SBIA Media Committee Presentation at SJSU

Posted on April 28, 2008 by Bushra
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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 off into small groups with one Media Committee representative present in each group to field questions about Islam, the media, or both.

The class was very receptive to the presentation and asked many questions about the image of Islam and Muslims in America. Many were surprised to learn that Muslims believe in all the Prophets of God, including Jesus (PBUH) and our religion has many similarities between Christianity and Judiasm.

They also learned to not believe everything they see or hear in the media, particularly when it comes to Islam or Muslims.

Overall the presentation was a success and InshaAllah the Media Committee will be doing similar presentations to both Muslim and Non-Muslims audiences in the near future.

A few pictures from the presentation are below:
Irfan