Americans today are divided on a range of issues at the intersection of religion and state power. So much of our national discourse has been centered on questions like: Can government officials use religion to justify government policies? Should politicians use religion to garner support? How does the intersection of religion and politics affect society? What are the contours of the “separation of church and state”?
The Religious Freedom Center of the Freedom Forum Institute and the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF) welcomes four distinguished speakers from a diversity of political and religious backgrounds to discuss these questions.
Panel (seated left to right):
* Arielle Gingold, Deputy Washington Director, Bend the Arc Jewish Action
* Ayesha N. Khan, Partner, Potomac Law Group
* Melissa Rogers, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, Brookings Institution
* Hoda Hawa, Director, Policy & Advocacy, Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC)
* Tim Schultz, President, 1st Amendment Partnership
* Kavneet Singh, (Moderator) Board Chair, Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF)
Speakers
Hoda Hawa
Director, Policy & Advocacy, Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC)
Hawa oversees MPAC’s strategic initiatives in government and policy by engaging those circles at the highest levels and developing an active constituency around policy.
Hawa has written and spoken on subjects ranging from international religious freedom and national security to free expression and bullying. She has been featured on BBC, Al Hurra TV, Fox News, MSNBC, Voice of America, NPR and C-SPAN.
Hawa spoke at the first-ever groundbreaking event at the White House honoring and highlighting the contributions of American Muslim women during Women’s History Month. She was a speaker at the U.S. Institute for Peace panel discussion, “Religion, Violence and Coexistence” with Ambassador-at-Large Suzan Johnson Cook. Hawa ...More...
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