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  • Islam and Politics in Afghanistan before and after the Taliban' (Nazif Shahrani, November 18, 2021).

  • How Media Representations of Muslims Changed after Trump's 'Travel Ban' (Evelyn Alsultany, March 11, 2021)

  • Muslims, Violence, and Citizenship in America (Mucahit Bilici, November 12, 2020)

  • Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment (Ahmet T. Kuru, February 13, 2020)

  • Islamic Perspectives on Peaceful Co-Existence (October 17, 2019)

  • Jihad, Radicalism, and the New Atheism (March 7, 2019)

  • Can Minorities Gain Acceptance in the US Through Community Service (November 1, 2018)

  • Director Screening: A Stray (April 26, 2018)

  • Understanding Syria through Refugee Stories (March 8, 2017)

  • Immigrants, Refugees, Muslims and the Problem of Racism (October 26, 2017)

  • Prince among Slaves (April 11, 2017)

  • Muslim Women, Violence, and Peacekeeping (March 2, 2017)

  • Black, Muslim, and Woman in America (November 10, 2016)

  • MAMAIS Conference on Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies (April 30, 2016)

  • Cities of Light: The Rise and Fall of Islamic Spain (March 31, 2016)

  • Black Muslim Contributions to US History and Culture (February 11, 2016)

  • Experiences of a UNO Fullbrighter in Turkey (December 2, 2015)

  • Can American Muslims Define a Multicultural America? (November 13, 2015)

  • Global China and the Politics of Islam (April 14, 2015)

  • Islam’s Jesus: A Panel on Islamic Perspective to Jesus (March 12, 2015)

  • Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World (December 4, 2014)

  • Opposition Political Movements in Turkey: Politics of Intransigence (October 16, 2014)

  • The Arab Uprisings and the Counter-Revolution (April 23, 2014)

  • Prince among Slaves (February 6, 2014)

  • Women’s Rights in Islam: The Quranic Perspective (March 6, 2014)

  • Spotlight on Islam and Muslims (October 3-7, 2011)

  • 2010 Study Abroad Trip to Morroco and the Fez Festival of World Sacred Music (June 4-17, 2010)

  • 2009 Malcolm X Conference, 'Reading' al-hajj al-Imam Abdul-Malik al-Shabazz (Malcolm X): Where and When We Enter? Dr. M. Ibrahim Farajajé

  • 2009 University of Nebraska at Omaha Islamic Studies Lecture Series, Rumi and the Intelligence of the Heart, Dr. M. Ibrahim Farajajé

  • 2009 Pearl Blizek Lecture in Art and Religion, Islamic Calligraphy: Lifting the Veil, Elinor Aishah Holland

  • 2008 Nebraska Regional Conference for the Association of Muslim Social Scientists

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