On July 29—one week from today—the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown University and the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom will host The Interplay between Religious Freedom, Extremism, and Security: Implications for U.S. Policy, which will feature a panel discussion among Ziya Meral, Daniel Philpott, Timothy Samuel Shah, and Monica Duffy Toft.
Posts Tagged ‘extremism’
July 22nd, 2011
Event: The Interplay between Religious Freedom, Extremism, and Security
posted by Charles Gelman
April 26th, 2010
South Park’s politics of religion
posted by Sam HanLong known for lambasting religious groups and celebrities alike (Scientology, thus, being one of the producers’ favorite targets), South Park, the long-running animated series on Comedy Central, made some news recently, when it depicted the Prophet Muhammad during its 200th episode. The episode deliberately blurred the lines of what is understood by “representation” or “depiction” of the Prophet, a question that has been especially touchy in the wake of the Danish cartoon incident.
January 7th, 2010
Responding to terrorism
posted by Jessica PolebaumAt the Huffington Post, John L. Esposito explores the appeal of extremist Islamic stances and suggests how the United States might aptly respond to the threat of terrorism and curtail its spread.
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