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A Welcome Note from Director John L. Esposito
"The Prince Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding is concerned with Islam and the West and Islam in the West. The Center, since its creation in 1993, has built bridges of understanding between the Muslim world and the West, addressing stereotypes of Islam and Muslims and issues and questions such as the clash of civilizations, and the compatibility of Islam and modern life - from democratization and pluralism to the status of women, minorities and human rights - and American foreign policy in the Muslim world."
-John L. Esposito
ACMCU Opinion Pieces
- Free Speech and Muslims in Europe
By Dalia Mogahed and John L. Esposito
(Re-printed courtesy of On Faith)The film “Fitna,” released on the internet last week by Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilder, is the latest attempt by a marginal European politician to turn prejudice into political capital.
Still reeling from the Danish cartoon crisis, many Dutch public officials have... [full text]- Muslim true/false: What you think you know about them is likely wrong -- and that's dangerous.
By John L. Esposito and Dalia Mogahed
(Re-printed courtesy of the LA Times)
Winning hearts and minds -- the Bush administration, foreign policy wonks, even the U.S. military agree that this is the key to any victory over global terrorism. Yet our public diplomacy program has made little progress on improving America's image. Few seem to recognize that American ignoranc... [full text]
- Christians, Muslims Move Ahead on Global Talks
By Jane Lampman
(Re-printed courtesy of the Christian Science Monitor)
Gatherings of top religious leaders and even some heads of state will take place this year in the United States, at the Vatican, and in Britain, aimed at defusing tensions between the West and the Muslim world.
The first-of-their-kind dialogues – which will kick off in July – will begin with theological discussio... [full text]
This bridge is on every postcard of Mostar in Bosnia-Herzegovina, though it was blown up a decade ago during the Yugoslav war. It has come to symbolize the divide in the city: to the west live Catholic Croats; to the east, Bosnian Muslims.