[Peace] 7pm Thu 7/14: Islamophobia panel at Champaign library

[Stuart Levy]

		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

Speakers include: Matt Niemi, and Ola Moshref of CMIC the local Mosque,
Stuart Levy of AWARE, Eric Heim of the ISO, and Raad Ismail.

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.

Our goal is to educate the public in respect to Muslim religion,
values, and politics,  Islam and democracy.

Sponsored by: AWARE, and the ISO (International Socialists Organization) 
Contact:  Iso.champaign at gmail.com;   aware at anti-war.net





		

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