Religion, Governments, and Preventing Violent Extremism: What Have We Learned?
Showing the Religion, Governments, and Preventing Violent Extremism: What Have We Learned? Video
Wednesday, February 13, 2019
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. EST
Location:
Healy Hall Riggs Library Map
The role and efficacy of religious actors and institutions in preventing and countering violent extremism has been an ongoing topic of debate among scholars of religion and foreign affairs. Policymakers and practitioners have at times invested in particular religious leaders or state-sanctioned sources of “moderate” religion in the hope that they will prove effective in discrediting religious extremists and dissuading potential recruits to their cause. Others have criticized government entanglement with religion in the context of national security affairs, or cast doubt on the credibility or capacity of religious actors to address these challenges.
With a new U.S. National Strategy for Counterterrorism now in place, and with an administration in Washington, D.C., that has placed particular emphasis on countering extremist ideology, questions about how best to think about the relationship between religion and preventing or countering violent extremism (P/CVE) take on renewed currency. Scholars assessed the current state of debate around religion and P/CVE and reflected on how lessons learned to date might inform thinking, policy, and practice in this area going forward.
A reception followed the event.
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Peter Mandaville frames the conversation.
H.A. Hellyer talks about factors that contribute to violent extremism.
Susan Hayward offers insights into Buddhism and militancy in Myanmar.
Mohamed Elsanousi argues that religious leaders can have a large impact on preventing violent extremism.
Panelists debate the complex role religion and religious leaders play in causing or preventing violent extremism.
