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Report of the Symposium on Islam, Constitutions, & Durable Democracy: The Cases of Iraq & Afghanistan
September 11, 2007
September 11, 2007
INTERVIEWS (90)
A Discussion with Elliott Abrams, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
February 10, 2010
February 10, 2010
A Discussion with Maryann Cusimano Love, Associate Professor of Politics at the Catholic University
May 22, 2011
May 22, 2011
A Discussion with Ziad Asali, Founding President of the American Task Force on Palestine
May 22, 2011
May 22, 2011
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Newt Gingrich on Loyalty Tests and Muslims at the Iowa Republican DebateAugust 12, 2011
YORK: Speaker Gingrich, you’ve said you would impose a loyalty test for Muslims to serve in your administration. You said, “...
John McCain on Evil and Islamic Extremism at Saddleback Civil Forum
McCAIN: Defeat it. […]...
August 16, 2008
WARREN: Does evil exist, and if so, should we ignore it, negotiate with it, contain it or defeat it?McCAIN: Defeat it. […]...
Barack Obama on Foreign Policy in the Islamic World in Interview with Fareed Zakaria
July 13, 2008
We should be going after al Qaeda and those networks fiercely and effectively. But what we also want to do is to shrink the...
Barack Obama on Lessons from Living in a Muslim-majority Country as a Child at Compassion Forum
April 13, 2008
[T]he brand of Islam that was being practiced in Indonesia at the time was a very tolerant Islam. The country itself was...
John McCain on Societal Changes Necessary to Fight Radical Islam at Los Angeles World Affairs Council
March 26, 2008
Prevailing in this struggle will require far more than military force. It will require the use of all elements of our...
Barack Obama on Rev. Wright's Comments in Philadelphia
March 18, 2008
But the remarks that have caused this recent firestorm weren't simply controversial. They weren't simply a religious...
John McCain on Defending America in his Wisconsin Primary Victory Speech
February 19, 2008
We need to marshal all elements of American power: our military, economy, investment, trade and technology and our moral...
Barack Obama on His Christian Faith at Rally in Boise
February 2, 2008
I've been going to the same church for 20 years, praising Jesus. [...] We've heard the usual sort of smear campaigns. [...]...
John McCain on Radical Islamic Extremism at the GOP Debate in Reagan Library
January 30, 2008
And I have the vision and the knowledge and the background to take on the transcendent issue of the 21st century, which is...
John McCain on Appealing to Religious Conservatives in Interview on The Brody File
January 28, 2008
I really believe the majority of our religious conservatives are more concerned than anybody else about the threat of...
Barack Obama on His Personal Faith in Christianity Today Interview
January 23, 2008
I am a devout Christian. I believe in the redemptive death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. I believe that that faith gives...
Barack Obama on His Faith Background in Beliefnet Interview
January 22, 2008
You know, I was raised basically by my mother, who came from a Christian background - small town, white, Midwesterner. But,...
Mike Huckabee on Sayyid Qutb and Islamic Terrorism at the New Hampshire Debate
January 5, 2008
The fact is when there is a serious threat to this country, it is not a threat because we happen to be peace-loving people....
Rudy Giuliani on Causes of Islamic Terrorism in the New Hampshire Debate
January 5, 2008
It seems to me, if you don't face this squarely -- there's an Islamic, terrorism threat against us. It's an existential...

Islam as an Issue
This collection gathers together key candidate statements on Islam from the primary and general election campaigns, addressing perceived linkages between religion and terrorism and the impact of that on America's foreign policy.
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Barack Obama on Lessons from Living in a Muslim-majority Country as a Child at Compassion Forum
April 13, 2008
April 13, 2008
John McCain on Societal Changes Necessary to Fight Radical Islam at Los Angeles World Affairs Council
March 26, 2008
March 26, 2008
Barack Obama on Rev. Wright's Comments in Philadelphia
March 18, 2008
March 18, 2008
John McCain on Defending America in his Wisconsin Primary Victory Speech
February 19, 2008
February 19, 2008
Barack Obama on His Christian Faith at Rally in Boise
February 2, 2008
February 2, 2008