Thursday, December 14, 2023 | 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Tareq Ramadan, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. - Adjunct Professor, Wayne State University and Arab America Foundation’s 40 under 40 Award Recipient
The Near East is the geographic birthplace of Christianity and remains home to some of the world’s oldest Christian communities such as the Copts, Maronites and Assyrians, while also home to much of the world’s broader Christian denominational diversity, which includes ethno-religious groups like the Chaldeans, Syriacs and others. Today, Christian communities are facing uncertain futures in places like Iraq, Egypt, Syria, Palestine and even Lebanon. Political instability, cratering economies, internecine conflict and religious persecution have led to an increase in Christian emigration and more recently, even genocide and ethnocide in some places. State policies that target Christians, specifically, as well as the repressive acts of quasi-state and non-state actors have led to physical displacement, social dislocation and by extension, demographic declines of the ancient and indigenous Christians of the region.
Location:
Birmingham Next