“Western Responses to the Torture of Muslims”

4-5:30pm: Keynote address by Sherene Razack, Professor of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. She is author of Casting Out: The Eviction of Muslims From Western Law and Politics (2008) and Dark Threats and White Knights: The Somalia Affair, Peacekeeping and the New Imperialism (2004).

“The New Muslim Cool”
6-8pm: A screening of the film “The New Muslim Cool,” by Jennifer Taylor, with a discussion with Zaheer Ali (Columbia University). The film is about Puerto Rican American rapper Hamza Perez’s ride through the streets, projects and jail cells of urban America, following his spiritual journey to some surprising places.

Co-sponsored with Columbia University’s Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race; Middle East Institute; and the Institute of African Studies Institute for Social Policy and Understanding’s Center for the Study of American Muslims George Mason University’s Ali Vural Ak Center for Islamic Studies.