TONIGHT
7:30 pm
Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum
600 South Gregory Street

Sherman A. Jackson
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Near Eastern Studies, The University of Michigan

This lecture will examine what may turn out to be one of the most important, though as yet little-known, developments in contemporary Muslim thought to arise since the emergence of Muslim fundamentalism itself: the ideological evolution of the (in)famous Gama’ah Islamiyah of Egypt, one of the most influential fundamentalist movements in the Arab world, and its move from terrorism to persuasion.

http://www.cas.uiuc.edu/Events/ViewPublicEvent.aspx?Guid=6A523494-50F1-4583-AEE1-1778E3E94D7E

CAIR-UIUC calls on American Muslims and other people of conscience to contact their elected representatives and urge them to condemn Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip that have killed over 400 people and injured hundreds more, including women and children. In its bombardment of Gaza, Israel has targeted mosques, a university and a warehouse for medical supplies.

What: An Emergency Rally & March Calling for the End of Israel’s Brutal Aggression in Gaza

When: Friday, January 2, 2009 – 3:00 PM Sharp

Where: 435 N. Michigan Avenue

-Begin at Tribune Plaza, & then march to the Israeli Consulate

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