Commonwealth Club Launches “Understanding Islam” Series Moderated by Santa Clara County Supervisor Joseph Simitian

ING Executive Director Maha Elgenaidi and Content Director Ameena Jandali
Participate in Three-Part Commonwealth Club Series on Understanding Islam

ING is thrilled to announce that our staff members will participate in an upcoming three-part Commonwealth Club speaker series entitled “Understanding Islam”. In addition to Maha Elgenaidi and Ameena Jandali, the panels will also feature Sumbul Ali-Karamali, the author of The Muslim Next Door and Jihad Turk, President of Bayan Claremont Islamic Graduate School. All three events will be moderated by Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian. Due to unexpected demand to engage with this topic, each event ended up being moved to a larger venue to accommodate sold-out crowds.

You can find details and registration links for the individual events below. We hope that you will join us at these critically important public discussion. We expect them to sell out very soon!

“Without understanding the diverse cultures around us, misconceptions abound. Our goal is simple: to create a better understand of Islam among the general public.”

— Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian

Join us for this special community forum to learn more about misconceptions as well as Islam as a religion and an identity in modern American and abroad. You can listen to a recording of this discussion at the Commonwealth Club site.

Join us for this special community forum to learn more about the policies, politics and current events that affect the United States and our overall understanding of Muslims and the Islam religion. You can listen to a recording of this discussion at the Commonwealth Club’s site.

What does it mean to be a Muslim woman? Join us for this special community forum to learn how Islam intersects with gender in today’s world. You can listen to a recording of this discussion at the Commonwealth Club site.