ACMCU 2011-2012 Annual Report

EDMUND A . WAL SH SCHOOL OF FOREIGN SERVICE GEORGETOWN UNIVERSIT Y

Celebrating 20 Years of Building Bridges of Understanding

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2011–2012

ANNUAL REPORT 2011−2012

TABLE OF CONTENTS History and Mission ........................................................................................... 1 Academic Programs .......................................................................................... 2 Academic Council Members................................................................................. 3 Center Faculty and Consultants ........................................................................... 4 Center Staff and Fellows .................................................................................... 5 Visiting Researchers and Alwaleed Bin Talal Scholars ................................................ 6 Center Courses ................................................................................................ 7 Programs and Events ......................................................................................... 8

Year-End Faculty Reports John L. Esposito, University Professor and Founding Director ....................................20 John O. Voll, Professor of Islamic History and Associate Director ...............................29 Yvonne Y. Haddad, Professor of the History of Islam and Christian−Muslim Relations .............................................................................35 Syafaatun Almirzanah, Malaysia Chair of Islam in Southeast Asia ................................42 Jonathan A.C. Brown, Associate Professor of Islamic Studies and Muslim-Christian Understanding ............................................................................................45 Shireen T. Hunter, Visiting Professor .................................................................49 Susan Douglass, ACMCU Education Consultant ......................................................52

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HISTORY AND MISSION The Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, renamed the Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (ACMCU) in 2006, was founded in 1993 by an agreement between the Fondation pour l'Entente entre Chrétiens et Musulmans, Geneva and Georgetown University to build stronger bridges of understanding between the Muslim world and the West as well as between Islam and Christianity. In 2006, the Center was renamed the Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding in recognition of a generous gift from Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to guarantee the future of the Center and to support its mission and activities. The Center’s mission is to improve relations between the Muslim world and the West and enhance understanding of Muslims in the West by addressing stereotypes of Islam, warnings of a clash of civilizations, and questions regarding the compatibility of Islam and modern life, from democratization and pluralism, to the status of women, minorities, and human rights.

Since the renaming of the Center in 2006 through the end of the 2011-2012 Academic Year, Center faculty have published 35 books and monographs, 513 articles and chapters, given 929 presentations outside of the classroom, and participated in over 1,112 media interviews. During that time the Center has organized and run over 254 programs, issued five new installments of its Occasional Papers series, and hosted 27 fellows and researchers from Pakistan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Spain, Canada, Malaysia, Egypt, Bangladesh, China, Romania, and the USA. In the 2011-2012 Academic Year, ACMCU faculty published four books, 44 articles and chapters, gave 129 presentations outside of the classroom and participated in 77 media interviews.

The Center’s goals, both national and international in scope, are achieved through teaching, publications, media interviews, consulting, symposia, briefings, and international conferences. In the 2011-2012 Academic Year, ACMCU hosted 48 conferences, meetings and symposia. That same year, ACMCU offered 20 courses for both undergraduate and graduate students, comprised of 300 students, and advised or mentored 45 independent studies and theses. In addition, Center faculty members serve as consultants to government leaders, diplomats, policymakers, corporate executives, and members of the media.

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ACADEMIC PROGRAMS The Center currently offers two academic programs: Certificate Program in Islam and Muslim-Christian Relations The certificate program is a defined but flexible academic program for undergraduate students in the School of Foreign Service. To obtain the certificate, students must complete two foundation courses, three elective courses, and complete advanced research in one capstone course. The program has completed its fourteenth year, with five students receiving certificates in 2012.

Master of Arts degree in Liberal Studies, Concentration in Islam and Muslim-Christian Relations Students in the program may focus on: The Religion of Islam, Muslim Belief and Practice; The History of Muslim-Christian Communities, as they have developed and interacted through the centuries; and Muslim-Christian Encounters Today, globally and in the United States, where Muslims constitute an important minority. In 2011-2012, three students in the Liberal Studies program pursued a concentration in Islam and Muslim-Christian Relations.

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ACMCU ACADEMIC COUNCIL 2011–2012 J. Bryan Hehir—Co-chair

Rosalind Hackett

Parker Gilbert Montgomery Professor of the Practice of Religion and Public Life, John F. Kennedy School of Government Harvard University

Professor and Department Head of Religious Studies University of Tennessee

Sulayman Nyang—Co-chair

Muqtedar Khan

Professor, Department of African Studies Howard University

Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations University of Delaware

Hibba Abugideiri

Thomas Michel, S.J.

Assistant Professor of History Villanova University

Senior Fellow, Woodstock Theological Center Georgetown University

Asma Afsaruddin

James Piscatori

Professor, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures Indiana University

Professor of International Relations and Head of School, School of Government and International Affairs Durham University

Charles Butterworth Professor of Government and Politics University of Maryland

Emad Shahin

Juan Cole

Professor Public Policy and Administration Department School of Global Affairs and Public Policy American University in Cairo

Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History University of Michigan

Tamara Sonn

Leila Fawaz

William R. Kenan, Jr., Distinguished Professor of Humanities College of William & Mary

Issam M. Fares Professor of Lebanese and Eastern Mediterranean Studies, and Founding Director of Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies Tufts University

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CENTER FACULTY Alwaleed Bin Talal Professors John L. Esposito University Professor and Founding Director

John O. Voll Professor of Islamic History and Associate Director

Yvonne Y. Haddad Professor of the History of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations

Full-Time Professors Syfaatun Almirzanah Malaysia Chair of Islam in S.E. Asia

Jonathan A.C. Brown Associate Professor of Islamic Studies and Muslim-Christian Understanding

Shireen T. Hunter Visiting Professor

Amira El-Azhary Sonbol Professor of Islamic History, Law, and Society

Adjunct Faculty Diane Apostolos-Cappadona Adjunct Professor

CONSULTANTS Susan Douglass ACMCU Education Consultant

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CENTER STAFF Alexa Poletto

Kevin Pruyn

Associate Director

Program Coordinator

Jessica Chilin

Mona Mogahed

Executive Assistant

Conference Coordinator

FELLOWS Margot Badran

Dan Madigan

Senior Fellow; Independent Scholar

Senior Fellow; Associate Professor, Theology Department

Osman Bin Bakar Senior Fellow; Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur; Deputy CEO, International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies, Malaysia

Heba Raouf Ezzat

Ali Mazrui Senior Fellow; Albert Schweitzer Professor in the Humanities and Director of the Institute of Global Cultural Studies, Binghamton University, SUNY

Visiting Senior Fellow; Professor, Department of Political Science, Cairo University; Affiliated Professor, American University in Cairo (AUC)

Thomas Michel, S.J.

Magid Fakhry

Iqbal Unus

Senior Fellow; Emeritus Professor, Georgetown University

Senior Fellow; Woodstock Theological Center at Georgetown University

Anwar Ibrahim

Visiting Fellow; Adviser, The Fairfax Institute, International Institute of Islamic Thought; Visiting Research Associate, AVACGIS, George Mason University

Senior Fellow; former Malaysia Chair; former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia

Imtiyaz Yusuf

Ibrahim Kalin Senior Fellow; Chief Advisor to the Prime Minister of Turkey

Senior Fellow; Program Director, Dept of Religion, Graduate School of Philosophy and Religion, Assumption University

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VISITING RESEARCHERS Julianne Hazen

Onder Kucukural

United States

Turkey

Laura Sitaru Romania

ALWALEED BIN TALAL SCHOLARS Celeste Holmes Georgetown University

Shazia Kamal Georgetown University

Dorothee Kellou Georgetown University

Younus Mirza Georgetown University

Hadia Mubarak Georgetown University

Melanie Trexler Georgetown University

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ACMCU COURSES 2011−2012 Fall 2011 • Arab Intellectuals in the Modern World, Yvonne Haddad (HIST 564) • Muslims in Western Art, Diane Apostolos-Cappadona (INAF 233) • Islam, Revolution and US-Iran Relations, Shireen Hunter (INAF 408) • Islam and Politics in Southeast Asia, Syafaatun Almirzanah (INAF 403) • Islam and the West, Jonathan Brown (INAF 100) • Muslims in the West, Yvonne Haddad (HIST 363) • Islamic Modernism, John Voll (HIST 468) • Islamic Movements, John Voll (HIST 761) • Religion and International Affairs, John L. Esposito (INAF 350) • Shi’ism and Radical Politics in Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Shireen Hunter (INAF 494) • The Islamic World, Jonathan Brown (HIST 109)

Spring 2012 • Revolutionary Thought in Islam, Yvonne Haddad (HIST 364) • Interfaith Dialogue in Southeast Asia, Syafaatun Almirzanah (INAF 477) • Muslims and Christians in Hollywood, Diane Apostolos-Cappadona (INAF 249) • Muslim-Christian Relations in World History, John Voll, (INAF 441) • Islam, Women, and Social Change, Yvonne Haddad (INAF 498) • Religion and Politics in Contemporary Iran, Shireen Hunter (INAF 421) • Contemporary Activist Islamic Intellectuals, John Voll (411) • Sufism in Comparative Perspectives, Syafaatun Almirzanah (INAF 451) • Islam and Politics, Shireen Hunter (INAF 393)

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ACMCU PROGRAMS AND EVENTS May 23 - 25, 2012 – Conference: “Understanding Religious Pluralism: Perspectives from Religious Studies and Theology.” Religious diversity and pluralism, though a constant feature of human history, is being increased in our time, especially by migration, globalization, and geopolitical events. It has emerged as one of the key issues for the promotion of world peace and religious harmony. This conference was an opportunity for scholars in religion and theology to discuss issues of religious pluralism. Four keynote speakers explored religious pluralism and its impact on religious studies and theology: Thomas Tweed (University of Texas at Austin) on religious pluralism and religious studies; Paula Fredriksen (Boston University) on religious pluralism in Judaism and Early Christianity; Thomas Michel, S.J. (Woodstock Theological Center, Georgetown University) on religious pluralism in Islam; and S. Mark Heim (Andover Newton Theological School) on religious pluralism and theology. There was also a graduate student preconference held on Wednesday, May 23 and concurrent panel sessions on Thursday, May 24. This conference was cosponsored by ACMCU, the Department of Theology, the Georgetown College, the Berkley Center, and the Ignacio Ellacuria Chair for Catholic Social Thought.

May 17, 2012 – International Visitor Meeting. ACMCU Professor Shireen Hunter met with four distinguished individuals from Tajikistan who were participating in an International Visitor Leadership Program project entitled “Promotion of Interfaith Dialogue.” The project participants are religious leaders and government officials. They visited as part of a State Department IVLP group organized by World Learning.

May 16, 2012 – Panel Discussion: “Breaking the impasse between Iran and the US.” During the last three decades, the United States and Iran, despite continued animosity, have on many occasions tried to negotiate, and at times have even come together on a negotiation table.

However, none of these attempts could be sustained and today both countries struggle to engage substantially on the issues that divide them. Why can’t the two sides negotiate and how might the problem be addressed? The panel brought together a number of American and Iranian officials as well as experts to discuss the dilemma and offer solutions. This event was cosponsored by ACMCU and the American Iranian Council.

May 15, 2012 – International Visitor Meeting. ACMCU Professor Shireen Hunter met with a delegation from Morocco. The delegates discussed Muslim-Christian interfaith dialogue in the United States.

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May 14, 2012 – Cosponsored Event: “Symposium on Religious Freedom and the Rights of Minorities in Islam.” The Islamic Society of North America and ACMCU presented a Symposium on Religious Freedom and the Rights of Minorities in Islam. Scholars and academics of Islam discussed the historical legacy of religious minorities in Muslim-majority societies, and how concepts of pluralism and minority rights can be examined in a contemporary context, particularly following the dramatic developments of the Arab Spring. Speakers included Imam Mohamed Magid, Jamal Badawi, Jonathan Brown, John L. Esposito, Shaykh Abdallah bin Bayyah, Qamar-ul Huda, Amb. Ebrahim Rasool, and Tamara Sonn. This symposium provided an opportunity for academics, government officials, diplomats, and other experts based in Washington, D.C. to engage in these discussions.

April 30, 2012 – Briefing: “Women and the Arab Spring” with Nimah Nawwab. Saudi Arabian author Nimah Nawwab's engaging talks in countries across the East and West help build bridges of understanding to an often still mysterious realm - that of the women of Arabia.

Nawwab offered a rare glimpse into the lives of Saudi women as well as their economic, political, and spiritual challenges. Her latest book, Canvas of the Soul: Mystic Poems from the Heartland of Arabia, and her other publications were also referenced in this interactive lecture event.

April 27, 2012 – Film Screening: “Walking with the Egyptians” with Theodore Voorhees. The film “Walking with the Egyptians” was made as part of an independent study with ACMCU Adjunct Professor Max Gross. Filmed on location in Cairo in early December 2011, the documentary centers around the Egyptian revolution, the Arab Spring, and the ongoing Egyptian elections. It also features interviews with Middle East experts such as John L. Esposito, John Voll, and Natalie Khazaal.

April 23, 2012 – Cosponsored Event: “Social Justice and Peacebuilding in Islam” with Imam Hassan al-Qazwini. Imam al-Qazwini, leader of the Islamic Center of America, the largest and oldest Muslim community in the United States, visited Georgetown to present a public lecture on social justice and peacebuilding in Islam. This event was cosponsored by ACMCU and the Georgetown University Office of the Muslim Chaplaincy.

April 23, 2012 – International Visitor Meeting. A delegation of female religious leaders from Jordan visited ACMCU to discuss the role of religion in the US, interfaith programs which promote understanding and dialogue, and how women can be leaders in the field of religion and in the community.

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April 19, 2012 – Cosponsored Event: “Wham! Bam! Islam!” Film Screening with Dr. Naif Al-Mutawa, Creator of “The 99.” The documentary “Wham! Bam! Islam!” is about Dr. Naif Al-Mutawa, a Kuwaiti psychologist who launched a comic series with 99 superheroes based on the 99 virtues of Allah. The screening was followed by a Q&A with Dr. Al-Mutawa, moderated

by Cynthia Schneider, Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy. This event was cosponsored by ACMCU and the Mortara Center for International Studies.

April 17, 2012 – Briefing: “Picturing Muslim Women from Subjects and Patrons to Artists and Critics” with Diane Apostolos-Cappadona. This illustrated lecture incorporated a variety of themes beginning with the question of Islamic art and the imaging of Muslim women in both western and non-western art. The motifs of Muslim women and the visual art extends beyond the traditional category of “woman as subject” to include their littleacknowledged standing as artists, patrons, curators, critics, and consumers.

April 15, 2012 – Cosponsored Event: “Islamic Learning Series: How to Treat the Quran Seminar” with Imam Yahya Hendi. As part of Georgetown University's Islamic Learning Series, Muslim Chaplain Yahya Hendi focused this seminar on modern interpretations of the Qur'an as well as the correct practices surrounding its handling and analysis. This event was cosponsored by ACMCU and the Georgetown University Office of the Muslim Chaplaincy.

