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<b><big>Thursday, Feb. 12th: Faisal Alam, "Hidden Voices: The Lives of
LGBT Muslims"<br>
7:00 pm, Main Lecture Hall, Franklin Patterson Hall, Hampshire College</big></b><br>
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“The
Lives of LGBT Muslims” aims to highlight the many struggles and
challenges facing sexual and gender minorities within the Muslim world
and to examine the complex intersection of Islam, sexuality and gender.
With more than 1.5 billion followers Islam is considered to be the
fastest growing religion in the world today, yet the Western world
continues to view it with skepticism and uncertainty. While aiming to
dispel common stereotypes and myths about Islam, this presentation will
also explore the history of the queer Muslim movement in the United
States and the suppression of LGBT rights around the world under the
guise of the so-called “war on terror.”<br>
<br>
Free and open to the public.
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LGBTQ Advisor<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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MA 01002<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; color: black;">"The
more deeply immersed I became in the thinking of the
prophets, the more powerfully it became clear to me what the lives of
the
prophets sought to convey: that morally speaking there is no limit to
the
concern one must feel for the suffering of human beings. It also became
clear
to me that in regard to cruelties committed in the name of a free
society, some
are guilty, all are responsible."<o:p></o:p></span></i></font></p>
<font color="#6600cc" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><i><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; color: black;">-Rabbi
Abraham Joshua Heschel</span></i></font><br>
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