Support Muslim Students on Campus: Dispel Myths, Address Islamophobia & Break Barriers September 23, 2015 2:00 – 3:30 PM ET Follow on Twier: #PaperClipTopic

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Panelist

• Amer F. Ahmed • Intercultural Diversity Consultant • Email: [email protected] • Twier: @amerfarazahmed

The opinions expressed during today’s event are not necessarily those of PaperClip Communicaons Let’s Define the Problem…

• The post-9/11 era in the U.S. has exposed a significant degree of prejudice and bigotry towards Muslim people around the country. Underscored by the horrific murders of three University of North Carolina students earlier this year, there is a great need for educators to learn and understand the current and evolving realies and needs for Muslim students on campuses.

• Beyond support for religious pracces, Muslims (and those perceived as Muslims) connue to be subject to widespread racial profiling, hate crimes, surveillance and bullying. Understanding the social, cultural and polical contexts – and how they intersect for those living, learning and working on college campuses – is essenal in understanding how you can best support this unique populaon.

Overview

• Foundaonal concepts about the religion of Islam • Common myths and misunderstandings about Islam • A historical context on Islam • Islamophobia as an issue of racism and religious discriminaon, why it is important and examples of profiling and hate crimes. • How the intersecon of religion and culture creates different contextual situaons in higher educaon environments. • What you should be doing about fear and lack of understanding on your campus to improve campus climate for all. • Recommendaons for responding to Islamophobic hate/bias incidents, that can be adapted to your unique campus environment, should an incident happen occur on campus.

Islam: The Basics

• 5 pillars of faith – Faith and Declaraon in the Oneness of Allah and Muhammad (pbuh) as his prophet – Daily Prayer – Fasng During the Holy Month of Ramadan – Alms/Charity (Zak’at) – Pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj) • Abrahamic Faith: Jesus, Moses, Noah, Isaac, Ishmael are Prophets in the Islamic tradion. • Works Maer: “Day of Judgement”

Myth vs. Reality

• Women’s Rights • Violent (Terrorism) • Jihad • An-Semism • Muslim = Arab • An-American Islam and Culture

• Difference between ‘Culture’ and Islam • Similaries across cultures • Variaons across cultures • Muslim Identy across the “Ummah” • Interpretaon of Islamic teachings History: “Islam vs. the West”

• Orientalism • Crusades • Reconquista (Spain) • Colonialism • Post-Colonialism • Israel • U.S. inheritance of Colonial History • Neo-colonialism

History: Islam in America

• W. African Muslim Explorers in the Americas • Black Muslim Slaves (Estevan, 1527 A.D.) • Morocco, first to acknowledge U.S. sovereignty • Georgian and Sapelo Islands • Noble Drew Ali, Farad Muhammad • Naon of Islam • Immigrants (Arabs and others) • 1960’s change in U.S. immigraon laws Muslim in America: A Diverse Community September 11, 2001

• A sudden focus on U.S. Muslims • Hate crimes/Threats/Harassment • Surveillance/Invesgaons • Muslims seen as un-American and expected to apologize • Muslim unprepared for response • From unknown people to pre- judgment and suspicion Post 9/11: Racial Profiling

• Patriot Act • Disappearances • “Random” security checks • Widespread support of profiling • Discriminaon • Customs used as a checkpoint for Homeland Security “Ground Zero Mosque” Controversy

• Not a Mosque or @ ‘Ground Zero’ • Widespread Opposion incl. ADL and +50% Democrats • Muslims compared to Nazis • Exposed opposion to Islamic Centers around U.S. • Tennessee Mosque arson • Qur’an Burnings King Hearings • “The Extent of Radicalization in the American Muslim Community and that Community’s Response” • Salman Hamdani Pastor Terry Jones Pamela Geller NYPD Muslim Surveillance Wisconsin Shoongs of Sikhs Miss America: Nina Davuluri