April 11, 2012 – Briefing: “The Regional Implications of Shia-Sunni Sectarian Conflict in the Middle East and South Asia” with Vali Nasr. Over the past decade sectarianism has emerged as a major fault line in Middle East politics. Tensions between Shias and Sunnis have found new meaning in light of the Arab uprisings of the past year to define regional rivalries from the Levant to the Persian Gulf. The conflict in Syria, tensions in Bahrain, Lebanon and Yemen, simmering violence in Iraq and the larger regional rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia all tell of the growing importance of the Shia-Sunni sectarian divide. This event was cosponsored by ACMCU and Georgetown University’s Center for Security Studies.

April 4, 2012 – Panel Discussion: “A Conversation with the Political Wing of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood.” ACMCU hosted a delegation from the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), the political wing of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood. The panelists included Abdul Mawgoud Dardery, an FJP member of parliament from Luxor and a member of the Foreign Relations Committee; Hussein El-Kazzaz, a businessman and advisor to the Muslim Brotherhood and FJP; Sondos Asem, senior editor of the FJP's official website and member of the Foreign Relations Committee; and Khaled Al-Qazzaz, foreign relations coordinator for the FJP. ACMCU Founding Director and University Professor John L. Esposito moderated the panel. The delegation

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discussed a brief history of Egypt prior to the uprisings of 2011 and went on to define their role in the political process leading up to the presidential elections. Examining various social, cultural, economic, and political frameworks, the members of the delegation contextualized Egypt in the post-Mubarak era, detailing their vision not only for their party, but for Egypt as well. The panel discussion was followed by a Q&A session with the audience.

April 3, 2012 – Briefing: “Post-Revolutionary Women’s Rights in Iran: Unlikely Feminists” with Shireen Hunter. With the fall of the Shah and the Islamization of society under the Khomeini regime, Iranian feminists have been in debates on the role of women in Islamic society. ACMCU Professor Shireen Hunter shed light on some of these debates and discussed the status of post-revolutionary women's rights in Iran.

March 26, 2012 – Panel Discussion: “Preparing for Egypt's Presidential Elections and the Transition to Civilian Rule.” This panel discussion, co-sponsored by ACMCU, the Egyptian American Rule of Law Association (EARLA), and the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS), explored the political and legal implications of Egypt’s recent parliamentary elections and forthcoming presidential elections. The discussion brought together experts to analyze post-revolution legal reforms and election laws, specifically asking how these laws have affected minority groups and parties, and offering recommendations for future reforms to help ensure free, fair, and accessible elections. Panelists also examined the results of the parliamentary elections: why did the Muslim Brotherhood and Nour party win such a large majority while the secular and liberal parties performed so poorly? Finally, panelists considered the elections’ impact on democracy in Egypt and relations with the United States, with special attention paid to U.S democracy-promotion efforts in the country.

March 24, 2012 – Cosponsored Event: “Nowruz 1391.” This Annual Nowruz celebration was cosponsored by ACMCU, the Iranian Cultural Society, and the Georgetown University Student Association.

March 22, 2012 – Book Event: When Mystic Masters Meet: Towards a New Matrix for Christian-Muslim Dialogue with Syafaatun Almirzanah. This book is a study of the role mystical discourse and experience can play in Christian-Muslim dialogue as a subset of interfaith dialogue in general. It concentrates on the work of two great medieval mystic masters, one Muslim, the other Christian. The Christian is a German Dominican mystic, Mesiter Eckhart.

The Muslim is Muhyi al-Din al-Arabi, a Sufi teacher known as the Greatest Master. It tries to articulate conversation points between the two discourses, which might serve as nodes for a possible new matrix for Christian-Muslim dialogue.

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March 21, 2012 – Briefing: “Saudi Arabia and the Gulf: Looking for the Arab Spring” with Natana DeLong-Bas. In the midst of the Arab Spring, Saudi Arabia alone seems to have escaped public protests over corruption, authoritarianism and the quest for more equitable sharing of benefits. This impression masks the realities of life and reform within the Kingdom. Dr. DeLong-Bas’s presentation explored some of the ways in which Saudi Arabia is working to address the challenges of the Arab Spring from a long-term perspective, offering analysis in areas of both stability and uncertainty for the future.

March 18, 2012 – Cosponsored Event: “Islamic Learning Series: Hadith and Sunnah Seminar” with Imam Yahya Hendi. Muslim Chaplain Yahya Hendi discussed the science of how to assess the authority of sunnah and hadith. This event was cosponsored by ACMCU and the Georgetown University Office of the Muslim Chaplaincy.

March 15, 2012 – Book Event: Hamas: From Resistance to Government with Paola Caridi. Italian journalist and historian Paola Caridi discussed the Palestinian Islamist movement's political strategy from their participation in the 2006 elections up to the Second Arab Awakening. Caridi contributed to the founding of the press agency Lettera22 and has worked with several Italian dailies, weeklies, and reviews. Hamas: From Resistance To Government, her second book, was published in Italy in 2009 and in Palestine in March 2010.

March 13, 2012 – Cosponsored Event: “Islam in South Africa and America” with Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool. Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool is South Africa’s Ambassador to the United States. Before his most recent diplomatic assignment, Amb. Rasool was a Member of Parliament in the National Assembly, Special Advisor to the State President of the Republic of South Africa and Premier (governor of the Western Cape Province). This event was cosponsored

by ACMCU and African Studies.

March 5, 2012 – International Visitor Meeting. Fifteen guests from the Middle East and North Africa hosted by World Learning participated in an International Visitor Leadership Program called “Interfaith Dialogue.” They met with ACMCU Professor Yvonne Haddad.

February 23, 2012 – Briefing: “Iran: Parliamentary Elections under the Shadow of War” with Shireen Hunter and Hooshang Amirahmadi. In this panel, speakers discussed some of the key forces competing for power in Iran’s parliamentary elections. The March 2012 elections for the ninth parliament since the Islamic Revolution in Iran took place under the shadow of international sanctions and the threat of war. Therefore the ruling elite, although highly divided, sought large-scale participation in the elections as a sign of popular support for

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the Islamic system. Meanwhile, the reformist camp was officially absent and aimed at discrediting the elections by claiming that the results were determined not by the people, but by powerful elements of the regime. The speakers explained that the elections were hotly contested because of the deep splits within the conservative ranks and the likelihood that some reformists would take part in the elections under the banner of more moderate conservatives.

February 22, 2012 – Briefing: “Between Moral Absolutism and Relativism: Religious Discourses on Gender in Turkey” with Onder Kucukural. In this briefing, Istanbul-based PhD candidate Onder Kucukural shared his research about gender in Turkey. Kucukural is a PhD candidate in the Political Science program at Sabanci University, Istanbul and a Visiting Researcher at ACMCU, currently working on his dissertation thesis on “Religious Reasoning and Pluralism in Turkish Society.”

February 15, 2012 – Paper Presentation: “Politics of Informality: On the Power of the Public Spheres of Egypt” with Heba Raouf. Dr. Raouf discussed how the Egyptian revolution can be approached through the lenses of informality, how the old social movements paved the way for new ones, and how the moment of change crystallized through informal actions. While politics has long been studied from a modernist systemic approach, sociology has been trying to relate the form to relations of power and ideologies have addressed power and thought as being in a dialectical multi-dimensional relation. Yet even the shift from old to new social movements did not grasp the emergence of a new rationale of political agency. Informality is a concept that needs to be introduced here to allow better understanding of the political in its different manifestations and transformations.

February 14, 2012 – Briefing: “Guantanamo: The rule of law or the law of ever changing rules?” with Nancy Hollander. In her discussion about Guantanamo Bay, internationally renowned criminal defense lawyer Nancy Hollander provided an update on the pending military commission cases, pending habeas cases, and the continuing flexibility of the rules that apply in these cases.

February 13, 2012 – Briefing: “Establishing a New Political Party in Egypt: A First Hand Account” with Ahmed Abou-bakr and Tayseer Fahmy. Dr. Abou-bakr spoke about his and his wife’s (actress Tayseer Fahmy) experiences as protestors during the revolution, Tayseer's decision to run for the Maglis al-Shaab (People’s Assembly), their joint decision to establish a party (making her the first woman to lead a political party in Egypt), the challenges creating a new party presented, and their experiences during the elections. This event was cosponsored by ACMCU and the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies.

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February 9, 2012 – Panel Discussion: “One Year Later: Has the Arab Spring Lived Up to Expectations?” One year after protestors took to the streets across the Arab World, the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding and ACMCU hosted an engaging panel on what progress has been made on the ground and where the revolutions will go from here. Panelists included John L. Esposito, Heba Raouf, and Radwan Ziadeh, with moderator Farid Senzai.

February 8, 2012 – Book Event: Islam Through Western Eyes: From the Crusades to the War on Terrorism with Jonathan Lyons. In Islam Through Western Eyes, Jonathan Lyons unpacks Western habits of thinking and writing about Islam, conducting a careful analysis of the West's grand totalizing narrative across one thousand years of history. He observes the discourse’s corrosive effects on the social sciences, including sociology, politics, philosophy, theology, international relations, security studies, and human rights scholarship. He follows its influence on research, speeches, political strategy, and government policy, preventing the West from responding effectively to its most significant 21 century challenges: the rise of Islamic power, the emergence of religious violence, and the growing tension between established social values and multicultural rights among Muslim immigrant populations.

January 30, 2012 – Briefing: “Arab Spring: A View from Libya” with Tamara Sonn.

One of the three North African countries that recently freed itself from dictatorship, Libya shares many characteristics with its neighbors Tunisia and Egypt. But its history of Italian colonial rule, followed by a brief monarchy and the protracted dictatorship of Mu`ammar al-Qadhdhafi, make it unique. Professor Sonn shared insights gathered on a trip to the former Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriyya.

November 30, 2011 – Book Event: Islamic Pacifism: Global Muslims in the PostOsama Era with Arsalan Iftikhar. With the tragic rise of extremism and global racism around the world today, the sociopolitical philosophy of 'Islamic Pacifism' is a humanitarian ethical platform rooted within the general concepts of nonviolence and basic Muslim ethical teachings of mercy and compassion towards all of humanity. From the global Muslim response to September 11 to analyzing the concept of 'The Golden Rule' within Islamic tradition to highlighting the contributions of historical Muslim pacifist giants from our recent past, this book 'Islamic Pacifism' shall offer young girls and boys of all colors and religions around the world a nonviolent antidote to many of our shared social and political issues affecting our globe today.

November 17, 2011 – Briefing: “Contemporary Trends in American Muslim women’s ‘feminist’ activism in the 21st century” with Leila Ahmed. The first decade of the 21st

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century witnessed the emergence of a newly exuberant and dynamic American Muslim “feminist” activism. Reminiscent in some ways in its liveliness of the American feminist movement of the 1960s and 70s, this contemporary movement appears to be occurring above all among American Muslim women and thus in relation specifically to Islam. Outlining some of its most notable developments through this decade, Dr. Ahmed also described some of the historical and social conditions contributing to the emergence of this newly invigorated American Muslim “feminist” activism.

November 15, 2011 – Cosponsored Event: “Music in Oman: Politics, Identity, Time, and Space in the Sultanate.” ACMCU partnered with the Sultan Qaboos Center and the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies to host a colloquium on music in Oman. The presentations included “Mozart in Muscat: Politics, Performance, and Patronage in Oman” by Nasser Al-Taee, Director of Education and Outreach, Royal Opera House, Muscat; “African Identities, Afro-Omani Music, and the Official Constructions of a Musical Past” by Majid Al Harthy, Assistant Professor of Music/Musicology/Ethnomusicology, Sultan Qaboos University; and “The Musical Design of National Space and Time in Oman” by Anne K. Rasmussen, Associate Professor of Music and Ethnomusicology and Chair of the Department of Music, College of William & Mary. The event was moderated by D.A. Sonneborn, who is an Associate Director at the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage at the Smithsonian Institution.

October 31, 2011 – Briefing: “Yes to Palestine” with HRH Prince Turki Al-Faisal.

Former Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United States and Chairman of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies HRH Prince Turki Al-Faisal visited ACMCU to reiterate his full support of a Palestinian state. HRH is a Trustee of the Oxford Islamic Center at Oxford University and the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS) at Georgetown University. He is also a Commissioner at the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament.

HRH received an honorary Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Ulster in 2010 and is a Visiting Distinguished Professor at Georgetown University.

October 27, 2011 – Building Bridges Award: Honoring Patriarch Michel Sabbah and Dr. Fathi Osman. The Annual ACMCU Building Bridges of Understanding Award recognizes individuals who have dedicated their life’s work to fostering greater understanding between faith groups. The first recipients were Professors Hans Kung and Sulayman Nyang. This year, the award honored two remarkable figures, Patriarch Michel Sabbah and the late Dr. Fathi Osman, whose efforts to promote interfaith relations, peace-building and social justice have been extraordinary. Through their tireless work and often in the face of adversity, Patriarch Sabbah and Dr. Osman devoted their lives to furthering the most basic of human rights: justice and

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equality for all people. The event also featured a presentation by Dr. Ghada Osman on her book A Journey in Islamic Thought: The Life of Fathi Osman.

October 25, 2011 – Colloquium: “Orality and Oral Performance in Judaism and Islam.” This one-day colloquium on “Orality and Oral Performance in Judaism and Islam” was cosponsored by ACMCU and the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. The colloquium sought to start a productive conversation between experts from Rabbinic and Jewish scriptural studies, Islamic legal and scriptural studies, and respondents specializing in issues of orality and written text in the Christian tradition.

October 20, 2011 – Briefing: “Arab Spring: Challenges and Prospects in Transitioning from Dictatorship to Democracy” with John L. Esposito. Informed by discussions at an ACMCU workshop in Istanbul featuring political activists and leaders from Egypt, Tunisia, Gaza, and Syria, with leaders of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, Tunisia's Ennahda, and academic and government experts, as well as Gallup data, John L. Esposito addressed the hopes, obstacles, and challenges to democratization.

October 13, 2011 – Cosponsored Event: The Missing Martyrs: Why There Are So Few Muslim Terrorists with Charles Kurzman. In the months after 9/11, many Americans wondered whether the world was entering a new era of spiraling terrorism and civilizational conflict. Ten years later, Charles Kurzman, Professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, examined why these nightmares have not come true. This event was cosponsored by ACMCU and the Center for Security Studies.

