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Article by Georgia Howard in The Clarion, Sinclair Community College<\/b><\/p>\n

Oct 25, 2010<\/p>\n

TEACHING REALITIES OF ISLAM AND AMERICAN MUSLIMS\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

In an attempt to educate the community about different cultures and debunk some of the misrepresentations of Islam, Mara Ahmed, producer\/director will be speaking at an event called \u201cThe Muslims I Know: Myths, Movements, and the Media.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sinclair Community College\u2019s Courseview campus partnered with Mason High School to hold the event which will be held on Oct. 28 from 7 \u2013 9 p.m. at Mason Middle School Auditorium in Mason, Ohio, according to George Sehi, executive dean of the Courseview campus.<\/p>\n

Mara Ahmed produced the 2008 documentary series \u201cThe Muslims I Know\u201d that tries to answer the question \u201cWhere are the moderate Muslims?\u201d by focusing on a small American Muslim community.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a lady who has been speaking throughout the nation and some of our folks have heard her and thought she did a really good job,\u201d Sehi said. \u201cWe felt that someone like her who is an American Pakistani American who can be objective would be good to bring in for some healthy dialogue. Her documentary series has been very popular.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Sehi, the workshop is free and will provide students, faculty, staff and community residents the opportunity to explore the many facets of America\u2019s third largest practiced religion\/culture, that of the Islam\/Muslims. They will be able to investigate, educate and culturally explore the basic tenets of Islam in order to highlight the similarities with the Judeo-Christian tradition while making their own perceptions and assumptions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a perception out there then when somebody says \u2018Muslims\u2019 you immediately imagine somebody with a machine gun coming to your house or something to blow you away,\u201d Sehi said. \u201cWe are just trying to take the myth out of the Islam\u2019s being terrorists. We want to educate people and tell them \u201cthere is more than one way to look at this,\u2019 and open their eyes to these kinds of issues.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

The event is funded by a grant awarded from Sinclair\u2019s Diversity committee that will cover Ahmed\u2019s expenses and incidental costs.<\/p>\n

Prior to the event a session will be held for faculty who wish to learn more about diversity in the classroom called \u201cDealing with Religious Differences in the Classroom,\u201d at the same place from 5 \u2013 6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

\u201cInterfaith Campus Minister Rev. Dr. Barbara Battin will facilitate a discussion on how faculty can help to create the atmosphere of respect that is necessary to productively handle religious differences that may arise in classroom interaction,\u201d according to an e-mail from Suzanne Roberts, administrative assistant at Courseview campus.<\/p>\n

Faculty interested in attending should register at www.apps.sinclair.edu\/ctl\/courses.cfm.<\/p>\n

Sehi said he believes it is important for the community to continuously educate themselves about diversity and that there will be more events in the future for them to attend.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is our hope that in the future we will have a diversity or international week where we would be celebrating different cultures and different languages,\u201d Sehi said.<\/p>\n

[Photo: Image from Pixabay]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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