Islam in Europe

Wednesday, March 8, 2017
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Speakers
Ed Husain

Senior Advisor and Director of Strategy, Center on Religion and Geopolitics; Tony Blair Faith Foundation; Former Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies,

Jocelyne Cesari

Professor of Religion and Politics, University of Birmingham; Senior Research Fellow, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs, Georgetown University

Conrad Hackett

Associate Director, Research and Senior Demographer, Pew Research Center, Author, The Future of World Religions: Population Growth Projections, 2010-2050

Presider
Nick Schifrin

Special Correspondent, PBS NewsHour

Experts discuss the integration of Islam into greater European culture with the influx of refugees into the European Union, and the rise of far-right politics across the continent.

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