October 11, 2011 – Briefing: “Can Muslims be Good Dutch Burghers?” with Nelly van Doorn. In her presentation, Professor van Doorn addressed the question of how it could happen that a substantive number of citizens in the Netherlands, a country once famous for its progressive image, accepted the anti-Islamic, ultra-conservative rhetoric of Geert Wilders and made him one of the most popular and feared politicians. As she argued, part of the attraction seemed to be that he is one of the few who has managed to address the question about what it means to be “really” Dutch. The rest of the population, she explained, is still trying to figure out how Dutch they are and if being Muslim and Dutch can be an acceptable identity.

October 6-7, 2011 – Conference: “Transitioning Dictatorship to Democracy: Workshops in Best Practices & Insight Sharing.” ACMCU and the Turkish Prime Minister’s Office of Public Diplomacy co-hosted a conference in Istanbul, Turkey to discuss the prospects for democratic transitions after this year’s historic Arab uprisings. The conference

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brought together leading figures from the Arab Spring, including Egyptian, Tunisian, and Palestinian activists, politicians, and scholars. They were joined by a diverse array of participants from Turkey, Europe, and the United States. The meeting’s aim was to assess the current situation in the Arab world, set new goals for the future, and identify the ways to get there. The workshops drew on the expertise and experience of political and social actors from different backgrounds to discuss best practices and lessons learned. Rather than being an intellectual exercise, the discussions focused on practical outcomes and concrete recommendations. The workshops also provided space to listen to the ongoing challenges in Tunisia and Egypt and the future of the unfolding political processes in those countries.

September 23, 2011 – Cosponsored Event: “Standing Up to Stereotypes: How Comedy Took on Islamophobia and Took the Arab World by Storm” with Dean Obeidallah. Fresh from his "The Muslims are Coming!" comedy tour of the southern U.S., Dean Obeidallah talked about the role of stand up comedy in debunking stereotypes and increasing understanding across cultures. Dean has appeared on Comedy Central and is the co-founder of the NY Arab-American Comedy Festival and is Executive Director of the Amman Stand Up Comedy Festival. Obeidallah also discussed the stand up surge in the Arab world. Presented by ACMCU, BSFS Culture & Politics Major, and the Mortara Center for International Studies.

September 22, 2011 – International Visitor Meeting. ACMCU Professors John L. Esposito, John Voll, and Jonathan Brown met with a delegation of more than a dozen visitors from Al Azhar.

September 21, 2011 – Book Event: I Speak for Myself with Hadia Mubarak, Asma Uddin, Yusra Tekbali, and Saliqa Khan. Contributors to the new book I Speak for Myself: American Women on Being Muslim visited ACMCU to discuss their experiences as American Muslim women. I Speak for Myself is a collection of 40 personal essays written by American Muslim women under the age of 40, all of whom were born and raised in the US. It is a showcase of the true diversity found in American Islam. The book has already caught the attention of prominent thought leaders including Deepak Chopra, Muhammad Yunus, Her Majesty Queen Noor of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Jim Wallis, Eboo Patel, Soledad OBrien and many more.

September 16, 2011 – International Visitor Meeting. ACMCU Professors John Voll, Shireen Hunter, and Syafaatun Almirzanah met with Mr. Mohamed Saleem, head of communications at The Cordoba Foundation.

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September 14, 2011 – Briefing: “The Role of Islam in the New Egypt” with Heba Raouf and Jonathan Brown. The events of the Arab Spring have brought Islamist groups in Egypt to the forefront, both as participants in the country’s revolution and now as influential voices in shaping Egypt’s future. Today Islamist groups of varied stripes are competing with more secular voices in Egypt over the proper place of Islam in the state’s functioning and the nation’s identity. What are the visions for the role of Islam in the new Egypt, how would these visions be implemented, and what impact would they have on Egypt domestically and internationally? These important questions were addressed by panelists Heba Raouf and Jonathan Brown, with discussant Samer Shehata. The event was co-sponsored by ACMCU and the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies.

September 13, 2011 – Book Event: God’s Century with Monica Toft and Timothy Shah. Is religion a force for good or evil in world politics? How much influence does it have?

Despite predictions of its decline, religion has resurged in political influence across the globe, helped by the very forces that were supposed to bury it: democracy, globalization, and technology.

And despite recent claims that religion is exclusively irrational and violent, its political influence is in fact diverse, sometimes promoting civil war and terrorism but at other times fostering democracy, reconciliation, and peace. Looking across the globe, the book God’s Country explains what generates these radically divergent behaviors. In a time when the public discussion of religion is overheated, the authors use deeply original analysis and sharp case studies to show us both how and why religion’s influence on global politics is surging. Finally they offer concrete suggestions on how to both confront the challenges and take advantage of the opportunities posed by globally resurgent religion.

September 8, 2011 – Conference: “Religion and the American-Muslim Community Post - 9/11” with Karen Armstrong, John L. Esposito, David Cole, Linda Moreno, and Arsalan Iftikhar. The ten years following the attacks of September 11 have profoundly affected global and domestic politics from the impact of the Bush administration-led war on global terrorism and regime change in Iraq to continued attacks by transnational and domestic terrorists. The fallout also ushered in a new era in American and European domestic policy in which established notions of freedom, security, and civil liberties have been challenged and threatened, specifically affecting the American-Muslim community. This program sought to answer such questions as: What lessons can we learn from the past decade as we embark on a new way forward? What impact has post 9/11 had on American perceptions of Islam and Muslims and on Muslim freedoms and civil liberties? How have these affected American Muslim attitudes, hopes, and fears? And what can people of other faiths learn about their own practice and traditions in the wake of this tragedy?

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JOHN L. ESPOSITO University Professor and Founding Director

TEACHING ACTIVITY Fall INAF 350: Religion and International Affairs

Advising and Mentoring PhD advisor, Abdullah Al-Arian Research Sponsor & Advisor for CCAS, Emma Rekart DLS Committee for Susan Van Ballen, Georgetown University PhD mentor, Sanae El Mellouki, University of Mohammed V, Morocco

HONORS AND AWARDS 2012 Honorary Doctorate, University of Florida, Gainesville 2012 President Elect and Board of Directors, American Academy of Religion 2013 President, American Academy of Religion

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS Work Published During 2011-2012 Books • The Future of Islam, (New York: Oxford University Press, 2011). Arabic and Persian translations with new Epilogue.

• World Religions Today, with D. Fasching and T. Lewis, rev. 4th ed. (Oxford Univsersity Press, 2011).

• John L. Esposito and Imtiyaz Yusuf, Guest Editors, American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences – Special Issue – A Commemoration of The Life and Works of Ismail al Faruqi Vol. 28, No. 3 August 2011.

Articles • "The Future of Islam and U.S.-Muslim Relations" in Religion, Democracy, and Politics in the Middle East, eds. Daniel Byman and Marylena Mantas (APS, 2012).

• "Islamic Studies, Foreign Policy, and the Muslim World: From Bush to Obama," in Delicate Debates on Islam: Policymakers and Academics Speaking with Each Other, eds. Jan Michiel Otto and Hannah Mason (Leiden, 2011).

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• "Islam and Peacebuilding: The Gülen Movement in Global Action", (John L. Esposito and Ihsan Yilmaz) in Lee Marsden (editor) The Ashgate Research Companion to Religion and Conflict Resolution, London: Ashgate, 2012.

• “The Future of Islam and U.S.–Muslim Relations,” Political Science Quarterly, Fall 2011.

Books and Articles in Press Books • John L. Esposito and Emad Shahin, eds. The Oxford Handbook of Islam and Politics (Oxford University Press, forthcoming at end of 2012).

Current Publishing Projects • John L. Esposito, John O. Voll and Tamara Sonn, The Arab Spring, Islam, and the Struggle for Democracy (New York: Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2013).

• Series Editor, Oxford Library of Islamic Studies, Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Finance, Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Law, Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics, Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Women, Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Science and Technology.

Newspaper and Web Articles • July 7, 2011 “Combating Religious Intolerance When Freedom of Speech Enables Hate Speech,” The Huffington Post – Co-authored with Sheila B. Lalwani.

• July 19, 2011 “The Chutzpah of Netanyahu Trumps the Audacity of Hope,” The Huffington Post.

• July 20, 2011 “Malaysia’s PM establishes diplomatic relations with Vatican, despite religious turmoil,” The Washington Post - Co-authored with Dr. John O. Voll.

• July 23, 2011 “The Rising Tide of Islamophobia,” Iran Review.

• July 25, 2011 “The Rising Tide of Islamophobia,” e-International Relations.

• July 25, 2011 “Rhetoric vs. Action in American Diplomacy,” The Huffington Post.

• July 28, 2011 “The Rising Tide of Islamophobia,” Middle East Online (U.K.).

• July 30, 2011 “Norway attacks a wakeup call for the world,” The Washington Post.

• August 16, 2011 “10th Anniversary of 9/11 and Muslim Americans: the Need for a New Narrative,” The Huffington Post – Co-authored with Mona Mogahed.

• August 18, 2011 “10th Anniversary of 9/11 and Muslim Americans: the Need for a New Narrative,” Middle East Online (U.K.) - Co-authored with Mona Mogahed.

• September 2011 “Post 9/11 and the Need for a New Narrative in West-Muslim World Relations,” Royal United Services Institute website.

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• September 8, 2011 “Post 9/11 and the Need for a New Narrative in West-Muslim World Relations,” Middle East Online (U.K.).

• September 8, 2011 “Netanyahu confronts the new Middle East,” Al Jazeera (Qatar).

• September 18, 2011 “The west has a chance to create a new narrative with the Arab world,” The Guardian (UK).

• October 22, 2011 “Egypt Eight Months Later: Transitioning from Dictatorship to Democracy?,” The Huffington Post.

• October 24, 2011 “Tunisia after its first free elections,” The Washington Post.

• November 7, 2011 “Is Egypt’s Arab Spring in Danger of Being Hijacked?,” The Huffington Post.

• December 2011 “Where do we go From Here? Transitioning from Dictatorship to Democracy in 2012,” Royal United Service Institute (U.K.).

• December 16, 2011 “The Madness over All-American Muslim,” The Washington Post.

• January 30, 2012 “Tunisia’s Revolution, an Example for the Region?” The Huffington Post.

• February 3, 2012 “Can the Islamists Lead?,” CNN Blogs.

• February 23, 2012 “A Global War on Christians in the Muslim World?,” The Huffington Post.

• March 15, 2012 “Getting it Right: ‘Israel and the Plight of Mideast Christians’,” The Huffington Post.

• May 14, 2012 “Racing Backwards Into the Future: Saudi Arabia and Kuwait,” The Huffington Post.

• June 19, 2012 “Egyptian Military Seizes Power: Is This Democracy?,” The Huffington Post.

PROGRAMS AND LECTURES • July 1, 2011 Islamic Society of North America: 48th Annual Conference, Hilton Hotel, Chicago.

• July 2, 2011 Dialogue with Tariq Ramadan on Loving God, Loving Neighbor, Hilton Hotel, Chicago.

• July 27, 2011 Meeting with 36 member youth delegation from the Muslim Public Affairs Council, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. • July 30, 2011 Keynote at annual convention of the Council on American-Islamic Relations: Different Faiths, One Family, Come Together, Westin Oaks Hotel, Houston.

• August 26, 2011 Executive Committee Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Marriott Suites Hotel, Atlanta.

• August 27, 2011 Board Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Marriott Suites Atlanta.

• September 10, 2011 Talk titled “Can We Find A Way to Bring Some Understanding Here Today?” at commemoration event ‘United We Stand: One Nation, One Destiny’ Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C. • September 13, 2011 Board Meeting of Gallup Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Gallup Center, UAE. • September 19, 2011 McLean Foreign Policy Group luncheon lecture on Islam and the Middle East, McLean, Virginia.

• September 21, 2011 Speaker at Interfaith Dialogue: Building Bridges Not Walls event hosted by Representative Keith Ellison Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C.

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• September 24, 2011 Delivered the 38th T.V. Moore Lecture “Preachers of Hate and their Impact on Muslim-Christian Relations” Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. • September 28, 2011 Delivered the Danforth Lecture titled “Transitioning from Dictatorship to Democracy” Hope College, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

• October 3, 2011 Delivered the Marquette University Gathering Point Lecture – “Who's In and Who's Out The Challenges of Religious Pluralism in 21st Century America” Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

• October 5, 2011 Delivered the lecture titled “Arab Spring and the Need for new narrative in Muslim-West relations” Fatih University, Istanbul, Turkey.

• October 6, 2011 – October 7, 2011 Delivered the Opening Remarks and Welcome at Conference entitled “Transitioning Dictatorship to Democracy: Workshops in Best Practices and Insight Sharing” Dolmabahce Palace, Istanbul, Turkey.

• October 11, 2011 Delivered Introduction at ‘The New Middle East: Challenges and Opportunities” Fares Center, Tufts University.

• October 18, 2011 Served as Moderator for “When Mystic Masters Meet: Towards a New Matrix for Christian-Muslim Dialogue” Rumi Forum, Washington, D.C. • October 20, 2011 Lecture titled “Arab Spring: Challenges and Prospects in Transitioning from Dictatorship to Democracy” ACMCU, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. • October 25, 2011 Orality Colloquium, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. • November 1, 2011 WIFA talk entitled “The Future of Islam in US-Muslim World Relations” Washington, D.C. • November 3, 2011 Nyon Process Meeting. Oslo, Norway.

• November 17, 2011 Briefing for congressional staff on Arab Spring and role of Islamist parties, Washington, D.C. • November 19, 2011 Panelist in “Scholars and the Public Representations of Islam” San Francisco California.

• December 2, 2011 Presented at Middle East Studies Association conference entitled “Islam and International Relations: Mutual Perceptions” Washington, D.C. • December 8, 2011 Panelist at “Western Muslims: Identity, Integration and Islam” Doha, Qatar.

• December 20, 2011 Delivered lecture entitled “The role and future of religion in global politics” Donisha University, Kyoto, Japan.

• January 12, 2012 Met with President Moncef Marzouki, Presidential Palace, Tunis, Tunisia.

• January 14, 2012 Delivered lecture “U.S. Relations with the Muslim World after the Arab Awakening of 2011” Tunis, Tunisia.

• January 15, 2012 Attended launch of Center for Islamic Legislation Doha, Qatar.

• February 2, 2012 Delivered the Chester Beatty Library Annual Lecture “The Arab Spring & the Future of Muslim-West Relations” Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland.

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• February 6-8, 2012 Alwaleed Centers Annual Meeting, Harvard University, Boston.

• February 9, 2012 Panelist in discussion “One Year Later: Has the Arab Spring lived up to expectations?” Georgetown University.

• February 15, 2012 Presentation on "The Future of Islam in the 21st Century" at All Saints Church in Pasadena.

• February 16, 2012 Presented Lecture on “US & Western European Relations with Islam and the Muslim World in a Post 9/11 World” Pomona College Claremont, California.

• March 2, 2012 Moderated a panel discussion entitled “People of the Book: Muslims, Jews, and Christians” New York City, New York.

