Congressional Forum on Islam

The Middle East Program brings leading scholars of Islam from around the country to conduct policy discussions with Capitol Hill staff. The series is intended to highlight the debates underway within Islam and inform staff on emerging trends that bear watching. The series seeks to bring prominent speakers from around the country to enrich the ongoing Washington debates on these topics.

Events in 2008

- "Islam, Politics, and the Resurgence of the State"
Steve Heydemann, US Institute of Peace
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- "What Should President Obama say to Muslims?"
Emad Shahin, Harvard University

- "Is Islam a Threat"
 Tom Dine, Freedom House
 
- "The Strategic Implications of the Israel-Hamas Ceasefire"
  Glenn Robinson, Naval Postgraduate School
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- "Are the Radicals Winning?"
  Martin Kramer, Washington Institute for Near East Policy
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- "Islamic Radicalization in the West: Homegrown Threat"
  Mitchell Silber, New York Police Department, Intelligence Division
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- "Orthodoxy and Radicalism in Saudi Arabia"
  Thomas Hegghammer, Princeton University

- "Changing Stripes? Islamic Parties and the Idea of Moderation"
  Carrie Rosefsky Wickham, Emory University
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Events in 2007

- "Al-Qaeda's Dissident Voices"
  Brynjar Lia, Norwegian Defense Research Establishment
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- "Pathways to Muslim Radicalization"
  Mohammed Hafez, University of Missouri
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- "Jihad Online"
Marc Lynch, George Washington University

- "Mullocrats and Revolutionaries"
Avshin Molavi, Newsweek
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