Panel discussion on “Islamophobia” at Crowne Plaza Park Central on July 8

by PegNews wire

DALLAS — On Sunday, July 8, a national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group will kick off a nationwide discussion of "Islamophobia," or fear and hatred of Islam and Muslims, with a panel discussion at the Crowne Plaza Park Central in Dallas.

This will be the first in a series of similar public discussions scheduled around the nation by the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).

The Dallas event, entitled "Do U.S. Policies Fuel Islamophobia?" and hosted by CAIR's Dallas/Fort Worth chapter (CAIR-DFW), will seek to explain the historical context of the issue and provide resources for gaining a better understanding of the negative impact anti-Muslim bigotry has on American society and on our nation's interests worldwide. Panelists will also discuss the government's actions in the case against officials of the closed Texas-based Holy Land Foundation Muslim charity.

Confirmed speakers include: Dr. Parvez Ahmed, national board chair of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and an associate professor of finance at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville; Susan Abulhawa, founder of Playgrounds for Palestine and author of the novel The Scar of David; Lawrence Davidson, professor of Middle East history at West Chester University in West Chester, Penn., and author of America's Palestine: Popular and Official Perceptions from Balfour to Israeli Statehood and Islamic Fundamentalism.

For more information, email info@cairdfw.org, or call 972-241-7233.

Source: Council on American-Islamic Relations