[Peace] Jihad, Pakistan, and Afghanistan lecture this evening at Champaign Public Library

[C. G. Estabrook]

http://www.asiaviews.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10820:featuresalias1154&catid=5:features&Itemid=27

On 8/16/11 11:51 PM, Karen Medina wrote:
> This was a very interesting event. I am going to request that
> Champaign Public Library purchase a copy of the book, "Probing the
> Jihadi Mindset" (2007). The U of Illinois has a copy and there are
> several other copies mentioned in WorldCat, but Champaign should get a
> copy too.
>
> Lars, you might contact WILL AM 580 for arranging a talk/interview
> with Dr. Sohail Abbas on the air with David Inge for Focus.
>
> -karen medina
>
> On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 11:29 AM, Lars Dyrud<lodyrud at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> The AWARE community may be interested in the following public lecture, to be
>> held tonight at the Champaign Public Library.
>>
>> Dr. Sohail Abbas is a Visiting Scholar at the Center for Global Studies at
>> the University of Illinois, and has been hosted by the Program in Arms
>> Control, Disarmament, and International Security (ACDIS) during the summer
>> of 2011.  His talk, entitled, "What Motivated Jihadis in Pakistan to Fight
>> Coalition Forces in Afghanistan Just After Sept. 11, 2001?" will be held in
>> Pavillion Room C at the Champaign Public Library on Tuesday, August 16 at
>> 7:00 PM.
>>
>> He is the author of the book "Probing the Jihadi Mindset" (2007), which
>> includes case studies and demographic profiles of 517 Pakistani jihadis who
>> were arrested in Afghanistan and repatriated to jails in Pakistan.  His PhD
>> is in Psychology from Universite de Toulouse, France, 1983.  He is a
>> Canadian citizen of Pakistani origin, though he is also in clinical practice
>> in Islamabad, Pakistan, and has taught at several institutions in Pakistan,
>> France, and Canada.
>>
>> The lecture is co-sponsored by the Center for Global Studies, ACDIS, and the
>> Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (CSAMES).
>>
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