Modern Islamophobia: Muslims in Europe and the U.S.

Dr. Mehnaz Afridi
Dr. Mehnaz Afridi, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Manhattan College

Modern Islamophobia: Muslims in Europe and the U.S.

UConn and the Jewish Federation Association of Connecticut invite you to a community conversation featuring: Dr. Mehnaz M. Afridi

Generous funding provided by the UConn Zachs Fund for Holocaust Education

When: Thursday, March 3, 2016 from 3 – 5 pm
Where: UConn School of Social Work, Zachs Community Room
1798 Asylum Avenue, West Hartford

Light refreshments will be served.

The event is free, but RSVP is required: SSWEvents@uconn.edu

Dr. Mehnaz M. Afridi is an assistant professor of religion at Manhattan College, she teaches courses about Islam and the Holocaust, and is director of the college’s Holocaust, Genocide and Interfaith Education Center. Dr. Afridi is a Pakistani-born Muslim who devotes her energies to documenting the Nazi decimation of European Jewry and how it relates to other faiths, especially her own. She is a member of the ethics and religion committee of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, and her first book Shoah Through Muslim Eyes was published in December 2015 (Academic Studies Press).

For more on Dr. Alfridi's journey, hear her tell her story in this video.

 

Sponsored by UConn Global Affairs, JFact, UConn School of Social Work.