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The Annual ACMCU Building Bridges of Understanding Award recognizes individuals who have dedicated their life’s work to fostering greater understanding between faith groups.

On April 24, 2013 ACMCU held it's annual conference.

On November 28th, 2012 ACMCU hosted Dr. Abdel-Moneim Abol Fotouh for a discussion titled "The Challenges Facing Post-Revolutionary Egypt".

On April 4, 2012 The Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (ACMCU) hosted a delegation from the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), the political wing of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood.

ACMCU event videos are now available on Vimeo. Above, authors Monica Toft and Timothy Shah discuss their book "God's Century" (September 13, 2011). Click here to watch this and other ACMCU videos.

On October 6-7, 2011, ACMCU and the Turkish Prime Minister’s Office of Public Diplomacy co-hosted a conference in Istanbul, Turkey to discuss democratic transitions after the Arab Spring

On September 8th, 2011 the Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding hosted a program featuring a keynote address by noted scholar Karen Armstrong discussing the tenth anniversary of the September 11th attacks.

"A Leading Islamic Authority Takes on the Radicals: A Major Fatwa Against Terrorism": On Monday, November 8th Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri spoke at the Prince Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding

In October of 2009, ACMCU and the Georgetown University Office of the President hosted Former British PM Tony Blair for A Common Word Between Us and You: A Global Agenda for Change. Click here to learn more about A Common Word

A Welcome Note from ACMCU Founding Director Dr. John L. Esposito

This bridge in Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina, has come to symbolize the divide in the city: to the west live Catholic Croats; to the east, Bosnian Muslims. Click here to learn more about the Center's work building bridges of understanding.

The Latest from ACMCU

'Francis, Rebuild My Church': Will Pope Francis Heed the Call?
John L. Esposito
04/04/13
The Huffington Post
While no one knows what the future will bring, Pope Francis has hit the ground running in projecting the spirit, image and personality that may well make him a much-needed, though at times controversial, bridge within Catholicism

How the Two Candidates Approach the Islamic World
John L. Esposito
10/23/12
RUSI: Royal United Services Institute
Obama was elected four years ago on the promise of a rapprochement with the Arab and Islamic world.

Romney's Approach to Foreign Policy: 'Deja Vu All Over Again?'
John L. Esposito
10/08/12
Huffington Post
Mitt Romney, like GWB before he was elected and some might add after he was elected, knows little about foreign policy.

Terror in Oak Creek, another wake up call for US
John L. Esposito
08/15/12
Al-Jazeera
Racist and vitriolic "us and them" language feeds a culture war that increasingly targets immigrants and non-whites.

Muslim Brotherhood Fields Candidate in Egypt's Presidential Election
04/04/12
C-SPAN
On April 4, a delegation from Egypt's Freedom and Justice Party spoke at Georgetown University. C-SPAN link here.

Getting It Right: "Israel and the Plight of Mideast Christians"
John L. Esposito
03/15/12
Huffington Post

Muslim Americans react to Afghanistan shootings
Maxine Park/USA TODAY
03/14/12
USA Today

The Naked Public Sphere?
03/02/12
The Immanent Frame

A Global War on Christians in the Muslim World?
John L. Esposito
02/23/12
The Huffington Post

Stereotypes about Islam and media-intellectuals: representative trends in “talking” about Islam after 9/11
Laura Sitaru
02/14/12
ACMCU
Research paper by ACMCU Visiting Researcher Laura Sitaru

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Faculty in the News

Funeral director: Hard to find grave for alleged Boston bomber
Ashley Fantz
05/06/13
CNN
There may not be a single cemetery in Massachusetts or in the entire country that is willing to be Tamerlan Tsarnaev's final resting place, a funeral director told CNN on Monday.

Not 'brainwashed': American women who converted to Islam speak out
JoNel Aleccia
04/26/13
USNEWS on NBCNEWS.com
When an American convert to Islam was revealed as the wife of the dead Boston bombing suspect, Lauren Schreiber wasn’t surprised at what came next.

Stop hounding Muslims and mosques over terrorism: Siddiqui
Haroon Siddiqui
04/04/13
Toronto Star
After CBC identified two young Canadians who were part of hostage-taking in Algerian gas plant, media linked London mosques to the terrorism.

How to write about Muslims
Belen Fernandez
04/02/13
Al Jazeera English
Media depictions of Muslims kill two birds with one stone, justifying oppression at home and imperial devastation abroad.

Gulf Women essay series defines the role of Arab women
Ben East
03/27/13
The National
Gulf Women is a new collection of essays from leading international scholars aiming to understand the history of the Gulf and Arab world – with a focus on its women.

Södertörn University Lecture: "The role of the Media in the shaping of European and US Muslim Identities"
03/12/13
Open lecture arranged by the subject of Study of Religions at the School of Historical and Contemporary Studies, Södertörn University and the British Counsil.

Egypt-Iran relations and the Sunni-Shia power struggle
Lauren Madow
03/06/13
GlobalPost
Could a warmer relationship between the two powers diminish sectarian violence?

Impediments to Normalized U.S.-Iranian Relations
Dr. Shireen Hunter
03/05/13
The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs
For nearly four decades after the 1940s, the United States and Iran were close allies and friends.

Visiting lecturer John Esposito: We “need a global sense of pluralism”
Cherry Crayton
02/14/13
Campbell University
Early in his scholarly career, Georgetown University religion professor John Esposito submitted countless proposals for books and journal articles about Islam to academic publishers.

Radio Tahrir Podcast
Radio Tahrir Podcast
02/01/13
Dr. Yvonne Haddad, Georgetown University professor and specialist in the history of Muslims in the US continues our assessment with BN Aziz on gains and setbacks in our community with today's focus on Muslim women and the new generation.

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ACMCU Feature

2012-2013 ACMCU Building Bridges Award Recipients

The Annual ACMCU Building Bridges of Understanding Award recognizes individuals who have dedicated their life’s work to fostering greater understanding between faith groups.