• March 23, 2012 Keynote Speaker at 2012 Compassion Conference “Where in the World Is Compassion? Creating Ongoing Relationships for the Common Good” University of the Incarnate Word. San Antonio, Texas.

• March 24, 2012 Panelist at Texas Pax Christi conference on Compassion and Common Good. San Antonio, Texas.

• April 16, 2012 Speaker at session entitled “Mapping the political landscape” at EU Institute for Security Studies. Brussels, Belgium.

• April 25, 2012 Presented lecture entitled “Islamophobia and the Challenge of Pluralism in the 21st Century” Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, Rochester New York.

• May 21, 2012 Presented the Ingmar Karlsson Lecture entitled “The Arab Spring: Need for a New Narrative in the Arab World and the West” Lund University, Sweden.

• May 22, 2012 Presented lecture entitled "Old Paradigms and New Narratives in Muslim Politics and Academia” Lund, Sweden.

• May 24, 2012 Presented lecture entitled “What the Mystics Offer Us today” Assisi, Italy.

• June 8, 2012 Speaker at session entitled “Evaluating cooperation between the ‘west’ and governments in the region. Arriving at recommendations for further engagement” Tunis, Tunisia.

MEDIA • July 6, 2011 “What the Media Doesn’t Say About the Muslim Brotherhood” The Christian Post.

• July 7, 2011 “Top Moments From 48th Annual ISNA Convention” The Muslim Observer.

• July 14, 2011 “A hard-won lesson in religious politics” The Washington Post.

• July 27, 2011 “Gerakan Ekstrem Kanan di Eropa” By Erdy Nasrul in Republika (Indonesia).

• July 30, 2011 “The Growth of Islamophobia: Can careless talk cost lives?” The Economist (U.K.).

• August 10, 2011 “President Obama to hold iftar dinner: Five facts about the Muslim ceremony” By Husna Haq in The Christian Science Monitor.

• August 23, 2011 “9/11 Provided Difficult Test For Vatican-Muslim Relations” By Francis X. Rocca in The Huffington Post.

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• September 2, 2011 “The Surge in Islamophobia,” By Grace Nasri in The Huffington Post.

• September 7, 2011 “9/12 and the ‘war on terror’,” Al Jazeera Empire program.

• September 7, 2011 “Muslims feel at home in the US,” By Anne K. Walter in Free Malaysia Today.

• September 9, 2011 “Generation 9/11,” By Peter Brigham in The Hoya.

• September 11, 2011 “Stigmatisée après le 11-Septembre, souvent discriminée, la communauté est néanmoins confiante en l'avenir.”

• September 14, 2011 “100 questions about Islam,” By Kara Hadge and Marc Scheuer in Turkish Weekly.

• September 16, 2011 “Islamophobia: The new anti-Semitism,” By Haroon Siddiqui in The Star (Canada).

• September 28, 2011 “Islam, Judaism – Tolerance Could Lead to Democracy, Peace,” By David Byrd in Voice of America.

• October 5, 2011 “Muslims feel at home in U.S. ten years after 9/11” By Anne K. Walters in the German Press Agency.

• October 7, 2011 “Lecture on Islam broadened minds of those who listened” By Yasemin Tulu in the Holland Sentinel.

• October 16, 2011 “Scholars assess future of Middle East” By Josh Weiner and Patrick McGrath in The Tufts Daily.

• October 20, 2011 “United We Stand Conference: Eavesdropping on Muslims” By Fr. Thomas Ryan in Paulist Fathers.

• October 28, 2011 “Interview with John L. Esposito” By Marija Marovic in Balkan Center for the Middle East (Serbia).

• November 18, 2011 “Egypt’s Military Pursues Foreign Policy Continuity” By Jake Meth in World Politics Review.

• November/December 2011 “Table Talk with John L. Esposito” By Dilwar Hussain in Emel (U.K.).

• January 4, 2012 “The real questions for Egypt” By Ezzat Ibrahim in Al-Ahram Weekly Online (Egypt).

• January 10, 2012 “The Washington Diary” By Anwar Iqbal in Dawn (Pakistan).

• January 20, 2012 “Ahmadiyya Muslims” By Kim Lawton in PBS. • January 28, 2012 “Enemies of the States” By Lara Marlowe in The Irish Times (Ireland).

• January 16, 2012 “Sheikha Moza opens Islamic law centre” By Fazeena Saleem in The Peninsula (Qatar).

• February 6, 2012 “Human Rapprochement Week Kicks Off” Oman News Agency (Oman).

• February 8, 2012 “Saudi Prince Who Funded Harvard Program Visits” By Michelle M. Hu and Justin C. Worland in The Harvard Crimson.

• March 14, 2012 “For Afghans, Two Outrages, Two Different Reactions” By Alan Greenblatt in National Public Radio.

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• March 17, 2012 “Compassion Conference aims for Muslim-Christian dialogue” By Abe Levy in San Antonio Express-News.

• March 17, 2012 “Levantine TV interviews John L. Esposito on ‘The Future of Islam’” Levantine Review.

• March 22, 2012 “What is Reform and Who are the Reformers?” By Hasnain Syed in Straight Talk.

• March 29, 2012 “Progressive Muslims Launch Gay-Friendly, Women-Led Mosques in Attempt to Reform American Islam” By Jaweed Kaleem in The Huffington Post.

• April 4, 2012 “Muslim Brotherhood Fields Candidate in Egypt’s Presidential Election” Video by CSPAN. • April 6, 2012 “Pax Christi conference issues call to create cities of compassion” By Sister Martha Ann Kirk in Today’s Catholic.

• June 19, 2012 “Definitions create vague area for Aldawsari jury” By Walt Nett in Amarillo Globe News.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES 2012 – President Elect, American Academy of Religion 2011 – Vice President, American Academy of Religion 2011 – Advisory Board, Our Shared Future, British Council 2009 – Executive Board, C-1 World Dialogue 2008 – Member of the European Commission’s European Network of Experts on Radicalization 2008 – Board of Advisors, Ciudad de las Ideas (Mexico) 2007 – Advisory Board, Peace X Peace 2005 – Gallup Senior Scientist 2005 – Board of Advisors, Unity Productions Foundation 2004 – President, Scientific Executive Committee of the Fondazione Laboratorio Mediterraneo

EDITORIAL BOARDS 2009 - Series Editor, Oxford Library of Islamic Studies 2012 - Advisory Board for the MUP Islamic Studies Series 2012 - Advisory Board for the Routledge Handbook of Political Islam 2011 - Advisory Board for the AWRAQ: Revista de de análisis y pensamiento sobre el mundo árabe e islámico contemporáneo 2009 - Katha: Journal of Civilizational Dialogue 2007 - International Dialogue, A Multidisciplinary Journal of World Affairs 2007 - International Advisory Board of the Encyclopedia of Islamic Economics 2007 - Co-editor, Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication

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2006 - Edinburgh History of Islamic Empires 2006 - Religion Compass 2005 - Editor in Chief, Oxford Online Resource Center for the Islamic World 2004 - Muslim World Journal of Human Rights 1999 - Studies in Contemporary Islam 1999 - International Encyclopedia of Islamic Economics 1998 - General Editor, Religion and Global Politics Series, Oxford University Press 1998 - Global Dialogue 1998 - American Muslim Quarterly 1997 - Discourse: An Iranian Quarterly 1995 - Journal of the Institute of Muslim Minority Affairs 1994 - Middle East Policy 1994 - Journal of Church and State 1993 - Islamic Studies 1990 - The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences

MANUSCRIPT REVIEWER Journal of APSA, Journal of Comparative Politics, World Politics, Political Science Quarterly, Political Research Quarterly, Journal of the American Historical Association, Comparative Politics, Journal of International Law, Journal of International Security, The Historian, Review of International Studies, Journal of Church and State & others; Oxford University Press, Princeton University Press, Columbia University, Harvard University Press, University of Edinburgh Press, University of California Press, Palgrave, Hurst, I.B. Taurus, Pluto, Zed.

COMMUNITY SERVICE • Ambassador, UN Alliance of Civilizations • Executive Board, Abu Dhabi Gallup Center • Chair, Fares Center Board of Advisers, The Fletcher School at Tufts University • Board of Advisers, Muslim-West Engagement Project, Search for Common Ground • Presentations for NGOs and keynote addresses at fundraisers and other events across the United States and Europe • Briefings and presentations for US and European government agencies as well as EU • Presentations at churches, mosques, synagogues in US • Legal expert in cases involving domestic and global terrorism, including Guantanamo • Media consultant for BBC and PBS projects • Lectures and media activities, see above

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NON-CLASSROOM ACTIVITY AND SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY • Director, Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding.

• September 8, 2011 Conference: “Religion and the American-Muslim Community Post - 9/11” presentation with Karen Armstrong, David Cole, Linda Moreno, and Arsalan Iftikhar.

• February 10, 2012 Institute for Social Policy and Understanding Board breakfast and speaker at strategic discussion, Georgetown University.

• April 4, 2012 Organized and moderated Panel Discussion Featuring Egypt’s Freedom & Justice Party, Georgetown University.

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JOHN O. VOLL Professor of Islamic History

TEACHING ACTIVITY Fall HIST 468: Islamic Modernism HIST 761: Seminar-Islamic Movements

Spring INAF 411: Contemporary Islamic Intellectuals INAF 441: Muslim-Christian Relations in World History HIST 902: Tutorials

Advising and Mentoring Doctoral: Dissertation Advisor (PhD and DLS): 4 Dissertation Committee Member: 6 Comprehensive Exam Committee: 8 Master’s: Thesis Advisor/Mentor: MALS: 6 MAGIC: 2 CCAS/MAAS Comprehensive Exams: 2

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS Work Published During 2011-2012 Book Chapters • “The Middle East in World History,” in the Oxford Handbook of World History. Ed. Jerry H. Bentley. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011, pp. 437-454.

• “Mirghani, Ali al-,” “Mirghani, Hasan al-,” “al-Mirghani, Muhammad Uthman al-Khatim al-,” in Dictionary of African Biography, ed. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Emmanuel Akyeampong.

New York: Oxford University Press, 2012.

Articles • “The Challenge of the Believing Intellectual: Religion and Modernity,” American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 28, No. 3 (Summer 2011).

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• “Political Islam in the Arab Awakening: Who are the Major Players?” Middle East Policy 19, No. 2 (Summer 2012).

• Haggai Erlich, Islam & Christianity in the Horn of Africa for Journal of Islamic Studies 23, No. 1 (January 2012).

• Review of Jørgen S. Nielson and Lisbet Christoffersen, ed., Shari’a as Discourse: Legal Traditions and the Encounter with Europe for Islamic Law and Society.

• Review of Abdullahi A. Gallab, A Civil Society Deferred for Middle East Journal 66, No. 2 (Spring 2012).

Books and Articles in Press Books • The World in the Eighteenth Century. Oxford University Press, edp 2013.

Book Chapters • “The new activist Sufi Aggregations,” in The Wiley-Blackwell History of Islam and Islamic Civilization, edited by Armando Salvatore.

• “The Middle East in World History since 1750,” in The Cambridge History of the World, edited

by Ken Pomeranz and John McNeill.

Current Publishing Projects • “Islam, the Arab Spring, and the Struggle for Democracy in the 21st century” book under contract to Oxford University Press with co-authors John L. Esposito and Tamara Sonn.

Newspaper and Web Articles • July 20, 2011 “Malaysia’s PM establishes diplomatic relations with Vatican, despite religious turmoil,” The Washington Post - Co-authored with Dr. John L. Esposito.

PROGRAMS AND LECTURES • November 4, 2011 “Networks & Movements: 21st Century Perspectives in 18th Century Revolutions,” Paper presented in “Atlantic Networks and the Problem of Liberty in the Age of Revolutions, 1776-1815,” Conference at the University of New Hampshire.

• February 2, 2012 “Late Ottoman Istanbul: The Cosmopolitan Capital,” at exhibit of “Haydar Hatemi: The Istanbul Painter,” in Catellani Art Museum, Niagara University, NY. • February 2, 2012 “Secularism, Democracy, and The Arab Spring: New Definitions Needed.”

Public presentation at the University of Buffalo (NY).

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• February 13, 2012 “Islam & Democracy for the 21st Century.” Washington History Seminar, Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, DC. • May 3, 2012 “Islam and Democracy in the 21st Century: Beyond Old Debates,” presentation in “The Arab Spring: Getting It Right,” Annual Conference of the Center for the Study of Islam & Democracy, Crystal City, VA. • September 8, 2011 “Religion and the American-Muslim Community Post-9/11,” Conference Moderator, ACMCU Program, Georgetown University.

• September 20, 2011 “Secularism, Democracy, and the ‘Arab Spring’,” Presentation to Delta Phi Epsilon fraternity, Georgetown University.

• September 21, 2011 “Islamic Expansion in Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa,” Islamic Realities Seminar, Foreign Service Institute, Virginia.

• October 13, 2011 The Missing Martyrs presentation by Charles Kurzman, moderator, ACMCU Program.

• October 20, 2011 “Arab Spring: Challenges & Prospects,” presentation by John Esposito, moderator, ACMCU Program.

• October 24, 2011. “What can Islam Contribute to the Transitions in the Middle East and North Africa,” Presentation in the American University Islamic Lecture Series, 2011-2012, Washington, DC. • November 13, 2011 “Listening to Other Prophets,” Sermon at Cleveland Park Congregational Church, Washington, DC. • November 14, 2011 “Historical Development of North and South Sudan,” presentation in seminar for Ambassador-designate to South Sudan, Susan Page, at Department of State, Washington.

• November 28, 2011 “20th Anniversary of Albert Hourani, A History of the Arab Peoples.”

Presentation in “The Middle East and Islam Series,” Duke Islamic Studies Center.

• December 5, 2011 “History as a Research Discipline,” Presentation with the Regional and Comparative Studies Thesis Workshop, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University.

• December 13, 2011 “Islamist Parties in Sudan,” presentation in conference on “North Africa and Sudan: Islamist Parties Strategizing for the Future,” CENTRA Technologies, Arlington, VA. • January 31, 2012 “Silenced by Nina Shah and Paul Marshall,” presentation at book discussion, Berkley Center Book Event, Georgetown University.

• February 22, 2012 “Between Moral Absolutism and Relativism: Religious Discourses on Gender in Turkey,” Chair and moderator of briefing session presented by Onder Kucukural, ACMCU, Georgetown University.

• March 16, 2012 “The Many Voices of Contemporary Islam,” lecture in “Islam and the Changing World” series, Friends of Boca Grande (Florida).

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• March 16, 2012 “Islam and the Changing World,” panel discussion in Series sponsored by Friends of Boca Grande (Florida).

• March 26, 2012 “Preparing for Egypt’s Elections,” panel chair and moderator, sponsored by ACMCU and CCAS, Georgetown University.

