the French and Comparative Literature departments, and is an affiliated faculty member of the CRG.