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Rob Zaleski: Good idea, but bad timing for Islam conference

Much as he tries, Mustafa Gokcek can’t conceal the disappointment that’s etched in his features.

It was just a week ago today, while welcoming participants to the International Conference on Islam in Madison – a conference he helped organize – that the affable 28-year-old Turkish native and UW-Madison grad student realized he’d made an awful mistake.