[Peace-discuss] Islamophobia @ Champaign Library .... Islam and democracy

[Ya'aqov Ziso]

*Islamophobia** blockaded many a conversation between Muslims and
non-Muslims. I sure hope organizers for the CPL Forum will hand us also
Facebook or eMail addresses for groups or individuals with whom we can
follow up on the awaited momentum of the Forum,
Ya'aqov, member of Solidarity with Democracies in the Middle East*


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*On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 10:27 AM, Stuart Levy <slevy at ncsa.illinois.edu>wrote:
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> *                Islamophobia
>          Manufacturing the “Muslim Menace”
>                Public Forum
>          Thursday July 14th, at 7:00pm
>           Champaign Public Library
>               Robeson rooms A+B
>     200 West Green St., Champaign IL 61820
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> Speakers include: Matt Niemi, and Ola Moshref of CMIC the local Mosque,
> Stuart Levy of AWARE, Eric Heim of the ISO, and Raad Ismail.
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> This program will explore how the war on terror impacted the Muslim, Arab,
> and
> South Asian populations in the U.S., and the efforts of the Federal
> government
> to isolate, harass, and intimidate American Muslims in the name of
> “Homeland
> Security”.  Entrapment and dramatic media-assisted raids have allowed the
> government to present a picture of the American Muslim community as a
> breeding
> ground for dangerous terrorists.  Subsequent, often questionable,
> prosecutions
> have led to some convictions, some charges being dismissed and some accused
> accepted guilty pleas to dramatically reduced charges under the threat of
> long
> prison sentences.   The unsuccessful prosecutions have had much less media
> attention.
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> Our goal is to educate the public in respect to Muslim religion,
> values, and politics,  Islam and democracy.
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> Sponsored by: AWARE, and the ISO (International Socialists Organization)
> Contact:  Iso.champaign at gmail.com;   aware at anti-war.net
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