This conference will explore the relationship between growing Muslim minorities and the institutions of the West European and North American states where they live.
A group of 14 scholars from both sides of the Atlantic will meet at Indiana University on September 22-24 to compare and evaluate the dynamics between those states and their Muslim minorities, and make informed policy recommendations to improve the treatment and inclusion of Western Muslims while addressing salient security concerns.
The conference will feature public lectures by Dr. James Zogby and Professor David Cole, two foremost thinkers on issues of civil rights and political participation for American Muslims and Arabs.
"The Emergent Arab American Political Constituency"
A public lecture by
Dr. James Zogby, President of the Arab American Institute
Thursday, September 22, 4-6 pm
Whittenberger Auditorium (Indiana Memorial Union)
"Paradigms of Prevention: The Rule of Law and the War on Terror"
A public lecture by
Professor David Cole, Law Professor, Georgetown University
Friday, September 23, 12:30-2 pm
Whittenberger Auditorium (Indiana Memorial Union)
The five panels at the conference will address the following themes from a comparative perspective:
Panel One: Comparative Overview of political development of Muslim minorities in the West.
Panel Two: Participation, cooption or marginalization? Muslims and the different institutions of the EU and US.
Panel Three: Are there tradeoffs between security and civil rights and could both be enhanced simultaneously?
Panel Four: Comparative attitudes towards political mobilization and participation among Western Muslim minorities.
Panel Five: Non-Muslim public perceptions of Muslim minorities in the West.
The conference is free and open to the public.
Sponsors
Center for the Study of Global Chage
Center for West European Studies (WEST)
Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Program
(MEISP)
Department of Political Science
College of Arts and Sciences, Office of the Dean
Dean of Faculties
Office of Cahcellor Ken Gros Louis
College Arts and Humanities Institute
Indiana University School of Law
Barr Koon Fund
Office of International Programs
American Studies
The Center for Citizenship and Participation
The Center for the Study of American Politics
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