In my previous post, I suggested that one of the latent assumptions underpinning the Chicago Report is that terrorism is…
Islam and terrorism
Religious freedom
Scholars provide contrasting analyses of a controversial facet of American foreign policy.
Good Muslim, bad Muslim
In my opening post, I suggested that a second assumption underpinning the Chicago Report is that American foreign policy should…
For and against proselytism
I view my task not as that of winning points in a debate on the grounds of logical or rhetorical…
Proselytism and religious freedom
The distinguishing feature of proselytizing is an aim that typically supervenes upon “ordinary” religious expression. It is an accompanying mental…
Engagement for the common good
I have been following the contributions and "debates" on The Immanent Frame in response to the Chicago Council report. My…
Engagement for whose good?
It is coincidental but telling that Emile Nakhleh’s post supporting U.S. “engagement” with Muslim communities appeared the same week as…
Where lies wisdom, where folly?
Two recent developments provide good reason to revisit a debate that took place in these pages last year concerning the U.S.…