CATO Event featuring CGP Senior Fellow, Muqtedar Khan: Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) is a U.S. government program that provides resources to targeted communities, predominantly American Muslims, ostensibly to root out extremism before it results in violence. The program involves law enforcement agencies that partner with community leaders such as teachers, religious leaders, and health professionals […]
USIP: Extremism in South Asia – New Ways to Respond?
Woodrow Wilson Center: Drivers of Insecurity and Instability in the Middle East and South Asia
Congressional Hearing “Freedom of Belief: Countering Religious Violence”
Fellows Lunch: Islam’s Longest War: Dispatches from Muslim Sacred Sites, Shrines and Conflict Zones
Monday, April 24, 2017 12:30-2PM Main Event Space: New America 740 15th St., N.W., Suite 900. Washington, DC 20005 Hassan Abbas is writing a book about Islam’s internal struggles and spirituality as observed during his travels to sacred Muslim sites and shrines. The basic premise of the book revolves around the idea that the war within Islam […]
Islam: Debating Democracy, Tolerance, and Terrorism
As Western countries are experiencing the growth of far-right political parties — some of which go so far as to view Islam and its adherents as existential threats to western civilization — Muslim populations are facing increased hostility from those who would conflate terrorism with their faith. Some even question whether the faith is compatible […]