Hutton Honors College

Discussion Supper with Ahmad Cleaver, Author of Soul on Islam

Monday, March 24, 2008 * 5:30-7 p.m. * Harlos House, 1331 E. Tenth Street
SIGN-UP REQUIRED! (See RSVP details below.)

Mr. Cleaver is the son of Eldridge and Kathleen Cleaver, activists in America’s civil rights movement and for a time members of the Black Panther Party. In 1968, while in prison, Eldridge Cleaver wrote a book of essays titled Soul on Ice and later a book called Soul on Fire. Ahmad Cleaver’s book, Soul on Islam, begins with an account of his life with his parents, including time spent in France, the United States, and Algeria, where he was born and his father spent time in exile, but in greater part is an account of his own spiritual search and conversion to Islam. In an interview he said he wrote his book for non-Muslims, especially post-9/11 America, as a means to explain the real message of Islam and to promote better understanding. Ahmad Cleaver graduated from Cornell University with a degree in Africana Studies and Research. For more than a decade, he has traveled among Muslims in countries within Africa and the Arabian Peninsula and has been studying Arabic and the teachings of Islam under Imams in America, Sudan, Kuwait, and Qatar.

Mr. Cleaver will deliver a public talk at 7:30 p.m., Monday, March 24, in Jordan Hall, A100, on "Misconceptions about Islam and Muslims." His visit to campus has been arranged by the Muslim Student Union and is being co-sponsored by the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures and the Black Student Union.

RSVP: If you would like to attend the supper, please reply as soon as possible by sending an e-mail to eatagi (AT) indiana.edu. Please include in the body of the message your name, e-mail address, phone number, major(s), and year in school. The supper is co-sponsored by the Wells Scholars Program and space is limited so we will let you know by e-mail if a space was available when you replied.

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