Name: Understanding Islam - Mountain View
Start: 2018-04-16T19:00:00-07:00
End: 2018-04-30
Location: Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts

Understanding Islam - Mountain View

Santa Clara County Supervisor, District 5

Supervisor Joe Simitian

Join Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian and the Mountain View Human Relations Commission for a three-part speaker series on "Understanding Islam." 
Each event will be held at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, and will include a panel discussion, moderated by Simitian, featuring experts and activists from the Islamic community. 
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Monday, April 16th 7:00pm-8:30pm
What does it mean to be Muslim? The basics. A discussion of Islam as a religion and an identity in modern America and abroad.
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Moderator: County Supervisor Joe Simitian.
Panelists: Anita Husen, Associate Dean and Director, The Markaz Resource Center, Stanford University Maha Elgenaidi, Executive Director, Islamic Networks Group Jihad Turk, ‎President of Bayan Claremont Islamic Graduate School
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Monday, April 23rd 7:00pm-8:30pm 
Women and Islam A discussion of what it means to be a Muslim woman, and how Islam intersects with gender in today’s world.
Moderator: County Supervisor Joe Simitian.
Panelists: Anita Husen, Associate Dean and Director, The Markaz Resource Center, Stanford University Maha Elgenaidi, Executive Director, Islamic Networks Group
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Monday, April 30th 7:00pm-8:30pm
Fear of a Faith: Sharia. Surveillance. Terrorism. The Muslim Ban. What’s real, and what’s not? A discussion of the policies, politics, and current events that affect U.S. understandings of Islam and Muslims.
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Moderator: County Supervisor Joe Simitian.
Panelists: Ameena Jandali, Islamic Networks Group Jihad Turk, ‎President of Bayan Claremont Islamic Graduate School
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