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SUMMARY:Confronting Islamism and the Global "Red-Green Axis"
DESCRIPTION:In his presentation "Confronting Islamism and the Global 'Re
 d-Green Axis': Why the Fight Against Antisemitism is the Litmus Test of 
 Honest Muslim Reform\," Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser will examine how political I
 slam fuels antisemitism and radicalization within global Muslim communit
 ies\, why there is no military solution\, and how modern Muslim reform i
 s essential for the security of the West and Israel. He will explain how
  the greatest obstacles to reform are not only Middle Eastern 'petro-Isl
 am' and entrenched Islamist networks but also their alliances with far-l
 eft movements and identity politics in the West.\n\nDr. Jasser will also
  present the work of the CLARITy Coalition\, a diverse coalition of lead
 ers in the US\, Canada\, and Europe\, he co-founded to unite Muslims\, e
 x-Muslims\, and allies in defending liberty\, democracy\, and secular go
 vernance against Islamist tyranny.\n\nAbout the speaker: \n\nDr. M. Zuh
 di Jasser is a prominent activist and expert on jihad\, terrorism\, reli
 gious liberty\, the Mid-East\, and national security policy. He founded 
 the American Islamic Forum for Democracy (in 2003)\, a counter-ideology\
 , counterterrorism\, national security organization based in Phoenix. He
  was presented with the FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award in 2
 007.\n\nDr. Jasser has become a frequent lead witness and trusted subjec
 t-matter expert for several congressional and senate committees over the
  past 12 years. Dr. Jasser was appointed by Senate Minority Leader Mitch
  McConnell (R-KY) to the United States Commission on International Relig
 ious Freedom (USCIRF)\, serving two terms as Commissioner and Vice-Chair
  from 2012 to 2016. Dr. Jasser helped lead and co-found in 2015 the Musl
 im Reform Movement a growing coalition of pro-liberty anti-Islamist Musl
 im reform-minded organizations based in the United States\, Canada and E
 urope. He is also the co-founder and co-chair of the CLARITy Coalition f
 ounded in 2020 to defend Western values against Islamism (political Isla
 m).\n\nDr. Jasser is a contributing author to a number of books\, journa
 ls\, newspapers and reports. He is a frequent columnist and guest on num
 erous media outlets including Fox News\, Newsmax\, Wall Street Journal\,
  Arizona Republic\, National Review\, SkyNews\, CBS\, Al Jazeera\, and B
 BC and many of the top national radio programs and has appeared in sever
 al documentaries. He is the author of the acclaimed 2012 Simon &amp\; Sc
 huster book The Battle for the Soul of Islam: An American Muslim Patriot
  Fight to Save His Faith. He was also featured in the book Conversations
  with the Rabbi by Rabbi Michael Beyo.\n\nDr. Jasser is the son of Syria
 n political refugee immigrants who escaped Syria in 1966 and is a native
  of the small town of Neenah\, Wisconsin. He graduated in 1992 from the 
 Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee on a full U.S. Navy scholarshi
 p. Dr. Jasser served as Medical Department Head aboard the USS El Paso (
 LKA-117) from July 1993 to May 1994 serving in deployment as part of Ope
 ration Restore Hope in Somalia. Dr. Jasser completed his training in int
 ernal medicine at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda\, Maryla
 nd in 1996 and was selected Chief of Residents from 1996-97.  Zuhdi th
 en served as staff internist to the Office of the Attending Physician of
  the U.S. Congress and U.S. Supreme Court from 1997-99. He was awarded t
 he Meritorious Service Medal for this service at the culmination of 11 y
 ears in the Navy in May ‘99.\n\nDr. Jasser has been in private practic
 e in Phoenix specializing in internal medicine (primary care)\, nuclear 
 cardiology\, and medical bioethics since 1999 and is founder and Preside
 nt of the Jasser Center for Comprehensive Care\, in Phoenix.\n\nZuhdi\, 
 and his wife Gada\, who is a clinical oncology pharmacist\, have been ma
 rried over 27 years\, and have three children\, all born and raised in A
 rizona.\n\n&nbsp\;
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