- -: Robin Wright - Challenges for Reform in the Islamic World
April 28, 2008 (about 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/03/13/Robin_Wright_on_the_Future_of_the_Middle_East Award-winning Washington Post correspondent Robin Wright discusses challenges for democratic and Islamic reforms in the Middle East. ----- Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East with journalis...
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- -: Religion Panel - Do We Need a Humanist Reformation?
April 29, 2008 (about 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/03/06/Is_Religion_Still_the_Opium_of_the_Masses Institute of Ideas Research and Editorial Director Dolan Cummings argues that mainstream secularists must first re-assess their own beliefs if they wish to challenge radical religion. ----- Panelists Rashad ...
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- -: Evolving Sectarian Tensions in Iraq - Washington Post Panel
May 7, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/03/13/Washington_Post_Panel_America_and_the_World_2008 Washington Post Baghdad Correspondent Amit Paley discusses evolving tensions between Sunni and Shia groups in Iraq. This excerpt is taken from a panel discussion entitled, "Washington Post Panel: Americ...
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- -: Women's Rights in Jordan and the Developing World
May 21, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/04/17/Prince_Zeid_on_Peace_in_the_Middle_East Jordanian Ambassador to the United States Prince Zeid Ra'ad Zeid Al-Hussein discusses progress on women's rights in Jordan and the rest of the world. ----- Jordanian Ambassador to the United States Prince Zeid...
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- -: Roots of Conflict in the Middle East
June 6, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/04/28/Niall_Ferguson_and_Peter_Schwartz_on_Human_Progress Historian Niall Ferguson debates futurist author Peter Schwartz on the historical roots of modern-day conflicts in the Middle East. ----- Niall Ferguson and Peter Schwartz present Historian vs. Fut...
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- -: Ayaan Hirsi Ali - Radical Islam and the American Left
June 13, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/05/02/Ayaan_Hirsi_Ali_on_the_Viability_of_Hope Author and activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali discusses her opposition to Islamic extremism, and the reactions to her opinions by the American political left. ----- Seeking a New Global Order: The Viability of Hope fea...
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- -: Ayaan Hirsi Ali - Is Europe too Tolerant of Radical Islam?
June 13, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/05/02/Ayaan_Hirsi_Ali_on_the_Viability_of_Hope Author and former Dutch Parliamentarian Ayaan Hirsi Ali argues that political tolerance of radical Islam threatens the security of liberal, secular values in the Netherlands and other European countries. ----...
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- -: Ideology and Leadership - General John Abizaid
June 23, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/06/01/General_John_Abizaid_The_State_of_Iraq Former CENTCOM Commander General John Abizaid warns against leadership based solely in political or religious ideology. ----- In the wake of the abrupt departure of his successor, Adm. William J. Fallon, who se...
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- -: Sharia Law and Islamic Democracy - Daniel Pipes
July 31, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/04/15/Is_Islam_Compatible_With_Democracy Middle East Forum Director Daniel Pipes criticizes the role of Sharia Law in many radical Islamic movements, identifying this concept as one of the greatest obstacles to democratic reforms in Muslim societies. -----...
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- -: Understanding Islamic Leadership - Irshad Manji
September 15, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/07/01/Irshad_Manji_and_Dalia_Mogahed_-_Who_Speaks_for_Islam Muslim-Canadian author and commentator Irshad Manji explains clerical authority in Islam, and how the religion's lack of a unified organizational system could open the door to reform. ----- Irsha...
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