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November, 2005
POMED Event - “Democracy, Self Interest and Ideology: A discussion of U.S. Policy Towards Political Islam”
November 15th, 2005 by Administrator
Event Summary
America needs to reassess the best ways to promote democracy in the Muslim world and commit itself to engaging Islamists, said several scholars in a panel at Georgetown University on Nov. 15, 2005.
After giving a brief overview of American policy towards political Islam over the last several decades, Dr. John Esposito argued that the U.S. must review the way it approaches democracy and political Islam. Esposito, the founding director of the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (CMCU) at Georgetown University, said that the U.S. must first decide whether it believes in true self-determination or only in one narrow American version of democracy. Second, he said, the U.S. must reconsider whether democracy is best promoted through making headlines or through comparatively quiet diplomacy.
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