Addressing Islamophobia: Dispelling Myths to Break down Barriers

Join us for an evening with Dr. Amer F. Ahmed who will share more about Islam and Islamophobia, providing needed context for us to help bridge divides.  

The post-9/11 era in the U.S. has exposed a significant degree of prejudice and bigotry towards Muslim people.  More recently, as a result of the 2016 presidential election, broad villification of Muslims has served political agendas resulting in calls for bans, registries, and otehr civil liberty threats to the lives of Muslims in America.  In addition, there have been dramatic increases in hate crimes against Muslims due to the toxic climate of hateful rhetoric.  In 2012, a violent hate-motivated attack on a Sikh temple in Wisconsin highighted the fact that Islamophobia is not just an issue that only impacts Muslims in America.  Meanwhile, underscored by the horrific murders of three University of North Carolina students, there continues to be widespread racial profiling,…