Thursday, June 03, 2010

U.S.-Relations with the Muslim World: One Year After Cairo - Excellent CSID Conference

U.S.-Relations with the Muslim World: One Year After Cairo
Wednesday, April 28, 2010, Ronald Reagan Building Amphitheater
Washington, DC 20004 - organized by CSID

On Wednesday, April 28th, 2010, the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy (CSID) organized its 11th Annual Conference at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington D.C. The conference was perfectly situated amidst the great policy-shaping institutions, many of whose representatives were present and active at the conference. With the increasingly critical and timely theme of "U.S. Relations with the Muslim World: One Year After Cairo," CSID hosted a diverse range of speakers and participants from around the world to discuss the aftermath of President Barack Obama's famous Cairo speech in June, 2009, and the road forward in transforming his inspiring and well-intentioned rhetoric into tangible policies and actions. CSID President, Dr. Radwan Masmoudi, and Conference Program Committee Chair and Co-Director of the Center for Global Studies at George Mason University, Dr. Peter Mandaville, joined together in warmly welcoming all conference participants and inviting them to actively listen to, and engage with, the long list of distinguished speakers on the day's program. Dr. Masmoudi charged all attendees with the responsibility of being proactive in their comments and questions throughout the day, to build and sustain an atmosphere of cooperation, critical engagement, and forward-thinking as CSID moves into its second decade as a leader in restructuring and improving the relationship between the United States and Muslim-majority countries around the world.

For complete article, click here
For remarks by Farah Pandith, US State Department's Special Representative for Mulsim Communities, click here
For Response to Farah Pandith’s “Perspectives on Muslim Engagement” by Dr. Emile Nakhleh, click here
For Steven Kull's "Muslims and America: Internalizing the Clash of Civilizations", click here
For "A Nigerian Perspective on Cairo Speech" by Chloe Berwind-Dart, click here
For "The Changing Landscape of Political Islam and U.S. Foreign Policy in the Obama Era" by Dr Halim Rane, click here

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