Can Islam Tame Islamist Radicalism?: Muslim Sources in the West
The Tocqueville Forum on the Roots of American Democracy presents:Can Islam Tame Islamist Radicalism?:
Muslim Sources in the West
A Lecture By:
Maajid Nawaz
Director of the Quilliam Foundation
Mr. Nawaz will focus his discussion on the challenges faced with scriptural literalism, extremism, Islamism, and foreign ideological influences and interferences with Western Muslim communities. He suggests that by exposing and undermining these forces he can encourage all people, Muslim or not, to begin adjusting to a more pluralistic and traditional Islam set in a modern Western context.
12:00--1:30 P.M. October 28th
Copley Hall Formal Lounge
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Maajid Nawaz, is the Director of the Quilliam Foundation, a counter-extremism think-tank which aims to generate creative thought paradigms through informed and inclusive discussion to counter the Islamist ideology behind terrorism, whilst simultaneously providing evidence-based recommendations to governments for related policy measures. Mr. Nawaz continues this work through writing, debating and media appearances. He has spoken at various fora internationally ranging from the grassroots at City Circle London, to addressing the US Senate in Washington DC and regularly comments on national and international news and newspapers. Maajid holds a BA (Hons) from SOAS in Arabic and Law and an MSc in Political Theory from the London School of Economics (LSE), with modules in ‘Religion and Politics’ and ‘Conflict, Violence and Terrorism’.
To R.S.V.P. Please contact:
Margaret E. Perry, Program Coordinator,
(202) 687-8501
tocquevilleforum@georgetown.edu
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