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Mehnaz M. Afridi

My dream is about diversity and Identity, my dream is about a country that includes all others with the message of Islam that echoes its message of peace, humanity, and non-violence. 4

– Mehnaz Afridi on Pakistan

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Known For: Director of the Manhattan College Holocaust Resource Center
Country: United States

About

Dr. Afridi is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Director of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Interfaith Education Center at Manhattan College. The Center’s goal is to promote interfaith dialogue among Muslims, Jews, and Christians based on the educational mission of the college.  Many of Dr. Afridi’s publications have focused on themes of Muslim identity with an emphasis on the way that anti-Semitism has been expressed by her contemporaries.

Her recent research projects focus on Europe and Islam, as well as Muslims and Jews in Italian culture.  Dr. Afridi has taught at Antioch University, National University, American Intercontinental University, and Loyola Marymount University. She received her doctorate in religious studies from the University of South Africa and master’s and bachelor’s degrees from Syracuse University.  In addition, Dr. Afridi has taught in Rome and participated in a seminar sponsored by the National Endowment of Humanities on Jews and Italian Culture in Venice, Italy. She has been invited by the University of Munich to present her work on Egypt: A Nexus of Anti-Semitism and has published an article entitled Sacred Tropes: The Qur’an Cruel or Compassionate, published by Brill. Her current book project is The Shoah Through Muslim Eyes.

 

[1] Manhattan College: Manhattan College Celebrates Expansion Of The Holocaust Resource Center With a Community Reception.
[2] ibid.
[3] ibid.
[4] Mehnaz Afridi

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