Event

Islamophobia is Deadly!

You are invited for a benefit dinner to support the work of the Center for Islamophobia Studies.

Islamophobia is Deadly!

Suzanne Barakat, M.D.
Abdul Rahman al-Jandali
Dr. Hatem Bazian, Founder and Director of IRDP
Dr. Colleen Keyes, VP Zaytuna College
Prof. Munir Jiwa, Director, Center for Islamic Studies

5:00PM Sunday, April 12, 2015
Chandni Restaurant
5748 Mowry School Rd, Newark, CA 94560

The Islamophobes "believe that the more acceptance there is of Muslims here at home, the less reflexive hatred there will be for Muslims abroad."

The "isolated incident" in North Carolina, as the media and political leaders emphasise, has to be dispensed with immediately as the trail of bigoted and racist attacks are evident in Wade Michael Page mass murder at the Sikh Gurdwara (house of worship) in Oak Creek, Wisconsin in 2012, and the Anders Breivik's Norway slaughter in July 2011.

More alarming on the individual level is the readiness of a 31-year-old New York woman on December 27, 2012 to push Sunando Sen, a 47-year-old immigrant from India, in the path of an incoming train. The woman admitted to purposely pushing Sen off of the subway platform stating: "I pushed a Muslim off the train tracks because I hate Hindus and Muslims."

Make no mistake about it. Wade Michael Page, Anders Breivik, Craig Stephen Hicks and Erika Menendez are all responsible for the actual murders; however the political leadership and media talking heads provided the racist and bigoted atmosphere by daily engaging in problematising Islam and Muslims.

We can no longer ignore Islamophobia as it has become deadly phenomena impacting the lives and well being of American Muslims and society in general. The CIS works to document and research anti-Muslim bigotry and racism with an applied and policy oriented academic and community based work. The Center's work involves conferences, workshops, development of syllabus for courses, hosting visiting scholars and graduate students, publishing the Islamophobia Studies Journal and offer expert opinions on the phenomena.