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Inside Islam: What a Billion Muslims Really Think!

Inside Islam: What a Billion Muslims Really Think is based on a simple premise: skip the pundits and speak to the people. The Canadian Premiere is your only chance to watch this astonishing documentary on the big screen in Canada.

Playing one night only on Friday, Oct. 30th at the state of the art Queen Elizabeth Theater, in Toronto, this 60 minute documentary challenges some popular notions and asks some tough questions.

An impressive Q&A panel with filmmakers, researchers and Muslim leaders will follow the screening allowing you to get answers to your own questions.

Panelists:

Alex Kronemer
Executive Producer, Unity Productions Foundation

Alexander Kronemer, co-founder of Unity Productions Foundation is a frequent writer and lecturer on religious diversity, Islamic awareness and cross-cultural communication. He has a Master’s Degree in Theological Studies from Harvard University. Mr. Kronemer has published essays in numerous newspapers and journals, including the Christian Science Monitor and the Washington Post. He’s lectured to the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations, Harvard, Nike, Aetna, and Disney. He has appeared as a CNN commentator on several occasions, including during CNN’s historic live coverage of the Hajj in 1998. In 2000, Mr. Kronemer served a one-year appointment at the Bureau of Human Rights in the U.S. State Department focusing on U.S. foreign policy and Islam.

Mr. Kronemer is the Co-Executive Producer of Unity Productions Foundation, whose mission includes producing films, using them in dialogue, and engaging with Hollywood. Their films include Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet, Cities of Light: The Rise and Fall of Islamic Spain, A Prince Among Slaves: The True Story of an African Prince Enslaved in the American South, Allah Made Me Funny: The Official Muslim Comedy Tour, On a Wing and a Prayer: An American Muslim Learns to Fly, Talking through Walls: How the Struggle to Build a Mosque United a Community, and Inside Islam: What a Billion Muslims Really Think.

Hamid Slimi

Has been serving as an Imam, Chaplain, Educator and Consultant in Canada for the last 12 years in different religious and educational institutions.

He is currently:

• - The Chairman of the Canadian Council of Imams
• - The President & Founder of Faith of Life Network
• - The Imam & Founder of Sayeda Khadija Centre
• - Lecturer at the Islamic Institute of Toronto
• - TV Host & Producer of Faith of Life weekly TV Shows and Documentaries

Dr. Katherine Bullock

Katherine Bullock completed her PhD in Political Science at the University of Toronto, in 1999. She has taught and lectured on Islamic Civilisation and Middle East politics in California and Toronto. Her most recent appointment is with the University of Toronto, where she has been teaching a course entitled "The Politics of Islam" since 2002.

Currently she is President of The Tessellate Institute, a non-profit research institute, and also of Compass Books, a newly founded publishing company. She was the editor of the American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences from 2003 - 2008, and the Vice-President of The Association of Muslim Social Scientists (North America) from 2006 - 2009.

Her publications include: Muslim Women Activists in North America: Speaking for Ourselves and Rethinking Muslim Women and the Veil: Challenging Historical and Modern Stereotypes which has been translated into French and Turkish. She is a community activist and lectures frequently, both to Muslim and non-Muslim groups. Originally from Australia, she lives in Canada with her husband and children. She embraced Islam in 1994.

Haroon Siddiqui

Haroon Siddiqui, one of the most honoured journalists in Canada, is a columnist for The Toronto Star, Canada’s largest newspaper.

He has covered or supervised coverage of Canada for 40 years, and reported from nearly 40 countries, including the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Iran-Iraq War, and, lately, the emergence of India as an economic and regional power.

He is a recipient of the Order of Canada, the nation’s highest civilian honour, for advocating “fairness and equality of opportunity in our pluralistic society.” He is also a member of the Order of Ontario. York University conferred on him an honourary doctorate, saying, “his work helps in the creation and sustaining of a contemporary Canada.” The Queen honoured him “for his outstanding service to Canada.”

He is the author of Being Muslim, (Groundwood Books, Toronto and Berkeley, 2006, 2008) about the impact of post-9/11 politics on Muslims. The best-selling book is based on his travels through Europe, the Middle East, South Asia and the Far East.

Siddiqui has done extensive work with the Canadian Newspaper Association, Advertising Standard Canada, Canadian Civil Liberties Association and Ontario Press Council in promoting the concept of “coverage of equal dignity for all groups.” A former president of PEN Canada, he is a director of International PEN, the writers’ group that fights for freedom of expression through its 140 chapters in 101 countries.

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