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Sister Loraine McGuire with Little Sisters of the Poor speaks to the media after Zubik v. Burwell, an appeal brought by Christian groups demanding full exemption from the requirement to provide insurance covering contraception under the Affordable Care Act, was heard by the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington March 23, 2016. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - D1AESUEWJUAA

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Moroccan lawmaker Ahmed Sakdi speaks to voters in the town of Tinghir, in southeastern Morocco, August 31, 2015. Campaigning for Friday's local elections, Sakdi made sure to hammer home his Islamist party's anti-corruption message to a few dozen voters listening to his speech in the desert town of Imider. Turnout may have been meagre, but Friday's vote in towns and villages across Morocco will pose an important test for Sakdi's Justice and Development Party (PJD), which leads Morocco's governing coalition.

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Monday, October 9, 2017

On September 16-18, 2017, the Brookings Institution, in conjunction with the State of Qatar, will convene the 13th annual U.S.-Islamic World Forum in New York, NY. The theme of this years Forum is Crisis and Cooperation.

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Experts debate the intersections of Islam, democracy, pluralism, and citizenship in the Middle East

William McCants and Rashid Dar

Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Rethinking political Islam

5:30 PM - 8:00 PM EDT

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Religion & Politics

How to Islamize an Islamic Republic: Jamaat-e-Islami in its own words

Asif Luqman Qazi

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Alia Tunisi (L) and Sharon Suval (2nd L), first grade school teachers, talk to their students during reading hour at the Hand in Hand Arab Jewish bilingual school in Jerusalem December 3, 2014. The Hand in Hand school in Jerusalem presents an almost too-perfect scene in a tense and divided city, where Jews and Arabs do daily business but rarely befriend one other. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

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Supporters of the far right Bayit Yehudi party headed by Naftali Bennett celebrate at the party's headquarters in Ramat Gan, near Tel Aviv January 22, 2013. Hawkish Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu emerged the bruised winner of Israel's election on Tuesday, claiming victory despite unexpected losses to resurgent centre-left challengers. Netanyahu has traditionally looked to religious, conservative parties for backing and is widely expected to seek out self-made millionaire Bennett, who heads the Jewish Home party and stole much of the limelight during the campaign. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

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Privatizing religion: The transformation of Israel’s Religious-Zionist community

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An ultra-Orthodox, or Haredi, Jewish man walks past Israeli soldiers of the Netzah Yehuda Haredi infantry battalion during their swearing-in ceremony in Jerusalem May 26, 2013, marking the end of their basic training in the Israeli Defense Forces. Israel clinched a deal on Wednesday to abolish wholesale exemptions from military service for Jewish seminary students, ending a brief crisis that divided the ruling coalition parties. Picture taken May 26, 2013. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (JERUSALEM - Tags: RELIGION MILITARY POLITICS)

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Religion, state, and the Jewish identity crisis in Israel

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Hawa Bah, (C) mother of Mohamed Bah and people take part in a prayer at one Saint Andrews Plaza in Lower Manhattan, New York, U.S. February 24, 2017. Muslim Leaders lead a prayer action demanding response from US Attorney Preet Bharara and call for investigation and prosecution in NYPD killing of Mohamed Bah. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz - RTS107BH

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The future of religion and U.S. foreign policy under Trump

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Muslim Brotherhood's leader Mohamed Badie waves with the Rabaa sign, symbolizing support for the Muslim Brotherhood, during the trial of 738 brotherhood members for their armed sit-in at Rabaa square, at a court on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt May 31, 2016. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTX2F0QQ

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How likely is a significant split within the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood by 2020?

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Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Members of the Muslim Brotherhood and supporters of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi shout slogans and waves an Egyptian flag during a protest around the Raba El-Adwyia mosque square in Nasr City, in the suburb of Cairo June 29, 2013. Mass demonstrations across Egypt on Sunday may determine its future, two and half years after people power toppled a dictator they called Pharaoh and ushered in a democracy crippled by bitter divisions. The protesters' goal again is to unseat a president, this time their first freely elected leader, the Islamist Mursi. Liberal leaders say nearly half the voting population - 22 million people - have signed a petition calling for change. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTX116HI

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Rethinking political Islam in the 21st century

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Monday, August 21, 2017

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man stands at a view-point overlooking a wooden ramp (C) leading up from Judaism's Western Wall to the sacred compound known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, where the al-Aqsa mosque and the Dome of the Rock shrine stand, in Jerusalem's Old City December 12, 2011. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/File Photo - RTSS5BJ

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Events

2017 U.S.-Islamic World Forum

6:30 PM - Monday Sep 18, 2017 5:00 PM EDT

Freedom of religion and conscience: Restoring civility, protecting pluralism

10:30 AM - 12:15 PM EDT

Islam in France

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

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Cairo University students shout slogans against the government and flash the 'V' and Rabaa signs after the verdict of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's trial, at the university's campus in Giza, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, November 30, 2014. To match Special Report EGYPT-STUDENTS/ REUTERS/Staff/File Photo - RTX2F3NV

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Islamists on Islamism today: An interview with Amr Darrag, leading Muslim Brotherhood figure

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Lebanon's flag flies in front of damaged windows at the Starco building in front of the site of a bomb blast, which killed Lebanon's former Finance Minister Mohamad Chatah, in downtown Beirut December 28, 2013. Chatah, who opposed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, was killed in a massive bomb blast on Friday which one of his political allies blamed on the Shi'ite Hezbollah militia. Former prime minister Saad al-Hariri accused Hezbollah of involvement in the killing of Chatah, his 62-year-old political adviser, saying it was "a new message of terrorism". REUTERS/Jamal Saidi (LEBANON - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) - RTX16VMI

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Islamists on Islamism: An interview with Rabih Dandachli, former leader in Lebanon’s Gamaa al-Islamiyya

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