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Integration of Muslims Beyond Socioeconomic Opportunity

September 9, 2014

Integration of Muslims Beyond Socioeconomic Opportunity

Jocelyne Cesari says appeal of groups like ISIS among European Muslims is not driven primarily by socioeconomic deprivation. Political efforts are needed to put an end to the ghettoization of Islam in Europe.
Imperfect but Necessary

September 4, 2014

Imperfect but Necessary

Drew Christiansen, S.J. and Ra'fat Aldajani argue that while there are numerous issues with the UN commission investigating the Israel-Hamas conflict, any kind of inquiry is better than no accounting at all.
How to Think about Humanitarian Intervention

August 27, 2014

How to Think about Humanitarian Intervention

Drew Christiansen, S.J. says the Church should explain the exceptional logic by which the responsibility to protect can be exercised when there is lack of international capacity and an absence of responsible international authority.

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Cardinal Robert McElroy speaking in front of a podium in Copley Formal Lounge

January 6, 2025

Georgetown Welcomes Cardinal Robert McElroy as New Archbishop of Washington

Over the past decade, McElroy has visited Georgetown and engaged with events hosted by the Berkley Center and the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life. He also contributed a chapter to the Georgetown University Press book A World Free from Nuclear Weapons: The Vatican Conference on Disarmament, co-edited by the late Rev. Drew Christiansen, S.J., then a Berkley Center senior fellow.

A family prays at a burial site as the sun comes down on a cloudy day

December 13, 2024

Student Research on Religion and COVID-19 in Sri Lanka

In "The Right to Bury Their Dead," Minahil Mahmud (SFS'25) examines the challenges faced by the Muslim community in Sri Lanka when the government of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa mandated in April 2020 that all victims of COVID-19 would be cremated, irrespective of their religious beliefs.

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