The Role of Women in Islam

Thursday, April 21, at 6 pm in SIPA 100 

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Is Islam oppressive to women? Are Muslim women dominated in Islam? Do Muslim women live in fear? Join the Initiative  for Muslim World Studies and the Middle East Studies Program for a roundtable discussion on these and other myths about Islam.  Community leaders Karen Shah, Vice President of the Broward Interfaith council, and Rabia Khan, the Principal of The Islamic School in Sunrise will sit down with FIU experts and discuss the traditions of the numerous types of Islamic faiths with a particular focus on the role of women and the significant diversity of culture, practice, and level of gender equality within different paths. Share in their personal stories of what it means to be a Muslim woman in America.

Panelists

    • Karen Shah, Vice President, Broward Interfaith Council
    • Rabia Khan, Resident Scholar at Islamic Foundation of South Florida, Principal of Islamic School
    • Isra Yahya Amin Ibrahim, Secretary, Muslim Student Association
    • Dr. Seema Pissaris, Clinical Professor of Management, College of Business, FIU member and active volunteer of the Shi’a Ismaili Muslim community
    • Dr. Aslihan Akkaya, Instructor, Department of Global and Sociocultural Studies, FIU

This event is free and open to the public.

For more information, call 305-348-7266.

Co-sponsored by the Middle East Studies Program and Center for Women’s and Gender Studies

Initiative for Muslim World Studies

WHEN

Thursday, April 21, 2016 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM (EDT) - Add to Calendar

WHERE

FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA 100 - 11200 S.W. 8th Street, Miami, FL 33199