Unpacking Islamophobia

On this episode of Building Bridges, we speak with legal and International human rights scholar, Rim-Sarah Alouane, from University Toulouse-Capitole. Rim-Sarah gave a talk at ACMCU in the Fall of 2019 on the topic of Muslim identity in France and the impact that Laïcité has on minority groups.

In April of 2019, Dr. Saadia Yacoob gave a talk at ACMCU on the topic of Gender in Early Islamic Law. This conversation was recorded after her presentation this past semester on the topics she covered in her article, "Islamic Law and Gender," published in the Oxford Handbook of Islamic Law (Edited by Anver Emon and Rumee Ahmed, Oxford University Press, 2018.)

On this episode of Building Bridges, we speak with Dr. Yasir Qadhi, Dean of Academic Affairs at the Islamic Seminary of America and Professor of Religious Studies at Rhodes College on the history of Salafism and the changing landscape of religious studies in the digital era post Arab Spring.

On ACMCU's Building Bridges podcast, we present a conversation on Muslim-Christian relations and highlight experts in the field and the work that they do. On this episode, we talk with Dr. Liz Bucar, Professor of Religion and Dean’s Leadership Fellow at Northeastern University in Boston. She is the author of five books including the award-winning PIOUS FASHION: HOW MUSLIM WOMEN DRESS (Harvard University Press, 2017).