DC Daughters and Sons Event: Journey Into Islam [Rush Transcript; Federal News Service]
Akbar Ahmed discusses the need for dialogue between the Muslim world and western nations. He is joined in the conversation by Jonathan...
Speaker: Akbar Ahmed, Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies, American University; Author, Journey Into Islam
Presider: Linda Robinson, Senior Writer, U.S. News & World Report
May 23, 2007
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