“The Burkini as a Mirror”, by Adam Seligman. 2016. openDemocracy. August 25. Last week, the mayor of Oye-Plage in France was so disturbed by seeing a woman in a burkini on the beach that he is planning to ban such a garb from the beaches of his own town. This reminded me of some of my…
Read More »“How Big a Threat Is Islamic State in Central Asia?”, by John Heathershaw and David W. Montgomery. 2016. The Conversation. April 11. Read the Full Article
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Living with Difference: How to Build Community in a Divided World ADAM B. SELIGMAN, RAHEL R. WASSERFALL, AND DAVID W. MONTGOMERY “The authors have the courage as well as the philosophical skills to challenge the sentimentalities designed to help us all to just ‘get along.’ Instead, they draw on their pedagogical experience to provide an account…
Read More »“Islam and the State in Central Asia”, by Adeeb Khalid. 2015. Turkish Review. September 1. Read the Full Article This post is part of the CEDAR’s partnership with the UK’s Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House), George Washington University, and the University of Exeter in organizing a two-part conference on “Islam, Secularism and Security…
Read More »The Rev. Dr. Toby Howarth, CEDAR alumnus and codirector of the 2009 CEDAR/ISSRPL program in England, was recently named the new Bishop of Bradford. Read the Announcement
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