Religious Persecution in Muslim Countries
A Panel Discussion with Raymond Ibrahim & Elliott Benjamin, Moderated by Pulitzer Prize-winner, Joel Brinkley, Presented by JIMENA
Thursday, May 10, 2012 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Gallanter Hall, Jewish Community Center of San Francisco • 3200 California Street, San Francisco
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Concerned About Communities Threatened by Radical Islam?
Learn Why Jews and Christians Living in Muslim Countries Face Persecution
A Panel Discussion with Raymond Ibrahim & Elliott Benjamin, Moderated by Pulitzer Prize-winner, Joel Brinkley
Raymond Ibrahim, a Middle East and Islam specialist is a Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. A widely published author, he guest lectures at universities, provides testimony for Islam related lawsuits, frequently appears in major media outlets, and has testified before Congress regarding the worsening plight of Egypt’s Christian Copts.
Elliott Benjamin has spent over 20 years involved in back-door diplomacy on behalf of Iran’s 20,000 Jews. A lawyer by profession, Mr. Benjamin has served on the Board of Directors and held various positions at the Iranian Jewish Center in the United Kingdom, Central British Fund – World Relief, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), Iranian American Jewish Federation, and the Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles.
Joel Brinkley joined Stanford’s Department of Communication in the fall of 2006 after a 23-year career at the New York Times. There, Mr. Brinkley served as Washington Correspondent, chief of the Times Bureau in Jerusalem and Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent. Mr. Brinkley served as a political writer in Baghdad during the fall of 2003
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Co-sponsored by American Jewish Committee (AJC) and BlueStar