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Jocelyne Cesari
Jocelyne Cesari is Professor of Religion and Politics at Georgetown University and the University of Birmingham.
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- April 1, 2017 Jocelyne Cesari
To curb political violence in its name, Islam needs to be independent of political power, not reformed even further
When it comes to finding a solution to the current political violence in the name of Islam, the most common prognosis is that Islam needs reform to make it politically civil and compatible with liberal political principles. Such an assessment is puzzling, because reforms of Islam under the influence...