Islam, Politics and the West

When:
February 17, 2015 @ 7:00 pm
2015-02-17T19:00:00+00:00
2015-02-17T20:30:00+00:00
Where:
Somerville College
Woodstock Road
Woodstock, VT 05091
USA
Cost:
Free
Contact:
Somerville-Oriel Equaliweek

s Islam a religion of peace?
Does Islam have a place in the West?
Is Islam at odds with Liberalism?
Has Muslim integration failed?
Is Islam really the biggest threat we face today?

In the wake of Charlie Hebdo, and in the wider context of the sprawling War on Terror, is it the West, or Islam, that is under attack?

Somerville-Oriel EqualiWeek is honoured to host the distinguished Shaykh Fuad Nahdi. Shaykh Nahdi has been named as one of the 500 most influential Muslims in the world for his pioneering journalism and lifelong commitment to inter-faith campiagning. Recently, he was the first non-Christian to address the General Synod and serves as the Executive Director of Radical Middle Way. It is with no doubt that Shaykh Nahdi will bring his renowned humour and quick wit to this highly sensitive and important debate.