Class will be in Gore 102. Please come a little early.

Groups Meet with Me

Dear Class, I would like all the groups to meet with me on tuesday between 3 and 6 pm on tuesday 05/12 to give me updates of your projects.

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Simulation Agenda

Simulation: FBI-Muslim Relations

6:30 PM-7: 00 PM: We shall listen to the media reviewing what the reasons are for the current Muslims-FBI standoff. Each media representative will summarize the state of affairs in 4-5 minutes. They are welcome to interview any of the other participants during their presentations.

 7:00-7:30 PM:

I:  Senators meet to plan their hearing.

II: FBI team meets to plan its strategy for its testimony to the Senate.

III: MPAC group meets to plan its strategy vis-à-vis FBI and the Senate hearing.

IV: CAIR group meets to plan its strategy vis-à-vis FBI and the Senate hearing.

V: Detroit group meets to plan its strategy vis-à-vis FBI and the Senate hearing.

VI: University of Delaware hosts a round table on US-relations with American Muslims. It is attended by civil rights groups and experts.

VII: White House staff meet to assess what the President role, if any should be in this affair.

7:30-8:00

All Muslim groups meet for an American Muslim taskforce meeting. One member from each group will speak for 3-5 minutes to present the strategic posture of its group. The group will decide whether it will present one single position to the Senate or each group will make separate presentations.

8:00-8:30

Government groups, FBI and the White House meet to decide (a) its policy towards American Muslims and mosque surveillance and (b) a plan for presentation to the Senate.

Both Groups are welcome to invite any of the experts to attend and or brief them in their meetings.

 

Film Reviews

Please post your reviews for Arranged and/or Khartoum here.

Post links to Real advertisements Here

Find the matrimonials and the job advertisements and post links to them in the comments to this post.

Release Forms

Folks, here is a very good release form that we can use for our interviews. Print a few of them and take them along and get the signatures of the interviewees. http://www.folklife.si.edu/resources/pdf/InterviewReleaseForm.pdf

From the Archives: A Conference on Islamophobia

I had organized this conference a few years ago at Brookings. It should give us some idea of what I have in mind for our conferences. Click here to see.

Honey I Shrunk Pakistan!

This article is an analysis of the recent treaty made by the government of Pakistan with a Taliban group in the Swat area of its north western province. Click to read.

Islam and Domestic Violence

Read and Comment.

Review Prince Among Slaves

Review the film Prince Among Slaves. This can count as one of your required reviews. What does the story of the Prince Abdul Rahman tell you. The film is produced by Michael Wolf a convert to Islam and the narrator, Mosdef, a well known actor-rapper, is also a Muslim. Clearly this is an example of how American Muslims are beginning to tell their story in America. What characteristics of this discourse can you detect.

The Little Mosque on the Prairie

Please make your occasional observations of the show here.  Depending on the progress we make in the class, we may watch a few more episodes. I want you to focus on issues of identity, on aspects of how faith informs life and politics and the issues of difference and diversity that come up so frequently. 

Oral History Projects

Dear students I shall be in my office from 2 pm to 6 pm. Let us meet and discuss strategies for your projects. Visit this website and readup on how to structure a good oral history project. 

America's New Foreign Policy

Feel free to comment on the article.

Here is an example of how to develop a photo-story

Here is an excellent example of a photo-story. Your projects on oral history of Islam in Delaware should be like this except for those who choose to go the video route. Click here to see [you may need to register for NY Times before you can view it].

Welcome to POSC430

Dear Students, Welcome, Ahlan wa Sahlan, Khush amadeed.

We are about to enter the "hearts and minds" of American Muslims. We shall explore US relations with Islam inside and outside the territorial boundaries of our great democracy. We will try and understand the complex dynamics of politics, emotions, economics, cultural convergence and divergence that shape US-Muslim relations. We will learn, we will engage and above all we will have a lot of fun as we deal with an other that, surprisingly, is so integral a part of our self.