• April 16, 2012 “Hezbollah in Lebanon,” Course class session in History 364- Islamic Revolutionary Movements (Haddad), Georgetown University.

• April 19, 2012 “An Overview of Islam in General and in Afghanistan,” lecture in course at the Foreign Service Institute, Arlington, VA. • May 14, 2012 Symposium on Religious Freedom and the Rights of Minorities in Islam, Closing Remarks. Sponsored by ACMCU and ISNA. Georgetown University.

• May 16, 2012 Opening remarks, “Breaking the Impasse between Iran and the United States,” panel at Georgetown University.

• May 25, 2012 “Islam and Religious Pluralism,” Panel moderator. “Understanding Religious Pluralism,” conference by Department of Theology, Georgetown University.

• June 15, 2012 “The Next Generation: Curricular Approaches,” panel presentation in Convening on Global Performance, Civic Imagination, and Cultural Diplomacy,” Georgetown University.

• June 28, 2012 “Reform and Renewal in the Eighteenth Century Muslim World,” lecture in History 109, The Islamic World, Georgetown University.

MEDIA • July 8, 2011 “Sudan Movement’s Mission is Secured: Statehood,” By Jeffrey Gettleman in The New York Times.

• August 11, 2011 “Guest Post: What the London Riots Have To Do with Africa,” By John Campbell in the Council on Foreign Relations website.

• August 17, 2011 Interviewed by CQ Press (Kenneth Jost) on post 9/11 Muslim-Christian relations.

• August 21, 2011 “Local U.S. Islamic leader struggles to put raids behind him,” By Michelle Boorstein in The Washington Post.

• December 8, 2011 Email interview on the Muslim Brotherhood by Irini Tovima (TO VIMA, Greece).

• January 10, 2012 “Muslim-Christian Relations,” videotaped interview for Soliya project by Vanessa Panaligan.

• February 27, 2012 Interviewed on Political Islam and Somalia by Drosten Fisher of the Monitor Group.

• March 26, 2012 Interviewed on Muslim support for global religious freedom by Amy ChoateNielsen, Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT).

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• May 29, 2012 Email interview on Sudan-South Sudan relations by Jeffrey Gettleman, New York Times.

• May 31, 2012 “Status Quo Between 2 Sudans Is Not Quite War, Not Quite Peace,” By Jeffrey Gettleman in The New York Times,– Featuring John O. Voll.

• June 19, 2012 Interviewed on air by France 24 News about reports of Mubarak’s death.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES Social Science Research Council and British Council Review Board for grant program.

National Endowment for the Humanities Review Board for grant program.

University of Washington, review of proposal for a doctoral program.

EDITORIAL BOARDS • Oxford Bibliographies On-Line (Editor-in-chief, Tamara Sonn; Oxford University Press) • Consultant, then Advisory Editor, 2008• The Islamic Studies Online Resource Center (Editor-in-chief, John L. Esposito; Oxford • University Press). Senior Editor • IAIS Journal of Civilization Studies (Kuala Lumpur). Advisory Board, 2008• Al-Shajarah (ISTAC, Kuala Lumpur). Advisory Board, 2008• Romano-Arabica (Bucharest). Advisory Board, 2011• Kufa Review of Social Studies (Kufa, Iraq). Editorial Board, 2012-

MANUSCRIPT REVIEWER Reviewed book manuscripts for Oxford University Press, Edinburgh University Press, and Princeton University Press. Reviewed manuscripts for journal articles for Politics & Religion, British Journal of Political Science, Islamic Studies, Journal of Islamic Studies, and Journal of Comparative Politics.

COMMUNITY SERVICE I have provided some kind of service – consulting, reviewing, special presentations, for the following public institutions or organizations: Foreign Service Institute, Department of State Political Islam Strategic Analysts Program, United States Government National Geospatial Intelligence Agency Office of the Chief Defense Counsel, Department of Defense Office of the Majority Leader, United States Senate United Church of Christ Library of Congress.

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NON-CLASSROOM ACTIVITY AND SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY • Associate Director, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding.

• Faculty, African Studies at Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service.

• Director, Certificate in Islam and Muslim-Christian Understanding.

• Director, Liberal Studies Graduate Programs in Muslim-Christian Relations (MALS, DLS).

• CULP Field Committee.

• RCST Field Committee.

• Core Faculty, Liberal Studies Program, School of Continuing Studies.

• Tenure and Mentoring Committee, History Department.

• Class visitation for Fida Adely, April 2012.

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YVONNE Y. HADDAD Professor of the History of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations

TEACHING ACTIVITY Fall HIST 363: Islam in the West HIST 564: Arab Intellectuals in the Modern World

Spring HIST 364: Revolutionary Thought in Islam INAF 498: Islam, Women and Social Change Graded Professor Stowasser’s final papers for: ARAB 352: Intro to Arabic Culture II ARAB 573: Women and the Qur’an

Advising and Mentoring • MALS thesis, Religious Studies, Michael Sims, “Interfaith Relations in Tanzimat-Era Ottoman Tur Abdin” • Summer Research Fellowship Lisa J. Raines, Morgan McDaniel, “Women First: Identity and Collaboration in Women’s Peace Organizing in Israel” • BASF Certificate in Arab Studies, Michael Spaulding, “Islamic Liberation Theology in Palestine”

Member Exam Committee • MAAS Qualifying Oral Exam: Kimberly Macvaugh • MAAS Qualifying Oral Exam: Reneta Dimitrova • PhD Arabic and Islamic Studies: Abdul Rahman Chamseddine

Member, Davids Prize Committee for BA thesis, History Department • Taylor Lescallette, "Vietnam is the Auschwitz of our Generation" • Tucker Stuart Fross, "Imperial Disposition: The Impact of Ideology on French Colonial Policy in Madagascar 1883-1896" • Cyrus Bordbar, "A Laboratory of Labor Ideology: The International Workingmen's Association in the United States"

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RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS Work Published During 2011-2012 Articles • Yvonne Haddad, “Muslims, Human Rights, and Women’s Rights,” in Religion and the Global Politics of Human Rights, edited by Thomas Banchoff and Robert Wuthnow, Oxford University Press, 2011. pp. 71-97.

Books and Articles in Press Book Chapters • Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad and Nazir Nadir Harb, “The New American Muslim Identity: Defining American Islam Over A Decade of Transformation,” in 9/11-Ten Years after, Looking Ahead, edited by Sabine Sielke, Christian Klockner and Simone Knewitz, Peter Lang Academic Publishers.

• Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad, “Arab-American Women Activists” in Arab Women Activists, edited

by Amira Sonbol, Syracuse University Press.

• Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad, “Muslims and American Religious Pluralism,” in Religious Pluralism in Modern America, edited by Charles L. Cohen and Ronald L. Numbers, Oxford University Press.

Articles • Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad and Jane I. Smith,“Afterlife in Christian-Muslim Relations” in the Cambridge Dictionary of Christian-Muslim Relations.

• Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad and Jane I. Smith, “Christian-Muslim Dialogue in the United States,” Cambridge Dictionary of Christian-Muslim Relations.

Current Publishing Projects Books • Sayyid Qutb: The Making of an Islamist Revolutionary to be published in (series of Makers of the Muslim World), Oneworld Publications.

• A Vanishing Minority: Christians in the Middle East.

• The Oxford Handbook of American Muslims, 2 volumes, Oxford University Press, co-edited with Jane I. Smith.

• The Americanization of Islam (tentative title) co-authored with Jane I. Smith.

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• The American Engagement with Islam, (Shriver Lectures) to be published by Georgia University Press.

Book Chapters • “Anglican Approaches to Christian-Muslim Relations: A Reassessment” in Muslim-Christian Relations Through the Lutheran and Anglican Communion edited by Joseph Duggan.

• “Christian-Muslim Relations in the Middle East Post 1958” in Centennial Celebration volume for Kenneth Cragg, edited by Clare Amos and David Thomas.

• “American Muslims and Citizenship,” in Civic Enculturation and Citizenship in North America and Western Europe: Politics, Public Ethics, and the New Religious Plurality, edited by Robert W. Hefner and Adam Seligman.

• “Negotiating Feminism Through the Qur’an,” in International Feminisms, edited by Diane Lipsett and Phyllis Trible.

Articles • “Journey in the Land of the White Man: Sayyid Qutb in Washington, D.C.” co-authored with Adam Farrar.

• “Western Sources of Sayyid Qutb’s Fi Zilal al-Qur’an.”

• “The American Mosque Post 9/11: Between Tradition and Pluralism.”

• ”Fighting on behalf of the Homeland? Political Activism of Arab Christians in Diaspora” coauthored with Joshua Donovan.

PROGRAMS AND LECTURES • September 4 “Sacred Text: The Qur’an and its Influence on Muslim Life,” St. Alban’s Church, Washington, D.C. • September 10 “Transcending the Trauma of Ground Zero: The Making of an American Islam,” Conference on 9/11-Ten Years after, Looking Ahead, University of Bonn, Germany.

• September 22 “American Muslims and the War on Terror,” Commitment to Community Keynote Address, Hamline University, St. Paul, MN. • September 22 “Muslim Perspectives on Globalization,” Hamline University, St. Paul, MN. • September 27 “Educational Programs at Georgetown and Muslims in the United States” Bulgarian religious and civic delegation hosted by the State Department.

• October 5 “The Formation and Transformation of American Muslim Identity Post 9/11,” Bishop Walter F. Sullivan Chair in Catholic Studies Lecture Series, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.

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• November 17 “Anglican Approaches to Christian-Muslim Dialogue: A Reassessment,” Annual Meeting of the Society of Anglican and Lutheran Theologians in the USA, American Academy of Religion, San Francisco.

• December 9 “Christian-Muslim Relations in the Middle East Post 1958,” conference on The Presence of Faith: A Century of Anglican Engagement with World religions, Lambeth Palace, England.

• April 20 Conference on “American Muslims and Citizenship,” Civic Enculturation and Citizenship in North America and Western Europe: Politics, Public Ethics, and the New Religious Pluralism, Boston University (to be edited by Robert Hefner and Adam Seligman).

• January 8 “Islamophobia: The Growing Challenge to Christian-Muslim relations” Emanuel Episcopal Church, Mercer Island, Washington, D.C. • January 25 “Islam 101: Ask It,” Sponsored by the Muslim Student Association, Georgetown University.

• February 2 “The Reinterpretation of Islam for Twenty First Century Middle East Conflict,” Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Washington, D.C. • March 5 “Georgetown University and Interfaith Activities in the United States,” International Visitor Leadership Program: Delegation from 10 Arab countries hosted by the State Department.

• March 12 “Women in the Qur’an,” Muslim Women Association of Washington, D.C. • April 16 “Jane I Smith’s Contribution to the Study of Islam,” Harvard University.

• April 22 “’Trial by Fire’: The Political Empowerment of Hala Salam Maksoud,” Georgetown University, co-sponsored by CCAS and ADC. • April 23 “The Establishment of Islamic Institutions in the United States,” Delegation of women preachers from Jordan, hosted by the State Department.

• June 13 “Role of Women in Building Christian-Muslim Relations in the United States,” Ministry of Awqaf, Amman, Jordan.

• June 14 “A Vanishing Minority in the Middle East: Arab Christians and the Arab Spring,” Royal Institute for Interfaith Studies (Aal al-Bayt Foundation), Amman, Jordan.

• June 19 “Christian-Muslim Relations in the United States,” The Orthodox Society, Amman, Jordan.

MEDIA • September 1, “The Significance of the Election of Congressman Keith Ellison to the Muslim American Community,” Minnesota Public Radio News, Brett Neely.

• September 2 “The Assimilation of Muslim American Youth after 9/11” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Annysa Johnson.

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• September 2 “Developments in the Muslim Community in North America since 9/11,” Japan Broadcasting Corporation, NHK, Hiroyuki Takahashi.

• September 3 “9/11 Redux,” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Victoria Hicks.

• September 22 “Adjustment of Muslim Youth to American Society,” Oracle, Alex Arana.

• October 10 “The Potential Fate of Iraqi Christians after US Withdrawal from Iraq,” PBS, Gabrielle Zuckerman.

• December 17 “The Christian Minority in the Holy Lands,” The Holy Land Review, (Milan, Italy) Manuela Borraccino.

• January 10 “The New Crop of Imams in American Mosques,” Saint Louis Post-Dispatch, Tim Townsend.

• January 11 “Developments in Muslim College Chaplaincy in the United States,” Beenish Ahmed, National Public Radio.

• January 27 Interview about “Becoming American?: The Forging of Arab and Muslim Identity in Pluralist America,” CSPAN2.

• February 22 “Qur’an Burning in Afghanistan,” ABC Radio, Andrew Evans.

• February 28 “Mosque Culture and Institution Building in Chicago,” Atlantic, Monique Parsons.

• June 13 “American Muslims as Citizens and not Foreigners,” al-Sabeel, Najat Shafaa, Amman, Jordan.

• June 15 “Muslim Women Activists in the US,” al-Rai, Samar Haddadeen, Amman, Jordan.

• June 19 “The Americanization of Muslims Post 9/11,” Nursat Television Network, Amman, Jordan.

• July 5 “Disputes between Sunnis and Shia,” Eduardo Szkarz, Aventura na Historia, Brazil.

• July 6 “Christians of the Middle East and the Arab Spring,” and “Sunni-Shii conflict in history and now,” Rawan Jabaji, Odyssey Networks.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES Member, International Advisory Council, WOCMES (World Congress for Middle East Studies) Member, Advisory Board, American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies Member, Advisory Board, Middle East Policy Council Member, Advisory Board, Gulf Studies Center, American University of Kuwait

EDITORIAL BOARDS Member, Editorial Board Contemporary Islam (UK journal) Member, Editorial Board Hawwa (Journal on Women in Islam), published by Brill Member, Advisory Board, Journal Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations

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MANUSCRIPT REVIEWER • “Study of Anthropomorphism and Transcendence in the Bible and the Qur’an” by Zulfiqar Ali Shah • “The Imam in Western European Context: the Case of Flanders,” Review of Religious Research • “American Muslim Marital Quality: A Preliminary Investigation,” The Journal of Muslim Mental Health

COMMUNITY SERVICE •

Member, Dialogue Committee: Archbishop of Canterbury with Sheikh al-Azhar

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Member, Advisory Board, Friends of UNWRA Association

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NON-CLASSROOM ACTIVITY AND SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY • Member, SFS Banchoff promotion committee.

• Member, Regional and Comparative Studies Field Committee.

• Member, sub-committee of RCST and CNDLS to develop rubric for Honors Thesis Assessment.

• Member, CCAS Executive Committee.

• Member, MAAS Admissions Committee.

• Member, CCAS MAAS Grants Committee.

• Member, interview committee, Georgetown applicants for Fulbright scholarships to the Middle East.

