Wednesday, May 19, 2021 Virtual Town Hall - 6-7pmCT (Note: New Time)
The Muslim Legal Fund of America (MLFA) Board of Directors is hosting a town hall meeting on Zoom this coming Wednesday, May 19, 2021, at 6-7pm CT, 8-9pm ET, 4-5pm PT.
The town hall, moderated by Hatem Bazian, Ph.D., Professor of Islamic Law and Theology at Zaytuna College and founder of the Islamophobia Research and Documentation Project at the Center for Race and Gender, will provide helpful insights and outline the challenges faced by the American-Muslim community when dealing with issues of U.S. national security law and examine the first 100 days of the Biden-Harris administration.
We’ll be talking about challenges faced by the Muslim-American community, including surveillance, entrapment cases, and federal legislation intended to deal with “countering violent extremism” (CVE), with experts including:
Dr. Hatem Bazian (MLFA Board member)
Nihad Awad (National Executive Director of CAIR)
Arshia Ali-Khan (Interim Chief Executive Officer of MLFA)
Shariq Siddiqui (Ph.D., J.D, Director of the Muslim Philanthropy Initiative)
Afshan Paarlberg (J.D., Senior Attorney from the Muslim Philanthropy Initiative)
Sufia Khalid (LLM, Legal
Fellow, at the Constitutional Law Center for Muslims in America)
We want to hear from you, so please send us your questions when you register!
