Ed Husain
Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies
Expertise
Islamist ideologies; Islamist political movements in the greater Middle East; civil society counterradicalization strategies; government counterterrorism policies; Salafism; Sufism; Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Syria.
Programs
Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Initiative, Middle East Program
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Ed Husain writes, "Boston will not be the last homegrown terror attack. Bombastic statements and burying our heads in the sand do not prepare us for future attacks."
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According to Ed Husain, "the answers to countering the appeal of radicalism among some Muslims in the West rests in more, not less, debating of religion, pluralist politics and integrating immigrants."
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Unnoticed by the West, al-Qaeda is seizing a golden opportunity in Syria, says Ed Husain.
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Ed Husain says the death of Osama bin Laden will not weaken jihadists.
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Ed Husain says the United States cannot ignore the Muslim Brotherhood as part of Egypt's future.
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Ed Husain says the congressional hearings on radicalization risk alienating American Muslims and will hurt America's reputation abroad.
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Ed Husain says extremists won't let democracy win that easily in Egypt.
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Ed Husain discusses Wael Ghonim as a symbol of Egypt's revolution.
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Ed Husain says the United States must engage Egyptian Islamists now, rather than ignore them today or face them in government later.
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The Post asked experts what America should do about unrest in the Middle East. Below are responses from Steven Heydemann, Stephen J. Hadley, Aaron David Miller, Danielle Pletka, Hussein Agha, Robert Malley, Marina Ottaway, Andrew Albertson and Ed Husain.
Ed Husain says the current popular uprisings in the Middle East are a chance for the United States to set the record straight on its stance on freedom and democracy in the region.
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The killing of Punjab's governor, Salman Taseer, was symptomatic of widespread religious intolerance and fanaticism in Pakistan, says CFR’s Ed Husain.
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