• Member, committee, Rhodes Mock Interview.

• Member, Faculty Advisory Board, Berkley Center.

• Member, admissions committee for applicants for PhD (Middle East North Africa), History Department.

• Moderator for October 11 Lecture on: “Can Muslims become Dutch Burghers?” Professor Nelly Van Doorn-Harder, ACMCU, Georgetown University.

• Moderator for October 27 “Identity-Belonging and Transnationality” Conference on The 50th Anniversary of Migration from Turkey to Germany: “(Re) Considering the Last 50 Years of Migration and Current Immigration Policies in Germany.” Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, D.C.

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• Moderator for February 13 Lecture on “Establishing a New Political Party in Egypt” Dr. Ahmed Abou-Bakr, ACMCU, Georgetown University.

• Moderator for February 15 Lecture on “Politics of Informality: On the Power of the Public Spheres of Egypt,” Professor Heba Raouf, ACMCU, Georgetown University.

• Moderator for March 15 Lecture on “Hamas: From Resistance to Cooperation?” Paola Caridi, ACMCU, Georgetown University.

• Moderator for April 3 Lecture on “Post-Revolutionary Women’s Rights in Iran: Unlikely Feminists” Shireen Hunter, ACMCU, Georgetown University.

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SYAFAATUN ALMIRZANAH Malaysia Chair of Islam in Southeast Asia

TEACHING ACTIVITY Fall INAF 403: Islam in Southeast Asia

Spring INAF 451: Sufism in Comparative Perspective INAF 477: Interfaith Dialogue in Southeast Asia

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS Work Published During 2011-2012 Books • Syafaatun Almirzanah, When Mystic Masters Meet: Toward a New Matrix for ChristianMuslim Dialogue (Blue Dome Publication, September 2011).

Book Chapters • Syafaatun Almirzanah, Reinhold Bernhardt, Padmasiri de Silva, Parichart Suwanbubbha, Gerhold K. Becker, Pier Cesare Bori, Yehezkel Landau, John D’Arcy May, Maricel Mena López, Jesse N.K. Mugambi, Fra. "Ibn Al-`Arabi’s Sufi Hermeneutics: Applications to Interfaith Dialogue." Sharing Values: A Hermeneutic for Global Ethics. Ed. Ariane Hentsch Cisneros / Shanta Premawardhana. Geneva, Switzerland: Geneva: Globethics.net, 2011: 418.

Current Publishing Projects Book Chapters • Series Publication on Fathullah Gulen, State Islamic University Syarif Hidayatullah, Jakarta • Fred McGraw Donner, Muhammad and the Believer: At the Origins of Islam, Harvard University Press, 2010, Translation into Indonesian (Gramedia).

• William Egginton, In Defense of Religious Moderation, Columbia University Press, 2011, translation into Indonesian (Gramedia).

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Newspaper and Web Articles • May 2, 2012, Syafaatun Almirzanah, “When Religious Ignorance is Bliss,” The Jakarta Post.

PROGRAMS AND LECTURES • September 23-24, 2011, a speaker at the conference on Us and Them: Constructing “the Other” and Pathways for Dialogue?, Houston, USA. • October 18, 2011, Book Launching and Signing “When Mystic Masters Meet: Toward a New Matrix for Christian-Muslim Dialogue,” Rumi Forum, Washington, DC, USA. • February 7, 2012, a speaker at the 10th Annual Pierre Lecture, University of the Incarnate Word, Marian Hall Ballroom, San Antonio, Texas.

• March 7-8, 2012, Keynote Speaker at the expert meeting on the topic: Discoveries in Gendered Reading of Holy Scriptures, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

• March 15-18, 2012, a speaker at the Association for Asian Studies on Radicalism in Indonesian Public Schools, Toronto, Canada.

• March 22, 2012, a speaker at Book Talk event “When Mystic Masters Meet: Toward a New Matrix for Christian Muslim Dialogue,” ACMCU, Georgetown University, Washington, DC. • May 29, 2012, Speaker at The UN International Day of Families 2012 “Ensuring Work-Family Balance,” Universal Peace Federation, The Washington Times Foundation, Washington DC.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES • American Academy of Religion • Ibn ‘Arabi Society • Fellowship of Reconciliation, an international organization committed to non-violent conflict resolution, USA • Association for Asian Studies based in Ann Arbor, Michigan

EDITORIAL BOARDS 2012 Encompassing Crescent Journal

MANUSCRIPT REVIEWER 2012 Journal of Ecumenical Studies / Dialogue Institute Temple University

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COMMUNITY SERVICE Rumi Forum for Interfaith Dialogue and Intercultural Understanding, Washington DC Ulil Albab Forum in World Bank Community, Washington DC

NON-CLASSROOM ACTIVITY AND SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY Workshop on Teaching, Learning and Technology (TLT).

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JONATHAN A.C. BROWN Associate Professor of Islamic Studies and Muslim-Christian Understanding

TEACHING ACTIVITY Fall INAF 100: Proseminar – Islam and the West HIST 109: Islamic World

Spring (On Leave) Grant for Junior Faculty Research

Advising and Mentoring PhD committee member, Arabic and Islamic Studies, Younus Mirza PhD general exam committee member, Arabic and Islamic Studies, Nabil al-Hage Ali SFS Honors Thesis advisor, Amr Leheta

HONORS AND AWARDS 2012 SFS Summer Research Grant: Salafis in Egypt

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS Work Published During 2011-2012 Book Chapters • “Scholars and Charlatans on the Baghdad-Khurasan Circuit from the Ninth to the Eleventh Centuries,” in The Lineaments of Islam, ed. Paul Cobb, 85-96 (Leiden: Brill, 2012).

Articles • “The Canonization of Ibn Majah: Authenticity vs. Utility in the Formation of the Sunni Hadith Canon,” Revue des mondes musulmans et de la Méditerranée, special issue on “Écriture de l’histoire et processus de canonisation dans le monde musulman des premiers siècles de l’islam.

Hommage à Alfred-Louis de Prémare,” 129, July (2011): 169-81.

• “Is the Devil in the Details?: Tension between Comprehensiveness and Minimalism in the Shariah,” Journal of Religious Ethics 39, no. 3 (2011): 458-72.

• “Salafis and Sufis in Egypt,” Carnegie Papers: Middle East, Dec. 2011.

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Books and Articles in Press Book Chapters • “Scripture in Modern Islam,” in Islam in the Modern World, ed. Jeff Kenney and Ebrahim Moosa. Routledge, forthcoming.

Articles • “The Rules of Matn Criticism: There Are No Rules,” Islamic Law and Society (2012), forthcoming.

Current Publishing Projects • Misquoting Muhammad: The Challenges and Choices of Interpreting the Prophet’s Legacy (Oxford: Oneworld, forthcoming).

• “The Transformation from Quietism to Political Engagement in Egyptian Salafism,” for volume on Islam and the Arab Spring.

• Editor in Chief, Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Law.

PROGRAMS AND LECTURES • June 8, 2012 “The Quest for Knowledge in the Modern Muslim World,” Foreign Service Institute, Washington DC. • May 10-11, 2012 Invited discussant, ‘Islamic Law and Society Workshop’, New York University, New York.

• May 8, 2012 “How Do You Know You’ve Met a Muslim?: Unity and Diversity in the Muslim World,” University of Washington, Seattle.

• May 6, 2012 Invited presenter, “Packaging Legal Traditions: Responsa” workshop, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

• April 28, 2012 “Introducing Muhammad to the West” and “Shariah: Questions and Answers,” University of Missouri, Colombia, MO. • March 29-30, 2012 “Salafi Transformation from Quietism to Parliamentary Giant,” invited conference on Islam and the New Middle East, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

• February 17-19, 2012 “Boundaries of the Law: Ahkam as a Formative Category for the Muslim Critical Worldview,” 2nd Annual UCSB Islamist Studies Conference, Santa Barbara.

• February 14, 2012 “Islam and the Rule of Law as a Motivator for the Egyptian Revolution,” The Impact of the Arab Spring throughout the Middle East and North Africa, American University School of Law, Washington DC. Page 46

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• January 7, 2012 “The Rules of Historical-Scriptural Criticism: There Are No Rules,” panel on ‘The Shifting Visions of Community and Politics in the Early Abbasid Period,’ American Historical Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL. • December 15-16, 2011 “Western Historical Critical Method and the Hadith Criticism of Mahmud Abu Rayya,” Conference in Honor of GHA Juynboll, University of Leiden, Netherlands.

• December 12, 2011 Invited presenter, ‘What Egyptian Elections Reveal about Politics and Religion in the Middle East,’ closed-door colloquium at Brookings Institute, Washington DC. • December 9, 2011 ‘Misquoting Muhammad: When to Believe Miracles,’ Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.

• December 1, 2011 “Miracles in Our Present Day: A 20th-Century Scholar Negotiating Saints and Miracles in Modern Egypt and Syria,” panel on ‘Twentieth-Century Muslim Thinkers in Conversation with Tradition,’ Middle East Studies Association Annual Conference, Washington DC. • November 19-20, 2011 Invited participant, ‘International Symposium on Molla Khusrev,’ Bursa, Turkey.

• November 3-4, 2011 Invited participant, ‘The Mediterranean Microcosm between the West and the Arab-Muslim World,’ World Bank and Istituto Affari Internazionali, Paris.

• October 6, 2011 ‘Post Revolutionary Egypt: New Trends in Islam,’ Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington DC. • September 19-20, 2011 Invited participant, ‘Judaism and Islam in America: The Interpretation of Law and Scripture,’ Hartford Seminary, Harford MA. • July 22-31, 2011 Intensive Course on Hadith, taught at University of Johannesburg and University of Cape Town, South Africa.

MEDIA • October 26, 2011 Interview with AP’s Adam Goldman on FBI surveillance of Muslims http://news.yahoo.com/nypd-keeps-files-muslims-change-names-185910883.html.

• October 22, 2011 Interview with Daily Caller on Tunisian protests, http://dailycaller.com/2011/10/22/tunisian-religious-radicals-riot-torch-home-of-tv-executivewho-aired-image-of-allah-video/.

MANUSCRIPT REVIEWER Oxford University Press, Yale University Press, Columbia University Press

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NON-CLASSROOM ACTIVITY AND SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY • May 14, 2012 “Ideals and Realities for Better or for Worse in the History of Religious Minorities in Islamic Civilization,” Symposium on Religious Freedom and the Rights of Minorities in Islam, Georgetown University.

• October 25, 2011 Organizer, conference on “Orality and Oral Performance in Judaism and Islam,” Georgetown University.

• September 14, 2011 “The Role of Islam in the New Egypt,” Georgetown University.

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SHIREEN T. HUNTER Visiting Professor

TEACHING ACTIVITY Fall INAF 408: Islam, Revolution and US-Iran Relations INAF494: Shiism and Radical Politics of Iran, Iraq and Lebanon

Spring INAF 393: Islam and Politics INAF 421: Religion and Politics in Contemporary Iran

Advising and Mentoring Master of Liberal Studies, Brian Altmeyer

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS Current Publishing Projects Books • “Discourse and Politics of Identity, Reform and Reaction in Post-Khomeini Iran: Recent Developments In Historical Context” To be submitted to publisher by December 2012.

Book Chapters • “Constitutional and ideological barriers to Reform in Iran” sent to publishers by the editor.

• “Islam and Politics in Central Asia and the Caucasus” (forthcoming).

Articles • “Iran, Islam and the Struggle For Identity and Power in the Islamic Republic” Under review for publication.

Newspaper and Web Articles • October 12, 2011 “Nothing is Certain About Iran’s Plot,” CNN.com.

• January 27, 2012 “2012, Year of Decision for Iran,” CNN.com.

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PROGRAMS AND LECTURES • Presentation at the AIC/ ACMCU conference on recent development in the Middle East, 1 June 2011.

• Presentation to the School of Intelligence Studies, National Defense Intelligence College, 9 August 2011.

• Presentation to the Conference on Religion and International Affairs in Trento, Italy organized

by ISPI (Institute of International Studies affiliated with the Catholic University of Milan) and the Italian Foreign Ministry, 21-22 October.

• Presentation at the American University Islamic Lecture Series “What can Islam Contribute to the Transitions in the Middle East and North Africa?” 24 October 2011.

• Co-Chaired the CSIS conference on Iran in the Americas, 8 November 2011.

• Mary Washington University Conference on Arab Spring, on the impact of Arab Spring on Women’s rights, 14 March 2012.

• Talk at the “School Without Walls High School”, Washington D.C. (School for gifted students) 18 March 2012.

• Talk at the Lewis and Clark University International Affairs Symposium, 9 April 2012.

• Talk at Potomac Institute, Washington D.C. conference on “Al Qaeda: Quo Vadis” 29 April 2012 broadcast by CSPAN, available at CSPAN archives.

• Chaired the AIC-ACMCU conference on Iran “Breaking the Impasse between Iran And The United States,” 16 May 2012.

• Talk at the Foreign Service Institute on Afghanistan and Its Neighbors, 17 May 2012.

• Talk at George Washington University Conference on Islam and Human Rights, 28 June 2012.

• Talk at the Conference “Models and Challenges to Religious and Ethnic Tolerance in the South Caucasus and Central Asia” Center For Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), June 29 2012.

MEDIA • VOA Persian Service on the first day of classes featuring Georgetown and Hunter’s class, 1 September 2011.

• “Essays revisited: Reflecting on 9/11,” The Los Angeles Times, 11 September 2011.

• VOA Persian Service, Television on Women and US Political Parties, 17 October 2011.

• “Interview with Dr. Shireen Hunter about her experience as a teacher,” Voice of America, 27 October 2011.

• “What to do about Iran,” By Josh Levs in CNN, 10 November 2011.

• VOA television Persian Service, 21 December 2011.

• “What does the future hold for Iran?,” By Kyle Almond in CNN, 21 February 2012.

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• Radio Sawa, 21 January 2012.

• CII Broadcasting South Africa, 21 February 2012, on Shiism.

• VOA Persian Service Television, 21 May 2012.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES Member, Council on Foreign Relations

EDITORIAL BOARDS Advisory Editor, Encyclopedia of Islam, Oxford University Press, 2005— Editorial Board, Journal of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, 2000— Editorial Board, Global Dialogue, 2000— Editorial Board, International Politics, 1999— Editorial Board, Journal of Just Peace Diplomacy, 2010—

NON-CLASSROOM ACTIVITY AND SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY • Chaired and moderated the book event meeting on: “Islam Through Western Eyes: From Crusades to the War on Terrorism” with Jonathan Lyons on 8 February 2012.

• Organized the ACMCU meeting on “Iran’s Parliamentary Elections” on 23 February 2012 and spoke at the Conference.

