SBIA Media Committee Presentation at SJSU

The SBIA Media Committee was asked by San Jose State University Professor Ann Sarrafzadeh to conduct a presentation in her Studies in American Language class this past Friday, April 25.
A few members of the Media Committee - Irfan Ryhdan, Dawan Muhammad, Imam Bilal ibnMuhammad, and myself - participated in this presentation. Afterwards, the class broke [...]

Hundreds to gather to honor South Bay Muslim Pioneer

Article in today’s San Jose Mercury News by Lisa Fernandez.
The article is about my father Abdul Sattar Rydhan
Please send the writer a note of thanks!
Irfan

Film Review: Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden

Morgan Spurlock of Super Size Me fame tackles a much more serious topic for his new documentary Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden. Spurlock travels to Egypt, Morocco, Palestine, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, and Pakistan in his attempt to find the terrorist. Although he sets out with this grand plan in mind, [...]

Upcoming Bay Area Event - Deconstructing Islamophobia

UC Berkeley is hosting a two day conference from Friday, April 25-Saturday April 26 about
deconstructing Islamophobia. The event was organized in part by Dr. Hatem Bazian and sponsored by the Center of Race and Gender
Topics include:
Muslim Otherness: The Role of Media in Constructing Otherness
Giving Offense: Critical Loss in Contemporary Discussions of Islam and the [...]

Fitna’s Hateful Crusade

Aziz Huq published an article on The Nation today titled Fitna’s Hateful crusade.
Huq writes about the ‘dud’ that Geert Wilders’ film, Fitna, has become. Check out the article.