[Peace-discuss] Re: [Peace] noon-1 Tue rally; 7-9 Tue "Palestinian Occupation: Myth and Reality"; 10-4 Wed poster exhibition; Sherman Jackson on Thu and Fri

[Karen Medina]

I'd be interested in a report from last night's talk at Siebel about
the Palestinian Occupation. I was unable to attend.
-karen medina

>  Tue 1/27  7pm-9pm    Siebel (Computer Science) bldg, room 1404 (near Goodwin & Main)
>        "Palestinian Occupation: Myth and Reality"
>        Two visiting activists will speak.
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>  Thu 1/29  7:30pm    Spurlock Museum
>
>        RELIGION, CENTER FOR ADVANCED STUDY -- CAS/Millercomm lecture,
>
>            "Beyond Jihad: New Directions in Muslim Fundamentalist Thought,"
>
>        Professor Sherman A. Jackson, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of
>        Near Eastern Studies, Professor of Afro-American Studies, and
>        Visiting Professor of Law at the University of Michigan
>
>        "Professor Sherman A. Jackson will examine what may turn out
>        to be one of the most important (though as yet little-known)
>        developments in contemporary Muslim thought to emerge since
>        the emergence of Muslim fundamentalism itself: the ideological
>        evolution of the (in)famous Gama'ah Islamiyah of Egypt and its
>        move from terrorism to persuasion."
>
>
>        [Contact: Prof. Mohammad Hassan Khalil, khalil {at} illinois.edu]
>
>
>  Fri 1/30 noon-1pm   Levis Faculty Ctr, 2nd floor (919 W. Illinois St)
>
>            "Muslims, Islam, and Race in America"
>
>        Professor Jackson is the author of "Islam and the Blackamerican:
>        Looking Toward The Third Resurrection," New York: Oxford
>        University Press, 2005. He also is a member of the editorial
>        board for "The Journal of Islamic Law and Culture" at DePaul
>        University, Chicago.