• Chaired and moderated the book event meeting on “When Mystic Masters Meet: Towards a New Matrix For Christian-Muslim Dialogue” with Professor Syafaatun Almirzanah on 22 March 2012.

• Spoke at the briefing on Post-Revolutionary Women’s Rights in Iran, 3 April 2012 with Dr. Haddad’s class.

• Chaired and moderated the Briefing Session on “The Regional Implications of Sunni-Shia Conflict in the Middle East And South Asia” with Professor Vali Nasr on 11 April 2012.

• Met with a group of Tajik religious leaders sponsored by the state Department’s visitors program on 17 May 2012.

• Chaired and moderated the Session on “Picturing Muslim Women From Subjects and Patrons to Artists and Critics” with Professor Diane Apostolos-Cappadona, on 17 April 2012.

• Chaired and moderated the meeting on " Yes to Palestine" with Prince Turki Al-Faisal.

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SUSAN DOUGLASS Education Consultant

OVERVIEW The Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding has sustained its support for the Educational Outreach program of professional development for the past three years, and will continue through June 2013 and hopefully beyond. The program has served over 3500 attendees from its beginning in Spring 2007 to the present reporting date in Fall 2012. Teaching about world religions, and Islam as one of those is required by academic standards and curriculum for middle and high school, and in some elementary school curricula, across the United States. The ACMCU Education Outreach program helps teachers to implement these requirements effectively, in addition to supporting teaching about other required world religions, world history, and geography.

As presenter and organizer of the program, ACMCU’s Education Consultant is entering the sixth year of the program. Presentation modules are regularly updated, new content added, and the ACMCU teacher resource website is updated based on current events, ongoing academic research, and participant feedback. This report covers the period from August 2011 to August 2012.

THE ACMCU OUTREACH PROGRAM FRAMEWORK The educational outreach program continues as it was established in Spring 2007. Workshops provide knowledge about Islam, world religions, and world history, including Islamic involvement over time in cultural exchanges and interactions, and as such has an interdisciplinary focus.

Workshops provide information tailored to the needs and requests of the host institutions, and respond to participant questions during the workshop, presenting teaching examples and classroom-ready resources in four critical areas: •

Teaching about Islam and Muslim history and culture is discussed within the constitutional framework of the First Amendment Center guidelines for teaching about religion in public education which are expanded upon in a recent teacher guide published by the American Academy of Religion.1 Teaching about Islam occurs within world history and geography courses where all of the major world religions are taught, so the workshops address the

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overall world history context and approaches to world religions, in both public and private school settings.

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ACMCU professional development is based on current knowledge of national and state standards and curriculum trends, and reflects attention to the scholarship of teaching and learning. Presentations support curriculum in world cultures or history for elementary and secondary grades, high school world religions electives in public schools (or religions courses in private schools), humanities and language studies. At the current time, many states are moving toward the Common Core Standards, a set of skills expectations that the outreach program now takes into account.

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Workshops consist of content modules selected from categories of basic information to specialized, interdisciplinary lesson material. Recent modules include discussion of the Arab Uprising, the history of Islam in America and contemporary information on American Muslims, and upcoming lessons on the recently released documentary on Islamic Art.

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Presentations for general audiences shifted the focus from instructional materials and needs to general interest issues. Workshop programs were provided for a variety of such groups during 2011-2012, and are scheduled for the coming year.

The modules are correlated to state standards and Advanced Placement curricula. They include the following: 

Module A: Building a Comfort Zone: Teaching about Religions in the Public (or Private) School Classroom

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Module B: The World in the Classroom: Structural context for teaching world history

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Module 1: Basic Beliefs and Practices of Islam (now available as print resource Introduction to Islam, published by Georgetown’s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies)

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Module 2: Geographic and Demographic Issues (Islam in the world and Muslims in the U.S.)

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Module 3: Historical Issues in Teaching about Islam

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Module 4: Contemporary Hot-Button Issues (women, terrorism and extremism, shari’ah, and hejab)

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Module 5: Elementary Classroom Activities for Teaching about Islam and Muslims

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Module 7: Seven Centuries of Islamic Spain in Europe

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Module 9: Indian Ocean History, based on the online resource www.indianoceanhistory.org created by the presenter

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Module 10: Demographics and Culture of the Arab Uprising

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Module 11 (in development): An overview of the history of Islam in America and information on the status of American Muslims in contemporary society.

Content descriptions for these modules can be viewed online at http://acmcu.georgetown.edu under Educational Outreach or at http://cmcuworkshops.net. The most frequently requested modules continue to be Basic Beliefs and Practices of Islam and Contemporary Hot-Button Issues (women, terrorism, extremism, shari’ah, hejab). Next, Geographic and Demographic Issues, and Historical Issues. Since January 2011, there has been much interest in the Arab Uprising and resources for teaching about it, and in the phenomenon of Islamophobia has altered the focus of the Islam in the Media Module, which is also frequently requested.

The teacher resource website http://cmcuworkshops.net, continues to be updated with new resources and content, and its header is now aligned with the redesigned ACMCU web pages at Georgetown University. Using this site instead of giving teachers CDs has increased efficiency and cost savings, in addition to the fact that material is added to the site on an ongoing basis.

The pairing of workshop content and lesson plans extends the impact of the workshop beyond the day and is more likely to result in changes in attendees’ teaching practices. The ACMCU Education Consultant participates in lesson planning and instructional design projects whenever the opportunity arises, and keeps current on new projects, such as Unity Productions Foundation documentary films such as “Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World”, the National Endowment for the Humanities Bridging Cultures Bookshelf/Muslim Journeys, and the traveling exhibit and online resources 1001 Inventions, currently at the National Geographic Society Museum. The key element of the program is to give teachers access to sound scholarship, since misinformation is the source of inaccurate teaching about Islam and Muslims and is usually the result of inadequate knowledge. With events moving rapidly in Muslim regions of the world, and many ongoing projects to enhance understanding of Islam and Muslim regions, it is even more important to develop and incorporate new material in the ACMCU program.

PROMOTION OF THE ACMCU EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH PROGRAM ACMCU has now established an effective relationship with the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and regularly advertises in its two major publications. We have placed a half-page ad in Social Education, the flagship magazine of the NCSS and a free announcement in their newsletter The Social Studies Professional (TSSP) for the past three years in the Fall issues, which is regularly generating workshops. ACMCU continues its membership in the Middle East

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Outreach and takes part in its collaborative resource table at the NCSS Annual Meeting.

Brochures are distributed wherever possible, at workshops, at conferences and at the Dar al-Islam Summer Institute.

Progress in getting the word out to potential host organizations, as well as repeat hosts, is readily apparent. This year, we have bookings well into the spring that will take up the entire budget for the coming year. For the second year in a row, all of the available funding has been used up, and we are on track to do the same in 2012-2013, which is almost booked out at this writing. There is room for expanding the program so as to avoid having to turn down school systems, university outreach programs and civic organizations.

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COMPLETED AUGUST 2011 – AUGUST 2012 WORKSHOPS Appended to this report is a table showing the dates, hosting institutions and locations of this year’s completed workshops.

To summarize the overall program to date, from April 2007, when the program began, 72 full-day and 23 half-day workshops have been held in 25 states, the District of Columbia, and Canada under the terms of the ACMCU educational outreach program contract.2 A total of 2853 attendees have benefitted from the program between April 2007 and August 2012.

During the reporting period, August 2011-August 2012, 698 educators, administrators, and members of the general public attended fourteen full-day and 4 half-day workshops. A Google map showing the locations, dates, and host organizations of all workshops held since the ACMCU program began can be viewed at http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=114117642818317932358.00 045efd937f63ed73b60&z=4, and is shown below for the reader’s convenience.

ORGANIZER AND ATTENDEE PROFILES AND OBSERVATIONS FROM RECENT WORKSHOPS ACMCU workshops are most often attended by teachers and administrators, either hosted by local university outreach program officials or school district curriculum specialists. The educators include social studies teachers, who teach about Islam in world history, world geography or world cultures classes in elementary, middle and high school. This year, the overwhelming majority of

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workshops were hosted by universities, including both colleges of education and departments of religion (University of Maryland, University of Toronto, University of Denver, California State University San Bernardino, University of Hawaii, Manoa, University of Tennessee, University of Wisconsin Madison). School hosts included Salt Lake City School District, Salah Tawfik Elementary and Middle School Professional organizations included the Ontario Association of Islamic Schools, Arkansas Curriculum Conference of the AR Council for the Social Studies, and Inland Empire Consortium for International Studies. Last year’s workshop in Harrisburg for the PA Human Relations Commission, Inter-Agency Task Force on Civil Tension spawned three additional workshops in Pennsylvania—one for the World Affairs Council in Mechanicsville, PA, one scheduled for this fall, and a third held last spring for the Schuykill County VISION Interfaith Health Network and Diversity Council of Schuykill County. Teachers who attended these workshops received professional development credits, and received ACMCU certificates as documentation, a feature of the program that was added last year. This remains an important incentive for attendees.

ATTENDEE EVALUATIONS Evaluations are conducted after each workshop, and results are submitted with each workshop report, including a compilation of evaluation survey results and all written comments.

Evaluations have remained consistently high, maintaining the pattern of attendee responses with many 5 and 4 ratings (strongly agree, agree) and only scattered 3, 2 and occasional 1 outliers on a question or two (neither agree nor disagree, disagree, or strongly disagree). The responses reflect attendee interest in the topics, agreement that the content is appropriate and relevant to their work, confidence in the presenter’s knowledge, and gratitude for the resources provided, and express that the workshop met expectations and was of a high quality. All comments are recorded in the Workshop Reports, of which a selection is included in an appendix to this report. Original forms in the participants’ handwriting, or as transmitted to me by the host school or district, are archived and available upon request.

Note that the summative evaluations do not reflect the total number of workshop attendees or even the total number of workshops. The first reason is that typically, not all attendees actually submit evaluation forms, either because they leave the room without turning them in, or decline to fill them out, or leave before they are collected. This pattern has been consistent since the beginning of the program in 2007. The second reason is that school districts and organizations sometimes use their own evaluation forms, and differing survey questionnaires cannot be aggregated. ACMCU Educational Outreach policy is not to require workshop attendees to fill out multiple evaluations. Organizers usually follow up with copies and/or summaries of evaluations,

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which can be viewed on request. A few host organizations fail to submit copies or aggregate reports after the workshop for some reason, despite repeated requests. Selected attendee comments from many of the workshops held during the reporting period are attached to this report.

PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE The ACMCU educational outreach program continues to meet its stated objectives and program goals. As a result of the Kingdom Foundation grant through July 2013, it has been possible to plan with the assurance that the program has a secure base of funding. In terms of generating workshop requests from prospective clients, the program has become established enough that host organizations register for workshop dates months in advance, with new requests coming in regularly. Several host organizations have submitted repeat requests, sometimes involving a partner organization in order to expand registration possibilities. Among the scheduled and pending workshops for this year, two requests from university programs have developed from previous programs and represent expanded host partnerships. Evaluations, both conducted by ACMCU and by school systems, have maintained high levels of satisfaction. (See attached chart and sample attendee comments).

As economic difficulties and budget cuts to school districts continue, school systems and university outreach programs are grateful for these free professional development opportunities.

Educators have expressed that they see an increasing need for teachers to learn about this hotbutton topic, in addition to helping their teachers with the overall topic of world religions. It has been a privilege to interact with educators and the general public across the country, and to conduct and develop the workshops on behalf of the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for MuslimChristian Understanding, and to enjoy the continuing confidence and support of Dr. Esposito and Ms. Poletto and the ACMCU staff and board members. Work continues toward improving the program to provide knowledge to teachers and reaching out to new audiences.

See Appendices: 1.

Table of Workshops Presented, August 2011-August 2012

2. Evaluation Questionnaire Summary of Results 3. Highlights from Attendee Comments on Evaluation Forms

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APPENDIX 1: Workshops Presented, August 2011-August 2012

Workshops Conducted since July 2011 (Academic Year 2011-2012) Workshop Dates

Type of Workshop

No. of Attendees

Host Institution

Workshop Location

9/2-3/2011

full-day workshop (held on 2 days)

Ontario Association of Islamic Schools/University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada

115

10/8/11

full-day workshop

World Affairs Council

Harrisburg, PA

20

10/22/11

full-day workshop

Department of Religion, University of Denver

Denver, CO

26

11/3/11

half-day workshop

Arkansas Curriculum Conference

Little Rock, AR

50

12/2-4/11

ACMCU advertising & session presentation

National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference

Washington DC

25

1/2728/2012

2-day workshop

“One Nation, Many Faiths,” Teaching American History Conference, California State University, San Bernardino College of Education, Inland Empire Consortium for International Studies

Rancho Cucamonga, CA

58

1/26/12

1/2 day workshop (evening event)

World Affairs Council of Inland Southern California

Riverside, CA

100

4/9/12

half-day workshop

College of Education, North Carolina State University

Raleigh, NC

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College of Education, University of Maryland

College Park, MD

41

3-23-24/12

2 workshops

Muslim Societies in AsiaPacific and the East/West Center, University of Hawaii, Manoa

Honolulu, HI

53

4/10/12

full-day workshop

Salah Tawfik Elementary and Middle School

Sunshine, FL

50

full-day workshop

Department of Religious Studies, University of Tennessee

Knoxville, TN

30

4/28/12

full-day workshop

Schuykill County VISION Interfaith Health Network of S.C. & Diversity Council of S.C.

Reading, PA

50

5/12/12

2 workshops (parallel sessions)

Salt Lake City School District

Salt Lake City, UT

55

full-day workshop

LUBAR Institute for the Study of Abrahamic Religions Summer Institute

Madison, WI

15

4/14/12

8/23/12

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APPENDIX 2: Evaluation Questionnaire Summary of Results NOTE: This chart does not represent all of the evaluations for the total attendees of the workshops in this report. Some school districts and organizations used their own surveys, which differ too much to aggregate. Those evaluations, which are some of the largest workshops, are available on request. The number of evaluations seldom equals the number of attendees, since the forms are anonymously submitted, and some attendees omit the surveys. ALSO: In half-day workshops, a shorter form omits some questions, affecting aggregate response tabulation.

ACMCU Workshop Evaluation Survey Results The content of the presentation was clear, organized, and understandable.

1 - strongly disagree

Resource materials provided will be helpful in my teaching.

2 - disagree

There was a good balance of lecture, activity, and interaction.

3 neither agree nor disagree 4 - agree

I will be able to use what I learned today in my work.

The content was relevant, timely, and appropriate.

5 - strongly agree

The learning experience met my expectations.

The presenter answered questions to my satisfaction.

The presenter was friendly, approachable, and helpful.

The presenter was knowledgeable about the subject.

The presenter gave a high quality presentation.

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APPENDIX 3: Highlights from Attendee Comments on Evaluation NOTE: Original hand-written attendee surveys are available on request.

