Wilson Center Discussion on India and Pakistan
The Wilson Center hosts a discussion on the relationship between India and Pakistan over the past 75 years since Britain partitioned India along religious lines to form Pakistan.
292 viewsThe Wilson Center hosts a discussion on the relationship between India and Pakistan over the past 75 years since Britain partitioned India along religious lines to form Pakistan.
292 viewsThe U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom held a hearing to discuss efforts to combat antisemitism around the world. The commission heard from panelists from the State Departmen…
944 viewsAmerican University professor Akbar Ahmed talked about his book, The Thistle and the Drone: How America’s War on Terror Became a Global War on Tribal Islam. He also talked about the debate o…
1,190 viewsMs. Scroggins uses the lives of two well-known Muslim women to explore two distinct perspectives on the war on terror and Islamic fundamentalists. Somali-born Ayaan Hirsi Ali fights against …
926 viewsAkbar Ahmed and Aaron David Miller talked about President Obama’s previous day speech on the Middle East and North Africa, and U.S. policy in the region. They also responded to telephone cal…
421 viewsAkbar Ahmed and his team of American assistants visited Muslim communities in 75 towns and cities in the U.S. to find out the views of people there on various topics including religion, terr…
831 viewsAkbar Ahmed talked about President Obama’s speech in Cairo, which highlighted U.S. relations with the Muslim world, and he responded to telephone calls and electronic correspondence. Profess…
119 viewsBernard Lewis, along with author and former Pakistani Ambassador to England, Akbar Ahmed, held a discussion on the "Islamic World". They discussed the role of Islam and Islamic states, from …
652 viewsMark Siegel talked about former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto’s book Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy, and the West, published by Harper. Mark Siegel, Benazir Bhutto’s longtime fri…
428 viewsAkbar Ahmed talked about his book Journey into Islam: The Crisis of Globalization, published by Brookings Institution Press. Following the September 11 terrorist attacks, Professor Ahmed tra…
207 viewsAkbar Ahmed, the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at American University, was interviewed about Islamic fundamentalism, why he believes some terrorists act in the name of Islam, and his …
2,764 viewsWitnesses testified about relations between the U.S. and Arab countries, public opinion of U.S. foreign policy by the Muslim world, public diplomacy efforts by U.S. officials, and the cataly…
855 viewsAsra Nomani discussed her book Standing Alone in Mecca: An American Woman’s Struggle for the Soul of Islam, published by HarperSanFrancisco. She discussed her campaign against sexism in her…
419 viewsParticipants spoke to students about religious tolerance, the quality and importance of interfaith dialog, levels of religious adherence in the U.S, and the value of religious understanding …
99 viewsAt an event hosted by The Close Up Foundation, guests discussed efforts to promote understanding between Muslims and Jews. Professor Judea Pearl talked about the murder of his son, Daniel, b…
73 viewsProfessor Ahmed discussed his book Resistance and Control in Pakistan, originally published in Great Britain and recently released in the United States by Routledge. He examined the internal…
106 viewsRAND International Security & Defense Policy Director James Dobbins moderated a panel on partnerships for the reconstruction of Afghanistan. The panel talked about such topics as repatriatio…
259 viewsProfessor Akbar Ahmed talked about his book, Islam Under Siege: Living Dangerously in a Post-Honour World, published by Polity/Blackwell. He examined the traditional and contemporary events …
135 viewsProfessor Akbar Ahmed, the author of Islam Under Seige, and Joyce Davis, the author of Martyrs: Innocence, Violence, Vengeance, and Despair in the Middle East, talked about Islam and its cha…
61 viewsMatthew Miller moderated the panel Cauldron of Turmoil: The Middle East. The panelists discussed the influence of history and religion on people and difficulties in cross-cultural understand…
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