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A Foreign Policy Event

Journey into Islam: The Crisis of Globalization

Middle East, Islamic World, Islamic World


Event Summary

Years after the tragic events of 9/11, we are still searching for answers. Seeking to establish dialogue and understanding between Islamic and western cultures, internationally renowned Islamic scholar Akbar Ahmed led a team of dedicated young Americans on a daring and unprecedented tour of the Muslim world. Journey into Islam: The Crisis of Globalization (Brookings Institution Press, 2007) is the riveting story of their search for common ground. Ambassador Ahmed's book is the culmination of a partnership between the Brookings Institution, the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, and American University's School of International Service, which explores the question "who speaks for Islam?" in an era of globalization.

Event Information

When

Wednesday, June 13, 2007
3:30 PM to 5:00 PM

Where

Falk Auditorium
The Brookings Institution
1775 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Map

Contact: Brookings Office of Communications

E-mail: Journey into Islam

Phone: 202.797.6105

On June 13, Brookings hosted a discussion on Ahmed's new book. Rejecting stereotypes and conventional wisdom about Islam and its encounter with globalization, Ahmed offers insightful suggestions on how the United States can improve relations with Muslim nations and peoples. Participants included Professor Ahmed, a nonresident senior fellow at Brookings and Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at American University; Nora Boustany, columnist with the Washington Post; Stephen P. Cohen, senior fellow at Brookings; and Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.). Stephen Grand, director of the Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World, moderated the discussion.

Transcript

Mr. Grand: Welcome. My name is Steve Grand. I'm the Director of the Brookings Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World housed within the Saban Center for Middle East Policy.

We're delighted to have you all here today. On behalf of Brookings and our partners today, the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life and American University, we would like to offer a warm welcome to everyone.

Congressman Keith Ellison will be joining us shortly. His staff has sent his apologies. There are votes underway, and he should be arriving as soon as possible.

The book we will be discussing today, Journey into Islam, grew out of an initiative jointly sponsored by Pew, American University and Brookings on Islam in the Age of Globalization.

Participants

Moderator

Stephen R. Grand

Director, U.S. Relations with the Islamic World

Panelists

Ambassador Aziz Mekouar

Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco to the United States

Keith Ellison

U.S. Representative (D-Minn.)

Stephen P. Cohen

Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy

Presenter

Akbar Ahmed

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy


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