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Moderation and Militancy in Islam

These interviews were made possible by support from the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley.

Khaled Ahmed; Consulting Editor, The Friday Times, Lahore, Pakistan: "Pakistan and Islamic Fundamentalism," 2/19/02

Tariq Ali; Editor, New Left Review: "Islam, Empire, and the Left," 5/8/03; "Pakistan," 10/3/08

Talal Asad; Professor of Anthropology, Graduate Center of the City University of New York: "Thinking About Religion, Secularism and Politics," 10/2/08

Daniel Benjamin, Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies: "National Security in an Age of Sacred Terror," 2/6/06

Lakhdar Brahimi; UN Special Envoy: "Negotiating," 4/5/05

Jocelyne Cesari; Associate, Middle East Center, Harvard University: "Islam in the West," 12/04/08

Juan Cole; Professor of History, University of Michigan: "The Middle East and U.S. Foreign Policy" 10/20/05

Steve Coll; Associate Editor, The Washington Post: "The Rise of al Qaeda," 3/15/05

Pamela Constable; Foreign Correspondent, The Washington Post: "Afghanistan and Pakistan," 04/03/08

Steven A. Cook; Douglas Dillon Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations: "The Implications of Military Rule for Democratization in the Middle East,” 1/31/08

Shirin Ebadi; 2003 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate: "The Struggle for Human Rights in Iran," 5/10/06

John L. Esposito; University Professor of Religion and International Affairs, Georgetown University: "Islam and the West," 3/13/03

Robert Fisk; Middle East Correspondent, The Independent: "'Foreign Correspondent' in the Middle East," 12/14/06

Akbar Ganji; Journalist and Human Rights Activist: "Islam and Democracy," 8/10/06

Fawaz A. Gerges; Christian A. Johnson Chair in Middle Eastern Studies at Sarah Lawrence College: "Inside Muslim Militancy,” 8/29/2007

Roya Hakakian; Author: "Identity, Freedom and Revolution," 03/04/09

Ira Lapidus; Professor Emeritus of History, UC Berkeley: "Islamic Societies," 1/14/03

Amb. Zalmay Khalilzad; U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan (2003-2005, Iraq 2005-2007, and the United Nations(2007-2008): "Responding to Strategic Challenges Post 9-11," 05/12/09

Vali Nasr; Professor of Political Science, University of San Diego: "Islam and the State" 10/3/02

Vitaly Naumkin; President, International Center for Strategic and Political Studies, Moscow: "Islam and State Power in the Middle East and Central Asia" 2/19/03

Daniel Pipes; Director, Middle East Forum: "Militant Islam," 2/10/04

Ahmed Rashid;Author and Journalist: "The Rise of Militant Islam," 3/26/02; and, "Descent into Chaos," 6/12/08
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Olivier Roy; Senior Researcher, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris: "The Political Imagination of Islam," 4/16/02; and "Globalization and Islam," 1/25/07
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Karim Sadjadpour; Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: "Iran: Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy" 10/8/07

Michael Scheuer; Former Chief of the CIA bin Laden unit: "America and Islam After Iraq,” 3/12/08

Peter Dale Scott; Professor Emeritus of English, UC Berkeley: "Wealth, Empire, and the Future of America," 8/8/07

Lawrence Wright; Staff Writer, The New Yorker: "Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11," 11/13/06

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