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The Future of Track-Two Diplomacy
In a world where traditional interstate diplomacy often misses critical dynamics of global affairs, such as the influences of religion and culture, there are increasing calls to buttress, or bypass altogether, traditional diplomacy in favor of society-centered "track-two diplomacy." This Doyle...
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Undergraduate Fellows Seminars
As of 2009-2010, this program became part of the Doyle Engaging Difference Initiative, and in fall 2012 it was recast as the Doyle Seminars.
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AT THE CENTER
ALL INTERVIEWEES
> Ziad Asali> Thomas Banchoff
> Robert Cekuta
> Catherine Cosman
> Thomas Getman
> Michael J. Green
> Yahya Hendi
> Maryann Cusimano Love
> Stapleton Roy
> Peter Steinfels
> Jill Sternberg
> Christopher Voss
> Paul Wee
> Andrew White
Yahya Hendi
Imam Yayha Hendi is the Muslim chaplain at Georgetown University, the first American university to hire a full-time Muslim chaplain. As chaplain he leads Qiyamul-lail and Friday prayers, counsels students, and offers retreats for both Muslim and non-Muslim students. A consistent advocate for interfaith understanding, Hendi is the founder and president of Clergy Beyond Borders and Imams for Universe, Dignity, Human Rights and Dialogue. He has also written numerous publications on topics ranging from women and gender relations in Islam to religion and Islam in the United States. Hendi is also the imam of the Islamic Society of Frederick, the Muslim chaplain at the National Naval Medical Center, and the spokesperson of the Islamic Jurisprudence Council of North America. He holds a master's degree in Comparative Religions from Hartford Seminary and is currently working on his PhD in Comparative Religion at Georgetown.
INTERVIEWS
A Discussion with Imam Yahya Hendi, Founder of Clergy Beyond Borders
May 22, 2011
Background: As part of the Future of Track-Two Diplomacy Undergraduate Fellows Seminar, in fall 2010 Saaliha Khan interviewed Imam Yahya Hendi, founder of Clergy Beyond Borders and Muslim chaplain at Georgetown University, about the intersections of US foreign policy, religion, and Track II...