Announcements

Series: India and Islamophobia
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Posted by the University of Pittsburgh:

With the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) rise to power in India, anti-Muslim rhetoric and discriminatory measures have been increasing. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, such rhetoric has reached an unprecedented peak, with Muslims subjected daily to hate speech, racist attacks, and violence. Driving these developments is the Hindutva ideology which reflects the tangled intersection of nation-building and Hinduism, dating back to the foundation of the India nation-state.
2023 Nature of Place Symposium, "Faith and the Environment"
From Event

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh
PBS Learning Media: The Great American Muslim Road Trip
From Resource

August 2023:
An Afternoon of Palestinian Storytelling and Music
From Event

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh
The Criminalization of Islamophobia Studies
From Resource

Posted by the University of Pittsburgh:

Event
How Death Outlives War: The Reverberating Impact of the Post 9/11 Wars on Human Health
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Posted by the University of Pittsburgh:
What is Hajj? A step-by-step guide to the Muslim pilgrimage
From Resource

Every year, millions of Muslims from around the world gather annually in Mecca to perform Hajj – the sacred Muslim pilgrimage.
Here’s how Muslims perform the rituals of Hajj every year, following an ancient example.
Al Jazeera production with photos and graphics.
The Long 19th Century in the Middle East and North Africa, and its Global Impact
From Event

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh

Annual institute sponsored by Georgetown University’s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies and Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding

How Archaeology is Changing What We Know about Medieval West Africa
From Event

Announced by the University of Pittsburgh

Hosted by Howard University's Center for African Studies

Speakers: Sarah Guerin, Jacques Aymeric Nsangou, Abidemi Babatunde Babalola Description: In this institute, art historian Sarah Guerin, University of Pennsylvania, will discuss recent archaeological findings that demonstrate the global reach of West Africa trade items. Jacques Aymeric Nsangou, Harvard University and Abidemi Babatunde Babalola, University of Cambridge UK will discuss archaeology in medieval West Africa.
Racial Wealth Gap Learning Simulation
From Event

A learning simulation facilitated by Liddy Barlow, Christian Associates of SW PA

-Understand the connections among racial equity, hunger, poverty and wealth
-Learn how federal policies created structural inequalities and how these policies increase hunger and poverty in communities of color
-Become an active participation on an individual level or group level to create change to better our communities for future generations.

Sponsored by CAIR Pittsburgh and the Islamic Center of Pittsburgh

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