Opening Remarks By:
Ms. Vuslat Doğan Sabancı
Vice President
Aydın Doğan Foundation
Publisher
Hürriyet
Featuring:
Karen Armstrong
Author and Commentator on Comparative Religion
Dr. Mehmet Aydin
Former Turkish Minister of State
Vali Nasr
Dean, School of Advanced International Studies
Johns Hopkins University
Zainab Salbi
Host of Zainab Salbi Project
HuffPost Originals
Moderated by:
Frederick Kempe
President and CEO
Atlantic Council
Islamophobia is on the rise in non-Muslim-majority countries. It is worse today than it was in the immediate aftermath of the September 11 attacks, with no signs of improvement. Following the recent spate of global terrorist attacks, Muslims are increasingly portrayed negatively by the media. Furthermore, some US politicians and their European counterparts have proposed an array of policies – from policing Muslim communities to controlling the flow of refugees and migrants from the Middle East.