Berkley Center

In this Berkley Forum series, leading scholars, practitioners, and former policymakers offer varied perspectives on the intersection of religion and violent extremism.

Rim-Sarah Alouane argues that the French state, as protector of both religious freedom and secularism, is attempting to navigate the country’s balkanized Muslim community but has developed a bad habit of relying on external parties to regulate Islam within France’s borders.

In this piece, Sarah Alaoui writes about Morocco's brand of Islam and their relationship to other African countries in regards to religion.