Professor Sherman Jackson from the University of Southern California was brought to Cornell to give a lecture on Islam and the Common Good.

To be completely honest, I was exhausted during this lecture and did not give it the attention it deserved. It also did not help that the whole lecture was delivered by the professor reading his work instead of a it being a  more unscripted and engaging lecture. However, there are some points I picked up on. I learned that Black Americans make up at least 20% of all Muslims in America and as Professor Jackson said, this makes America unique among Western nations. From what I understood, he explained how loyalty to the Islam religion does not conflict with loyalty to the State and that the values practiced in Islam can be used to uphold the values of common good in America.

Overall, I wish I had been less tired during the lecture and had paid more attention… Sorry!