Being Muslim in Canada: Culture, Politics and Self
March 10 – Kule Theatre (Room 9-323) Robbins Health Learning Centre, Edmonton
West of 109 street between 104 and 105 Avenues
Panel discussion, readings and book launch featuring:
- Mohamed Alibhai (former editor of Islam in America)
- Nurjehan Aziz (author, editor, publisher)
- Junaid Jahangir (Economics, MacEwan)
- Asma Sayed (English, MacEwan)
- Monia Mazigh (author, Mirrors and Mirages
Respondent: Mojtaba Mahdavi (ECMC Chair in Islamic Studies, University of Alberta)
4:30 Light refreshments
5-6:30 Discussion and readings, followed by Q+A
6:30-7 book signing and reception
The Relevance of Islamic Identity in Canada (Editor: Nurjehan Aziz)
This is a free event, open to the public. Donations will be accepted to the MacEwan Community Refugee Project.
The Relevance of Islam in Canada: This collection of essays examines, from different perspectives, what it means to be a Muslim in Canada. Is it a public identity, and as an identity is it compatible with a secular democracy such as Canada? What relation does it bear to historical, cultural, and ethnic identities? Is a total gnostic or an atheist a Muslim? Is a person who disavows being a Muslim still a Muslim? How do Muslims cope with anti-Muslim bigotry, especially when it goes “official”? What alterations in society and religious practice and what re-thinking of interpretation can one expect in its evolution? These vital questions of faith, culture, survival, and identity are addressed by prominent members of the Canadian cultural and intellectual community.
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