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The fastest growing religion in the U.S. is Islam; it is also one of the most controversial as a result of 9/11. Dr. Azizan Baharuddin from the Centre for Civilizational Dialogue at the University of Malaysia, and a mini-case study on the Islamic community in Waukegan, Illinois.
Studio Guest:
- Imam Kifah Mustapha (from a Mosque located in Bridgeview, IL) who is also the Associate Director of The Mosque Foundation
- Dr. Aminah Beverly McCloud, a Professor of Islamic Studies at DePaul University.

Guest List

Aminah Beverly McCloud Professor of Islamic Studies, DePaul University

Imam Kifah Mustapha Associate Director, The Mosque Foundation

  • About this series

  • As the 21st century opens the United States along with nations around the world struggle to deal with a planet that has been become a global village. The challenges are both inter-cultural and intra-cultural. And for nations like the U.S. continued immigration from around the world constantly brings new ethnic/racial cultural challenges to an already diverse society. Dealing with Diversity introduces viewers to people from many diverse populations in an effort to help students understand the different constraints and motivations of people from backgrounds different from their own.

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