It’s a problem of education—Islam should not be two pages in the textbook when all the population are coming from the former colonies of all the European countries, or historical ties. It has to be part of the history. Fouad is right. Memory is not in the past. Memory is what your children are learning today in school, and Islam is not part of that.
Jocelyn Cesari at the conclusion to our five part series as part of Muslim Voices: Arts & Ideas Festival in 2009. The last discussion was titled “Where Do We Go From Here?” Watch/listen to the event here…