“How Al-Islam Addresses Racism and Sexism” with Dawud Walid and Rima Khan-Shahid

Join Words Make People this Sunday February 14, 2016 from 1-3 p.m. EST as we discuss “HOW AL-ISLAM ADDRESSES RACISM AND SEXISM” with two special guests Imam Dawud Walid and Rima Khan-Shahid.

Dawud Walid is the Executive Director of the Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI). Walid has also been a political blogger for the Detroit News from January 2014 until the present. He has been interviewed and quoted in approximately 100 media outlets ranging from the New York Times, Wall St Journal, Jet Magazine, National Public Radio, CNN, BET, FOX News and Al-Jazeera. Furthermore, he has essays published in the 2012 book All-American: 45 American Men on Being Muslim, the 2014 book Qur'an in Conversation and was quoted as an expert in 11 additional books and academic dissertations.

Rima Khan-Shahid is the Executive Director at Muslim Alliance of Indiana. Causes Rima cares about: Civil Rights and Social Action, Disaster and Humanitarian Relief, Economic Empowerment, Education, Human Rights and Politics. Rima has been very instrumental if establishing workshops that dealt with providing interfaith understanding and responsiveness to cultural domestic violence against immigrant and refugee women.

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