International Affairs

Panel Discussion on Secularism, Islam, and Democracy with Tariq Ramadan, Dalia Mogahed, George Packer, Joan Wallach Scott, and Jacob Weisberg

Dalia Mogahed; George Packer; Tariq Ramadan; Joan Wallach Scott

About the Program

From Cooper Union in New York City, a panel discussion on issues facing Muslims in the Middle East, Europe, and the United States featuring Oxford University professor Tariq Ramadan.  This was Prof. Ramadan's first public address in the U.S. since being barred from the country by the Bush administration in 2004.  He is joined by Dalia Mogahed, George Packer, and Joan Wallach Scott.  Jacob Weisberg of Slate served as moderator.       

About the Authors

Tariq Ramadan

Tariq Ramadan is a professor of Islamic studies at Oxford University and president of the European Muslim Network (Brussels).  He is the author of "What I Believe," "Radical Reform: Islamic Ethics and Liberation," "Western Muslims and the Future of Islam," and other books.    


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George Packer

George Packer is a staff writer for the New Yorker and author of "Interesting Times" and "The Assassins' Gate."


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Dalia Mogahed

Dalia Mogahed is a senior analyst and executive director of the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies.  She is the co-author of "Who Speaks for Islam."     


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Joan Wallach Scott

Joan Wallach Scott is a professor in the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.  Her books include "The Politics of the Veil," "Parite!: Sexual Equality and the Crisis of French Universalism" and "Gender and the Politics of History".  


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Panel Discussion on Secularism, Islam, and Democracy with Tariq Ramadan, Dalia Mogahed, George Packer, Joan Wallach Scott, and Jacob Weisberg

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