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Minnesota Public Radio to Host "Islam and the West," a Public Insight Forum
MPR's collaboration with the William Mitchell College of Law to be facilitated by Midmorning host Kerri Miller
March 30, 2007
WHAT: "Islam and the West," a Public Insight Forum hosted by Kerri Miller
WHEN: Tuesday, April 17, 7–8:30 p.m.
WHERE: The UBS Forum at Minnesota Public Radio, 480 Cedar Street, St. Paul
TICKETS: This event is free, but reservations are required. Visit www.mpr.org and click on Events for reservation information.
MEDIA: Print, broadcast and internet journalists are welcome to attend. Please contact Jennifer Haugh at 651-290-1369 or jhaugh@mpr.org for accommodations, including a media mult box.
TUNE IN: This event will be recorded for future broadcast on Midmorning, which can be heard weekday mornings from 9–11 a.m. on MPR's News & Information stations statewide, including KNOW 91.1 FM in the Twin Cities.
Minnesota Public Radio, in collaboration with the National Security Forum at William Mitchell College of Law, presents "Islam and the West," a Public Insight Forum hosted by Midmorning's Kerri Miller on Tuesday, April 17 at 7 p.m.
The panel discussion will include guests Kathleen Collins, assistant professor of political science at the University of Minnesota; Seyyed Hossein Nasr, professor of Islamic Studies at George Washington University; and Afshin Molavi, fellow at the New America Foundation and former correspondent for Reuters.
The conflict between the Muslim and Western worlds is part of a theory made popular by Samuel Huntington's 1996 book Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order. This event will test the notion that a confrontation between Islam and the West is the inevitable result of shifts in global culture.
Recent incidents involving local cab drivers, store clerks, and imams detained at the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport have surfaced local tensions surrounding this complex global issue.
Tickets for this event are free, but registration is required. Visit www.mpr.org and click on Events for reservation information.
About the panelists:
Kathleen Collins is an assistant professor of political science at the University of Minnesota. Professor Collins is an expert in the relationship between Islam and politics and author of the recently published book Clan Politics and the Transformation of Regimes in Central Asia.
Seyyed Hossein Nasr is University Professor of Islamic Studies at George Washington University. Professor Nasr is the author of numerous books including Man and Nature: the Spiritual Crisis of Modern Man, Religion and the Order of Nature, and Knowledge and the Sacred.
Afshin Molavi is a Fellow at the New America Foundation and the former correspondent for the Reuters news agency based in Dubai. He is author of Persian Pilgrimages: Journeys Across Iran.
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Press Contacts:
Jennifer Haugh
Minnesota Public Radio
651-290-1369
jhaugh@mpr.org
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