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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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Barack Obama on the Role of Defense of Religious Minorities in the Third Presidential Debate at Lynn UniversityOctober 22, 2012
We do have to make sure that we're protecting religious minorities and women because these [Arab Spring] countries can't...
Barack Obama on Intolerance and Violence in His UN General Assembly Address Discussing the Middle East
September 25, 2012
The impulse towards intolerance and violence may initially be focused on the West, but over time it cannot be contained. The...
Barack Obama on Balancing Religious Freedom with Condemnation of Violence in the Muslim World
September 15, 2012
The United States has a profound respect for people of all faiths. We stand for religious freedom. And we reject the...
Barack Obama in Response to the Violent Protests in Libya and Egypt
September 12, 2012
[The United States] rejects all efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others -- but there is absolutely no...
Mitt Romney on Critiquing the President and the US Embassy in Cairo for Their Statement “Sympathizing” with Violent Protestors
September 12, 2012
I also believe the [Obama] administration was wrong to stand by a statement sympathizing with those who had breached our...
Newt Gingrich on Repealing President Obama's Anti-Religious Acts
March 1, 2012
You’ll notice the President Obama is very quick to apologize for Islam while he attacks the Catholic church. [...] This is...
Rick Perry on Islam, Terrorism, and Turkey at the Fox News/WSJ Debate
January 16, 2012
Well, obviously when you have a country [Turkey] that is being ruled by, what many would perceive to be Islamic terrorists,...
Rick Santorum on the Threat of Radical Islam at the ABC/Yahoo/WMUR NH Debate
January 7, 2012
[...Y]ou make that decision [to leave Afghanistan] based on an analysis of understanding how virulent the threat of radical...
Rick Perry on President Obama's Failings in the Middle East at the ABC News Iowa Debate
December 10, 2011
We have a president of the United States who has put the most muddled foreign policy in place that is causing the problems...
Rick Santorum on Fighting Radical Islam at the CNN National Security Debate
November 22, 2011
We are not fighting a war on terrorism. Terrorism is a tactic. We're fighting a war against radical Islam. And what radical...
Ron Paul on Terrorism and the Islamic World at the Florida Republican Debate
September 12, 2011
This whole idea that the whole Muslim world is responsible for this [terrorism], and they're attacking us because we're free...
Herman Cain on His Campaign and Other People's Religions
August 12, 2011
YORK: Mr. Cain [...] you have already apologized for remarks you made about Islam. Is your focus on other people’s religions...
Newt Gingrich on Loyalty Tests and Muslims at the Iowa Republican Debate
August 12, 2011
YORK: Speaker Gingrich, you’ve said you would impose a loyalty test for Muslims to serve in your administration. You said, “...
Herman Cain on US Relations with the Muslim World
August 7, 2011
I don't know what reaching out to the Muslim world is going to achieve. I am not going to pander to the Muslim world. I am...
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. You can also view a grid that juxtaposes the major positions of the major candidates here.
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Barack Obama on the Role of Defense of Religious Minorities in the Third Presidential Debate at Lynn University
October 22, 2012
October 22, 2012
Barack Obama on Intolerance and Violence in His UN General Assembly Address Discussing the Middle East
September 25, 2012
September 25, 2012
Barack Obama on Balancing Religious Freedom with Condemnation of Violence in the Muslim World
September 15, 2012
September 15, 2012
Barack Obama in Response to the Violent Protests in Libya and Egypt
September 12, 2012
September 12, 2012
Mitt Romney on Critiquing the President and the US Embassy in Cairo for Their Statement “Sympathizing” with Violent Protestors
September 12, 2012
September 12, 2012