Delicate Debates on Islam
Policymakers and Academics Speaking with Each Other
Distributed for Amsterdam University Press
100 pages
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6 x 9
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© 2011
In this important volume, a broad range of scholars and policymakers, including former NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and Dutch politician and former mayor of Amsterdam Job Cohen, have come together to explore how politicians and scholars in the West approach Islam. Many Western countries, including the US and the Netherlands, have seen an increasing polarization of opinion in the past decade, with some public figures and members of the mainstream media embracing stereotypes in lieu of a real understanding about Islam as a religion and a culture. This wide-ranging collection also touches on sensitive issues such as human rights violations and the position of women in Islam, and it furthers the conversation about the West’s relationship with Islam, by creating a more subtle and sophisticated depiction of the religion and its adherents.
Contents
Foreword: About LUCIS
Delicate Debates on Islam. Policymakers and Academics Speaking with Each Other: an Introduction
Jan Michiel Otto and Hannah Mason
A Policymaker's Pressing Questions about Islam
Job Cohen
Challenges for NATO's Operations in the Muslim World
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
The (Ir)Relevance of Academic Research to Foreign Policymaking
Nikolaos van Dam
Dynamism in Islamic Activism: Some Reflections on the Advisory Report by the WRR (Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy)
Wendy Asbeek Brusse
Excerpts from the Cabinet's Reaction to the WRR report Dynamism in Islamic Activism: Reference Points for Democratization and Human Rights
Historical Diversity in the Muslim World
Petra Sijpesteijn
Islamic Studies in the Dutch Public Sphere
Léon Buskens
'Taki-What? What Are You Talking About?'
Maurits Berger
Sharia and Law in a Bird's-Eye View: Reform, Moderation and Ambiguity
Jan Michiel Otto
Who Speaks for Islam? Learning What Most Muslims Think, and Some Lessons for Policymaking
Dalia Mogahed
Islam Studies, Foreign Policy and the Muslim World: From Bush to Obama
John Esposito
About the Authors
Delicate Debates on Islam. Policymakers and Academics Speaking with Each Other: an Introduction
Jan Michiel Otto and Hannah Mason
A Policymaker's Pressing Questions about Islam
Job Cohen
Challenges for NATO's Operations in the Muslim World
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
The (Ir)Relevance of Academic Research to Foreign Policymaking
Nikolaos van Dam
Dynamism in Islamic Activism: Some Reflections on the Advisory Report by the WRR (Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy)
Wendy Asbeek Brusse
Excerpts from the Cabinet's Reaction to the WRR report Dynamism in Islamic Activism: Reference Points for Democratization and Human Rights
Historical Diversity in the Muslim World
Petra Sijpesteijn
Islamic Studies in the Dutch Public Sphere
Léon Buskens
'Taki-What? What Are You Talking About?'
Maurits Berger
Sharia and Law in a Bird's-Eye View: Reform, Moderation and Ambiguity
Jan Michiel Otto
Who Speaks for Islam? Learning What Most Muslims Think, and Some Lessons for Policymaking
Dalia Mogahed
Islam Studies, Foreign Policy and the Muslim World: From Bush to Obama
John Esposito
About the Authors
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Law and Legal Studies: International Law
Political Science: Diplomacy, Foreign Policy, and International Relations
Religion: Islam
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