What happens when 30 American Muslim civil rights leaders visit Alabama to learn about the history of slavery, lynching, segregation, and present-day racial injustice? We will find out next Thursday with the film screening of "In Their Footsteps: An American Muslim Civil Rights Journey," a short documentary produced by the Council on American-Islamic Relations. Following the screening, a panel discussion will feature Mustafaa Carroll (pictured; (religious leader and civil rights activist), Summar McGee (president of the Black Student Association), Rabbi Steve Morgen, and Pastor Kimberly Orr. I will be hosting the event and moderating the panel. Please do join us in Sewall Hall on the campus of Rice University at 7:00PM. The event is free and open to the public. More details can be found on the Rice University News & Media Press Release.
"Islam, Race, and Pluralism in the Pakistani Diaspora," my first book published in 2017 by Routledge, is now available in paperback on Amazon.com. Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, a British lawyer, politician, and member of the House of Lords, on the book: "Considine unpicks the complex journey of identity through the lens of the Pakistani experience both in the U.S. and Europe. Placing both belief and bigotry in context, challenging both inter and intra community tensions and using the personal accounts of individuals he humanizes the monolithic myth of 'the Pakistani.' An important and timely contribution by a committed bridge builder."
“If I don’t take a stand against Islamophobia, who will?” The Islamophobia Resistance Campaign (IRC) at Rice University held its first white board campaign of the spring 2019 semester. Check out these comments. We stand with our fellow human beings, our family members, our friends, & our neighbors who happen to be Muslims. The IRC is an awareness campaign that calls attention to and counters the ways in which Islamophobia is harmful to the U.S. as a whole. We foster dialogue, education, understanding, and bridge building across racial and religious lines. You can join us on Facebook.
Identity politics has become a politically charged term, both on the left and the right. At its most essential core, it is when people of a particular racial, religious, ethnic, social, or cultural identity promote their own specific interests or concerns over that of any larger political group? Join us for a discussion on February 22nd at the Maryam Islamic Center in Sugar Land, Texas. This event is hosted by Risala Foundation and Zaytuna College.
