Journey Into America With Akbar Ahmed and Hamilton College

Journey Into America With Akbar Ahmed and Hamilton College

CLINTON, N.Y., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- At a school with students that come from 49 states and 45 countries, Hamilton College hosts the screening of Ambassador Akbar Ahmed's new film, Journey into America. The film documents a Muslim professor and his American team traveling to over 75 cities and 100 mosques to discover America and the Muslims living in America. Ahmed gives a new perspective on what it means to be "American". The screening will be on: Wednesday, October 28th the KJ Auditorium at 7 pm.

Ambassador Ahmed has been regularly interviewed by CNN, CBS, BBC, and FOX news and has appeared several times on the "Oprah Winfrey Show". He is the author of a dozen award-winning books and a renowned adviser for world leaders on Islam and foreign policy. A leader in interfaith dialogue, he has teamed up with Judea Pearl in an effort to get rid of hate and ignorance. Judea Pearl is the father of Daniel pear, Wall Street journalist who was murdered by Al Qaeda terrorists in Pakistan.

Ahmed explains, "Muslim Americans are not the first to go through the sometimes difficult process of integration. We have seen it with African Americans, American Indians, Japanese Americans and Italians to name a few."

The Journey into America film will take them to major cities and smaller ones ranging from Birmingham, Alabama to Los Angeles, California.

Organized by Project Nur, STAND, & International Students Association

Project Nur ("PN") is a "new light on campus" that creates a distinct and alternative Muslim voice: a civic identity grounded in pluralism and moderate thinking and action, one that dispels the perception of a monolithic Muslim voice. PN is a student-led initiative of the American Islamic Congress which was created after 9/11 as a non-religious, civic initiative challenging increasingly negative perceptions of Muslims by advocating responsible leadership and understanding. PN emphasizes civic action, and does so with the goal of forging a cohesive and mutually respectful multicultural community. It is PN's belief that only in taking action with different people, addressing issues affecting all humans, do we truly come to understand the meaning and reality of co-existence. As such, PN is a multi-cultural and diverse community of civic-minded university students who are committed towards the advancement of human rights, civil rights, social justice, tolerance, understanding, and co-existence. www.projectnur.org

Source: Project Nur

CONTACT: Ghazal Yazdan of Project Nur, +1-202-595-3160

Web Site: http://www.projectnur.org/

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