@Buckiller14 This is miss America not miss terrorist #getoffthescreen #USA

@Cademinnick413 Are you serious??!!! The Arab wins??!!! This is miss AMERICA!!! Not miss Arabia!!! Miss Kansas is in the army and is a This is Miss America, not Miss country girl!!! C'mon! Muslim. #sorrynotsorry

Nice slap in the face to the people of 9-11 how pathetic #missamerica UNC Shoongs “30 Second Stretch” We think your health is important. Please feel free to take a 30 second break to stand, stretch and/or reflect before we connue. Addressing Islamophobia on campus

• What resources are on your campus to address Islamophobia? (e.g. administrators, faculty, chaplain, student orgs, etc.) What is being done and what needs to be done? • Who are the targets subject to the implicaons of Islamophobia? Who are the allies? • Who’s responsibility is it to proacvely engage the issue and/or respond to any incidences that may occur? • What are students and campus community constuencies saying about this issue? Proacve Campus Outreach • Develop strong relaonships with leadership of relevant student organizaons. • Muslim Student Associaon (MSA) tends to be an important starng point that represent a significant number of students. • Remember that not all Muslim students parcipate in MSA. Some chapters are deemed too conservave or too liberal by other Muslim students on campus. Varies campus to campus. • Some Muslim students prefer ethnic/naonality student org over MSA. (E.g. Arab Student Assoc., Malaysian Student Assoc.) • Recognize the need to outreach to American Muslims, Internaonal Muslims, Refugees and others. Typically this requires collaboraon across Int’l & domesc resources. Proacve Campus Outreach (cont.) • Do not forget about non-Muslim students also subject to Islamophobia (Arab Chrisans, Hindu, Sikh, etc.) • Reach out to Hindu, Sikh, Arab and South Asian organizaons. Consider also outreaching to interfaith groups. • Coordinate outreach efforts across campus resources possibly including spiritual life depending on their effecveness. • Consider facilitang cross-constuency space to discuss and address Islamophobia across these various groups. They oen do not work together but may if they understand the value of collecvely addressing islamophobia together. • Ensure that these groups are aware of exisng hate/bias protocol resources on campus so that they report any incidences that occur. Broad-based Campus Educaon • Develop programs that are geared towards educang the campus community about Islam and Islamophobia. • Draw from faculty, student affairs professionals and staff as resources of experse and experience. • Ulize available off-campus community resources like Islamic centers, etc. • Bring outside speakers, educators & facilitators to conduct educaonal programs campus. • Create spaces for dialogue on the subject. • Protect the safety of Muslims students and other students subject to Islamophobia in educaonal spaces so they are not over-burdened with responsibility to educate the enre community. Hate/Bias Protocol

• What is your Hate/Bias Protocol on campus like? • Is there a reporng system communicated and conveyed to all campus constuencies? • What types of responses occur when an incident is reported? • Are there students engaged in addressing Islamophobia Hate/Bias incidents on campus as part of the broader Hate/Bias incident efforts? U.S. Muslims Organizaons

• CAIR (Council on American Islamic Relaons) www.cair.com • ISNA (Islamic Society of North America) www.isna.net • IMAN (Inner-City Muslim Acon Network) www.imancentral.org • Islam on Demand www.islamondemand.com Q/A

How Do I Call-in with a Queson? If you would like to ask a queson of our panelist(s) please press *1 and you will be put in a call queue unl it is your turn to ask your queson. OR You can write in a queson or comment anyme during the event by clicking on the “Chat” Bubble in the le hand corner of your screen. For Quesons that Arise Aer the Conference If you have a queson that you were unable to ask of our presenter(s), please feel free to email us at: [email protected] …and we will be happy to forward it to our panelists! 5 Takeaways from Today: • Historical context about Islam and Islamophobia • Diversity across cultures and groups • Islamophobia is a form of racism • Campus Outreach and educaon as part of a proacve effort to confront and address Islamophobia • Hate/Bias Protocol as part of response effort to incidences that may occur on campus Feedback We want your feedback on today’s event!

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