Muslims in America

A leader defines reality. In a world too often convinced of the inevitable clash of civilizations, how do we lead our communities of faith to work with people from different religious and philosophical backgrounds and serve a common good? From Martin Luther King Jr. to Mahatma Gandhi, Dorothy Day to Abraham Joshua Heschel, the answer was clear: interfaith leadership.

What has growing up been like for young Muslim Americans who have come of age in an era characterized by the securitization of Muslims at home and the fight against Islamic terrorism abroad? Today's college students are particularly well-suited to address this question, and their answers may surprise you.

This panel will discuss the latest facts and figures on the scope and size of homegrown terrorism incidents across the US, as well as studies on Muslim cooperation with security forces, issues of acculturation and accommodation, and how the climate of anti-Muslim hostility in the wake of the Park 51 controversy, the Peter King hearing and the anti-shari'a movement are affecting US Muslims.