Ontario Association of Islamic Schools/University of Toronto Comments: (note: attendees were asked for Most Valuable and Least Valuable among other comments) •

Most valuable: Sr. Susan’s Hot-Button topics [were] very appropriate.

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Most valuable: Use of Islamic terms and use of [Muslim] “region” other than “world” Please increase the time.

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Most valuable: how the issues were brought up and dealt with

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Most valuable: Moving from parochial view to a broader view

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I enjoyed Susan Douglass’ seminars. They were very informative. I also found I gained a lot from the [Ontario] Ministry workshops…

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Most valuable: Susan’s lecture (8 attendees’ comment)

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All the seminars were great. Sr. Susan Douglass was fantastic! Her knowledge was excellent on all her topics.

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Most valuable: How we can answer the questions that students feel are ambiguous and related to Islam like hijab, women’s rights, etc. [i.e. Hot-Button Issues]

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Susan’s talk was excellent as I am not a Muslim

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Most valuable: Islam in the Media [with media literacy curriculum]

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Content in [Integrated curriculum session] was too much!

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Very knowledgeable—books are super!

World Affairs Council •

Dinner session – no evaluations except by organizer

Department of Religion, University of Denver •

Thank you!

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Susan did a wonderful job of staying neutral. This is a very “hot-button” subject on all sides; and she calmly explains her points well.

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Very, very useful info. I like the whole program of presentation.

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A really excellent opportunity for continuing education.

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Wish we could have made a weekend out of it. I imagine that Dr. Douglass [sic] is a very effective professor! We should have done more interactive activities, but this was a lot of info to cover!

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Wished it could have been longer in order to cover more! Intriguing and comprehensive.

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This was more on history, but worth what I learned to apply to teaching. Thank you.

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I would have liked us to have spent more detailed time on “hot-button issues” because these are the places I feel less able to respond from a Muslim point of view.

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I feel the group exercise helpful and would love to have seen more of that, or at least more interactive activities. Susan Douglas was amazing and the amount of resources is overwhelming in a good way.

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Thank you for coming! Your expertise was impressive! I was hoping for more historical background on Islam; perhaps, a bit less focus on public school education. Still, I gained from the experience. More breaks would be good. It gets tough to stay focused! Again, thank you!

Arkansas Curriculum Conference [NOTE: No evaluations submitted by conference organizers despite multiple inquiries]

“One Nation, Many Faiths,” Teaching American History Conference, California State University, San Bernardino College of Education, Inland Empire Consortium for International Studies •

Lectures were very knowledgeable and insightful. I think the sessions could have been more interactive, such as examining and discussing case studies and current events. During questioning, the presenter never, to my recollection, admitted that certain elements of Islam were problematic. Obviously, the motive was to alter our perceptions of Islam, misguided as they are.

Nevertheless, I would have like to see some reference to some of the difficult aspects in Islamic history, doctrine, and scripture. All religions and worldviews, especially those that come from such an old and foreign background, have aspects that are problematic in our society. Issues such as jihad and gender should be admitted that they are there and explained in terms of how Muslims deal with these passages in scripture.

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Not only did I learn a lot, but I’ve found so many great resources on your website. I’ll definitely use many of them. Thank you. It was a privilege to hear you speak!

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The speaker was so interesting and I feel more comfortable addressing this topic with my students.

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The scholarly and professional transmission of information is exactly what I appreciate and enjoy!! Thank you!

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I enjoyed learning about Islam. The fieldtrip was very educational. I am motivated to learn more about Islam. My students will have a great time learning more about this subject because this makes me a better social studies teacher. Thanks!

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I learned an enormous amount. I thought the presentation had depth and was balanced. It was a privilege to listen to Susan Douglass. The trip to the mosque for sources was a unique and positive experience.

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Susan is great! It was just a little overwhelming for a novice. So much information at a single sitting. But overall, I enjoyed the lectures.

College of Education, North Carolina State University •

Good topics, good overview; wish there had been more on how to address children’s questions on all levels, and more explanation about prayers during school

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This was great—a longer format would be preferable

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This was incredibly intense and enriching – such an informative experience. I wish I’d had more time, I could have spent 8 hours instead of 4!

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Great presentation! I love learning new aspects of religion.

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Excellent presenter! This was wonderful! Thank you!

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Very nice presentation. I certainly learned a lot! Can’t wait to take the knowledge back to my classroom and school.

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Very thorough! I enjoyed learning about Islam. Really opened my eyes!

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Lots of interesting information! Wish we could have spent more time on the hot-button issues— could have spent more time [overall]!

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Professionally and respectfully presented. Thank you for sharing.

College of Education, University of Maryland •

This workshop was phenomenal. The content was presented clearly. There is so much but not enough time to process and assimilate. I would like to see a more lengthy workshop where the info is covered more slowly and deeply. It was GREAT.

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I thought the presentation was relevant and interesting. I liked the balance of educating us and giving us resources that will help in our work. Overall a great workshop!

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I felt the workshop was excellent! Though I understand time limitations, I wish the workshop were longer, perhaps with a Part III & IV. The presenter was extremely well prepared. I was able to walk away from the workshop with all I expected and more. It is one, if not the best workshop I have ever attended in light of scope and depth of knowledge.

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My only slight concern is that the room was a bit too cool. Ms. Douglass is a fabulous presenter, very knowledgeable and understanding of what educators need and can use. This workshop inspired me to seek out similar opportunities to learn.

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Outstanding workshop!! I loved the content, the company and the food! Well done. I enjoyed every minute of this workshop. I appreciate the opportunity to interact with other professionals and I am grateful for this opportunity to learn about Islam from such an accomplished speaker.

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Teaching an era-based world history perspective does not allow you to think in monoliths and stereotypes. This will be helpful in so many ways in my classroom!

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Susan was great! I feel as if I learned a great deal and can continue with the resources given to pursue more study in both Islam and world history.

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Loved everything! Working together with other teachers was very enlightening. We all have different backgrounds and teach different subjects. It is very enriching.

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Very interesting topic; I learned so much. Good teacher—would attend with her as teacher in future.

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This was a nice mix of discussion and interactive elements. Dr. Douglass was extremely informative and a terrific speaker. Thoroughly enjoyed this presentation.

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Excellent resources to use and share. Phenomenal website development.

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I really appreciate the lecture. It is such a wonderful content to combine every knowledge we are keen for. Thanks a lot for it!

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I like the lecture, it was useful and organized very well. The presenter has a rich knowledge and she has self-confidence and great information. She tried to be neutral and be away from political issues related to Islam but from my point of view sometimes people want to hear the easy answer instead of listening to history.

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I absolutely like the presenter’s sense of purpose, pedagogical skills, knowledge and rich experience. The presentation was done with a masterly touch. I’m more informed and aware about Islam’s tenets, hadiths and injunctions.

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Finally teachers are getting useful knowledge about Islam and world trade

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Susan was fabulous! I will be able to use everything. Love the globalization of course

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Thank you for the invite and for the fabulous workshop of knowledge and lesson plans!

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Excellent presenter. Inspiring speaker. Rejuvenated my enthusiasm for teaching World History. I can’t wait to use the resources and websites with my students.

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The presentation was awesome. The whole idea was worth it. Very educative, informative, and enlightening. Mahalo for the sponsors and the presenter.

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Unbelievably helpful to have all these engaging websites and links and lessons and not just a bibliography. Beautifully presented. The best professional workshop I have ever attended in my long career. Thank you so much.

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I loved the information presented and the creative, “kid-friendly” ways that I can integrate into my world history classes. Excellent workshop!!

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Congratulations to the workshop leader on sharing with us her knowledge. The resources were very helpful, particularly the IndianOceanHistory.org site. I would have liked less topics in order to have more time to discuss a particular topic, since one day is not much time to encompass such a wide variety of topics.

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I always enjoy more interactive workshops, especially at the beginning—to keep participants alert and interested. I enjoyed the part that taught us about where things are from—coffee, vanilla, bits of cloth—to go along and reach all styles of learning. I liked the interfaith audience and I commend Salah Tawfik for hosting such a great event.

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It was informative for non-Muslim teachers, so they would be able to relate to their students with different backgrounds religious-wise or culture-wise. Great Islamic Studies/World History integration.

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This was a wonderful opportunity. I came away with a new perspective on world studies and the concepts of teaching. Thank you.

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I am not a teacher, but this information will be helpful to me in my roles as a mother and a communications professional. Thank you for developing and sharing such an eye-opening workshop.

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The presenter Susan Douglass has a wealth of knowledge of appropriate models, resources and activities educators from all walks of life can use to teach world religions in the classroom from a fair, balanced, and accurate perspective. Great presenter, great presentations, with some great visuals to demonstrate the importance of world religions to the ancient and modern world.

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My congratulations and gratitude to the speaker for offering us so much great tools to educate my parishioners about religious tolerance and understanding. I appreciate your time and wisdom.

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She was very articulate, knowledgeable and pleasant! Shukran! Thank you! Really appreciate UT bringing this workshop!

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Excellent answers to all questions. Excellent responses to current concerns and application to classrooms.

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Materials I take away will find their way into my teaching immediately. Thanks.

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The practical, easy to understand presentation of all things Islamic cleared up a lot of questions I had and provided me with very useful, very connected to my teaching resources.

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Really enjoyed this and would like there to be more religion studies for teachers.

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I really enjoyed the information that was shared. I also think the discussions and interactions with the other participants were very helpful to me.

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I think this was one of the best presentations I’ve ever attended. Susan Douglass is phenomenal.

I’d love to continue this with other cultural exchanges. Thank you so much for such a high quality experience. I’d love to be at the Biblical scholar workshop when you present that.

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Most informative! Perfect environment – felt free to ask questions, great interaction.

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Schuykill County VISION Interfaith Health Network of S.C. & Diversity Council of S.C. •

Presenter was very knowledgeable and handled questions in a polite manner

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I enjoyed this very well-prepared lecture which I found very enlightening

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Tons of information! The presenter was terrific and I would have loved to be able to talk to her longer regarding the history and traditions of Islam.

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Susan Douglass presented a very professional presentation. As an educator and presenter of Islam myself, I must attest that Susan gave an A+ presentation that gave non-Muslims an opportunity to understand Islam very well. I would certainly recommend this workshop for others. Thank you, Susan! I would suggest mentioning the Qur’anic verses regarding the wearing of the hejab. The Usul al-Fiqh slide was very difficult to read from the rear. Please break the info up onto several slides and enlarge. Great point about Islam encouraging travel and trade.

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A lot of time and effort was spent in putting this entire program together. Thank you!

The organizers distributed a survey entitled “Circle of Understanding: Culture of Islam—here are some highlights: •

Good resources for further info, networking with local people of similar interests, when to use terms “Islam” and “Muslim”, more about Muslims’ understanding about Jesus

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There are a great many more common beliefs between Christians and Muslims than I imagined, all doctrines of Islam appear to be respectful to God and human life when compared to Christian doctrine

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Similarities between Islam and Christianity, overall understanding of Islam, the actual women’s rights in the Islamic tradition

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I am Muslim, so I am familiar with the material presented. I particularly appreciated Susan’s info on the 10 Commandments and the associated Qur’anic verses for each. Very clever and a nice way to “bridge the gap” between the Christians and Muslims.

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Reinforced my understanding as a Muslim on some basic things, Islamic contribution to the world

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Brotherhood of all, Islamic view on nature and physical love

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Are there many efforts made to reciprocate this program (providing knowledge of Christianity and Christians to Islamic communities)?

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Susan’s presentation was extremely thorough and very well done! Her workshop was professional, organized and engaging!

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More comparative principles or practices between religions (especially between Christianity and al-Islam)

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John Locke and Freedom of Religion—Thomas Jefferson, Edw. Pococke, Hayy ibn Yaqzan, Essays on Human Understanding

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The sexist husband

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The audience presenting and questioning too much about the veil (hejab) and clothing

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I did not particularly enjoy the art presentation at the end. By then I was about ready to go since it was a long day and it did not seem to catch my interest. I couldn’t tie it in.

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Why Muslims follow the lunar calendar

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Excellent presenter – thank you! excellent program to develop understanding

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Loved Susan’s answer to the sexist question

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Susan did a wonderful job – very informative. Thanks so much!

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Very good presentation. Glad I came!

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So much info—takes time to digest, loved response to women working outside of home!!!

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This was very interesting; I would definitely come to another one.

Salt Lake City School District, Salt Lake City, UT (Parallel Secondary & Elementary) Secondary •

This is my 31st year of teaching and this is one of the the very best, most relevant and useful seminars I’ve been to.

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The knowledge imparted and clarity of presenting were superb. I don’t know if other attendees were more knowledgeable than me. But the info was made clear. Room organization could have been better for viewing screen.

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All the links and resources are great. I am excited to use this in my class. It is a great fit with my world geography curriculum.

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The presenter and information exceeded my expectations for this conference. Lecture was the main mode of delivery though I found this helpful and didn’t see it as a problem.

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Need more interactive activities. Too much lecture. Good visuals.

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Bring in some Muslim and Islamic people in from the local community. Maybe share some ethnic food with us, entertainment of some kind of enrichment program

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I’ve always believed myself to be fairly knowledgeable about and open-minded toward Islam. Yet this workshop uncovered some of my misconceptions and prejudices about Islam. I feel like I have a much better understanding about both the religious and cultural differences of my students (and the distinction between the two). I feel much better equipped to advocate for and support my Muslim students.

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Material was presented so fast, it was too challenging to get depth and hoped-for information.

Would rather have less material and more time to discuss teaching ideas.

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It was great to learn myself about content that I’m not familiar with so I can share it with my students. It’s a great learning experience, however, I’m not sure how practical I can make this in my classroom setting just yet, especially with the very youngest students, but I’m glad to have a base from where I can start.

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Great! Do it again! More classes like this.

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Very informative and interesting.

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I loved learning about a culture I am not very familiar with. I wished I could have learned more about the religion and asked more questions—there just wasn’t time 

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I loved the varying explicit materials we could use at any level, most importantly I can use the ideas and gear it to even kindergarten.

LUBAR Institute for the Study of Abrahamic Religions Summer Institute, Madison, WI •

Thank you very much. I am thrilled to be able to use some of your materials for my new class on World Religions!

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Would have loved to have heard more on basics—holidays, traditions, Sunni vs. Shiite, death practices, etc.

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Very well done. I would have liked a bit more on Sunni-Shia

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I liked Susan’s lecture very much. It is well organized and clear. I really learned a lot from her lecture. Thanks!!

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I thought the resources and website are great. Thank you!

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Wow! An almost overwhelming collection of teacher resources to use, share, etc. Would have been nice to have copies of all materials passed out. Thank you so much for your graciousness and for sharing your knowledge.

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The location was overwhelming. To see the daily prayers was enlightening. Thank you for being available.

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