Panel Discussion:
Gender, Islam, and the “Muslim Problem”

Thursday, September 18, 2014 at 7:00 PM
CFA Hall

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§ Aida Mansoor
¶ President of the Muslim Coalition of Connecticut

§ Leila Buck ’99
¶ Writer, performer, and teaching artist

§ Dr. M. Saud Anwar
¶ Mayor of South Windsor, Connecticut

§ Typhaine Leservot
¶ Associate Professor of French and Letters

§ Peter Gottschalk
¶ Professor, Department of Religion
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This panel, part of the Muslim Women’s Voices Project, will feature a discussion of Islamophobia and anti-Muslim sentiments, which have proven so influential among non-Muslim Americans and Europeans. The panel will ask questions that will prepare the community for the larger, year-long look into the complexities that challenge what are often one-dimensional popular portrayals of Islam, gender, and Muslim groups and cultures.