Countering Islamophobia Through Education: A Two-Part Series Presented by Columbia Students
Graduate students from Teachers College, Columbia University will present and discuss themes from their course on Islam, Education, and Radicalization. Presentations will focus on emerging research that explores the role of education in countering Islamophobia and serving as a potent mechanism for de-radicalization. Students will discuss how education can serve as a facilitator for social cohesion, capable of addressing the unique challenges that marginalization, exclusion, discrimination, racism, and radicalization pose for at-risk youth.
This virtual program is organized by the Columbia Global Centers in Amman, Tunis, and Istanbul, in partnership with Teachers College and the Middle East Institute at Columbia University.
The program will be introduced and moderated by Amra Sabic-El-Rayess, Associate Professor of Practice and Project Director at the Center for Benefit-Cost Studies in Education at Teachers College.
Friday, December 11 9:00 - 10:15 am EST (NY) | 4:00 - 5:15 pm GMT+2 (Amman)
Countering Islamophobia in the United States: A Look at “Access Islam”
Student Presenters:
Kendra Burpee, Faryal Siddiqui, Vikramaditya Harshad Joshi
The U.S. Department of Education funded a curriculum, Access Islam, designed to help students gain awareness and an understanding of Islam. This presentation offers an analysis of the curriculum, its strengths and weaknesses, and the public criticism it faced during Trump's term.
Deconstructing International Educational Response to Islamophobia
Student Presenters:
Khan Mir Sana Ullah, Minjung Khan, Joti Ghani, Sarah Schoengood
In the wake of rising anti-Muslim and Islamophobic sentiment, this presentation explores the public discourse on Islam in the West and analyzes educational measures that affect Muslims. Following an overview of educational policies in France, UK, and the US, the presentation deconstructs and critiques international educational guidelines designed to alleviate everyday discrimination faced by Muslim students in the West.
The presentations will be followed by reflections and questions from discussants.
Discussants:
Fırat Kurt, Postdoctoral Research Scholar at the Sakıp Sabancı Center for Turkish Studies, Columbia University
Jihed Haj Salem, Researcher at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tunis
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