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Friday, November 27 • 3:15pm - 4:30pm
Islamophobia, Hate Groups, Extremism, and Terrorism

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We’re in the midst of a presidential election cycle and there’s no shortage of right-wing candidates spewing hateful comments about Islam and Muslims. This rhetoric feeds Islamophobia and spurs on hate-crimes against Muslims. At the same time, we’re seeing an up-tick in anti-Semitism, and as a nation we’re paying attention for perhaps the first time since the Civil Rights era about anti-black racism and police brutality. What are Countering Violent Extremism programs and are they good for the Muslim community?
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avatar for Dr. Hatem Bazian

Dr. Hatem Bazian

Dr. Hatem Bazian is the chairman of the American Muslims for Palestine. He is also a senior lecturer in the departments of Near Eastern and Ethnic studies at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Bazian is the co-founder of the first chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine... Read More →
avatar for Phyllis Bennis

Phyllis Bennis

Fellow Phyllis Bennis directs the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies. In 2001 she helped found and remains on the advisory board of the U.S. Campaign to End Israeli Occupation, a coalition comprised of nearly 400 Palestine solidarity organizations and... Read More →
avatar for Max Blumenthal

Max Blumenthal

Max Blumenthal is an award-winning journalist and bestselling author. Mr. Blumenthal is the author of Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel and Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party, a New York Times and Los Angeles Times bestseller. His current... Read More →
avatar for Lamis Deek

Lamis Deek

Lamis Deek is a human rights attorney and activist based in New York, originally from Nablus, Pales - tine. Her work spans international human rights, civil rights and criminal defense. She is chief counsel to the Global Justice and Human Rights Law Network, the founder of the Muslim... Read More →
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Bill Fletcher

Bill Fletcher is the immediate past president of TransAfrica Forum; a Senior Scholar with the Institute for Policy Studies; an editorial board member of BlackCommentator.com; and in the leadership of several other projects. Mr. Fletcher is the co-author, with Peter Agard, of The Indispensable... Read More →

Friday November 27, 2015 3:15pm - 4:30pm CST
Ballroom ED
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