Iranian Crackdown: The Regime Against Baha'is
Elliott Abrams and Dwight Bashir lead a conversation on the Iranian regime's persecution of members of the Baha'i faith.
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Elliott Abrams and Dwight Bashir lead a conversation on the Iranian regime's persecution of members of the Baha'i faith.
Raj Bhala, associate dean for international and comparative law and Rice distinguished professor at University of Kansas School of Law, discusses "Understanding Sharia: From Caliphate to Current Day."
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John Campbell, CFR's Ralph Bunche senior fellow for Africa policy studies, discusses the recent escalation of violence by Nigeria's radical Islamic movement, Boko Haram, and analyzes strategies to undermine the threat.
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CFR's Gayle Tzemach Lemmon leads a conversation on the role of women in Afghanistan's civil society.
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Timothy J. Keller, senior pastor at Redeemer Presbyterian Church, discusses the relationship between religious freedom and freedom of speech.
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Scott M. Thomas discusses his November/ December 2010 Foreign Affairs article, "A Globalized God: Religion's Growing Influence in International Politics."
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Religious leaders from Sudan discuss the upcoming referendum, as well as ways that the international community can strengthen human rights in Southern Sudan.
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Award-winning investigative journalist and poet Eliza Griswold discusses her book, The Tenth Parallel: Dispatches from the Fault Line Between Christianity and Islam, as part of CFR's Religion and Foreign Policy Conference Call series.
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Daisy Khan discusses the national and international implications of the debate surrounding the proposal to build a community center and mosque near the World Trade Center site.
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Leonard A. Leo and Elizabeth H. Prodromou discuss international religious freedom and U.S. foreign policy in light of the recent release of U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom's Eleventh Annual Report on Religious Freedom in the World, as part of CFR's Religion and Foreign Policy Conference Call series.
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CFR's Isobel Coleman discusses the growing movement of Islamic feminism in light of her new book, Paradise Beneath Her Feet: How Women are Transforming the Middle East, as part of CFR's Religion and Foreign Policy Conference Call series.
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Listen to CFR's Walter Russell Mead discuss the evolving role of Evangelicals in American politics and whether it has changed since his September/October 2006 Foreign Affairs article "God's Country," as part of CFR's Religion and Foreign Policy Conference Call series.
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Listen to CFR's Matthew C. Waxman discuss his recent Council Special Report, Intervention to Stop Genocide and Mass Atrocities, as part of CFR's Religion and Foreign Policy Conference Call series.
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Listen to CFR's Michael A. Levi discuss the Copenhagen Accord and the implications of last month's UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, as part of CFR's Religion and Foreign Policy Conference Call series.
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Listen to CFR's John Campbell discuss Christian-Muslim Relations in Nigeria as part of CFR's Religion and Foreign Policy series.
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Listen to CFR's Steven A. Cook discuss the Israel-Palestinian conflict in light of the release of the Goldstone Report, which was recently completed by the UN Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict, as part of CFR's Religion and Foreign Policy Conference Call series.
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Listen to Vali R. Nasr, former CFR adjunct senior fellow, discuss his new book Forces of Fortune: The Rise of the New Muslim Middle Class and What It Will Mean for Our World as part of CFR's Religion and Foreign Policy Conference Call series.
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Listen to Leonard A. Leo and Elizabeth H. Prodromou, chair and vice chair, respectively, of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, discuss international religious freedom and U.S. foreign policy as part of CFR's Religion and Foreign Policy Conference Call series.
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Listen to CFR President Richard N. Haass discuss his new book, War of Necessity, War of Choice: A Memoir of Two Iraq Wars, as part of CFR's Religion and Foreign Policy Conference Call series.
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Listen to Edward Alden, CFR's Bernard L. Schwartz senior fellow, and Richard D. Land, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, discuss their work on the CFR-sponsored Independent Task Force on U.S. Immigration Policy, with a focus on human rights and public diplomacy, as part of CFR's Religion and Foreign Policy Conference Call series.
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