AMSTERDAM, June 21, 2012 — Last week, AIC’s Executive Director, Zainab Al-Suwaij, traveled to the Netherlands for a number of lectures and a master class on various topics, including the position of Muslim women in the Middle East, as well as intercultural and interfaith dialogue between East and West. These events were part of the…
Read MorePHILADELPHIA, June 18, 2012 – For their recent World Malaria Day faith campaign, the ONE campaign asked college students from all over the country to help “Shine a Light on Malaria” on their campuses. They invited faith-based and interfaith student groups, including Project Nur, to take action in support of full funding for the Global…
Read MoreBAGHDAD, June 7, 2012 – In his continuing coverage of Iraq, USA Today’s Jim Michaels explores the challenges and complexities facing Iraq six months after the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops. Executive Director Zainab Al-Suwaij, a native of Iraq who returns to the country frequently to lead AIC’s programming, weighs in on this important topic.…
Read MoreBOSTON, May 29, 2012 – AIC commissioned Boston jazz fusion group DÜNYA to compose a signature musical piece for the AIC Center. DÜNYA, a nonprofit organization concerned with developing and learning about world music, is directed by Mehmet Ali Sanlikol. The group has preformed at the AIC Center on previous occasions, but this concert was special because…
Read MoreIOWA CITY, Iowa, May 25, 2012 – In the U.S., debates about science and religion in the classroom tend to focus on American public high schools, where local school boards argue about Darwin and the Bible. But as the recent controversy at University College in London showed earlier this academic year, there are considerable tensions and…
Read MoreSANTA BARBARA, Calif., May 23, 2012 — UCSB’s Project Nur hosted the dinner and panel discussion “A Revolution in Crisis: A Panel Discussion and Fundraiser for the Syrian People” last night at the Student Resource Building, providing students and other attendees with a complete perspective of the region’s ongoing revolution and surrounding conflicts. To read the…
Read MoreWASHINGTON, May 10, 2012 – After nearly four years in the Oval Office, President Obama is incorrectly thought to be Muslim by one in six American voters, and only one quarter of voters can correctly identify him as a Protestant, according to a new poll. AIC’s Executive Director Zainab Al-Suwaij comments in the Washington Post…
Read MoreWASHINGTON, May 8,2012 – On April 30, the first part of a 2-day workshop on the Contagion of Violence was convened in Washington DC by the Institute of Medicine, the health arm of the National Academy of Science. Jason Featherstone from the UK-based CeaseFire replication Surviving Our Streets and Zainab Al-Suwaij of the American Islamic…
Read MoreAmerican Muslims will be an important voting bloc in the 2012 presidential election, but some politicians have been hesitant to reach out to the community for fear of a backlash, said Corey Saylor, spokesman for the Council of Islamic-American Relations. In 2010, the Pew Research Center estimated that nearly 2.6 million Muslims lived in the…
Read MoreWASHINGTON, May 3, 2012 – The National Journal’s new “The Next America” section looks at how demography shapes the national agenda. In this report, they examine the role of American Muslims in the 2012 election, with insight from AIC’s Aimée Chiu, Communications Director.
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