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Professor Peter J. Awn
Tuesday 10 June 2014
“You Can’t Eat Ideology: The Future of Political Islam”
About our speaker:
Web and Other, Related Media Sites:
Peter Awn: http://gs.columbia.edu/expert-bios & http://religion.columbia.edu/people &
http://religion.columbia.edu/people/Peter%20Awn
Peter Awn WikiCU: http://www.wikicu.com/Peter_Awn
Peter Awn Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeanAwesome
Articles/Journals/ Interviews:
Mike Young, “From the Issue: Who Are These Kids?,” The Blue and White magazine, interview with
Peter Awn, Dean of the School of General Studies, Columbia University, April 25, 2011,
http://bwog.com/2011/04/25/from-the-issue-who-are-these-kids/
A. G. Noorani, “Satan and Mystics,” Frontline, Vol. 29, # 9, May, 05-18-2012, frontline.in,
http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl2909/stories/20120518290907800.htm
Mac Pier, “The Soul of Greater New York,” Lausanne World Pulse, lausanneworldpulse.com, August
2009, http://www.lausanneworldpulse.com/urban.php/1172?pg=allLau
Ron Ralston, “Marines Employ Skills Learned on the Battlefield to Graduate in the Ivy League,”
foxnews.com, May 15, 2011, http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/05/15/columbia-university-marinesgraduation/?test=latestnews
Amanda M. Fairbanks, Fear Being Robbed of G.I. Bill Dollars,” huffingtonpost.com, April 19, 2011
(updated: June 19, 2011), http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/19/military-veterans-atpriv_n_851257.html
Gia Kourlas, “Exchanging Slippers for Schoolbooks,” nytimes.com, December 10, 2010,
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/05/arts/dance/05columbia.html?_r=2&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=131108
8425-6KQKgeAmtaCvzdwA343EtA&
Bibliography; Dr. Peter J. Awn; 10 June 2014; page 1 Jane Adas, “Museum of the City of New York Examines Local Arab Americans,” wrmea.org, April 2000
http://www.wrmea.org/wrmea-archives/201-washington-report-archives-2000-2005/april-2000/3225museum-of-the-city-of-new-york-examines-local-arab-americans.html
Book:
Satan’s Tragedy and Redemption: Iblis in Sufi Psychology, P.J. Awn and Jacob Neusner (authors),
Annemarie Schimmel (contributor), Numen Books: Studies in the History of Religions, Brill Academic
Publishers, Boston, 1983, 235 pgs (See: mention and explanation of Sufism:
http://metatoninresearch.org/ .)
Videos/ Podcasts/ Other:
“Freedom of Expression: The Controversy,” panel at Columbia University, 1:52:00, YouTube.com,
Uploaded May 8 by columbiauniversity, 2010, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAI_r8iJrYI
“Libya and the Arab Revolts – Part 1 (& 2-4),” Peter Awn (host), Ali Ahmida, Khaled Muttawa, and
Peter Gran panelists, 16:30, YouTube.com, Uploaded March 4, 2011,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPhYY_A61X0 & Part 2, 15:45,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmc4s1fAU-g & Part 3, 23:29,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPaZeO5LpbE & Part 4, 1:03:45,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bb3Cg8mr_LA
“Libya Today – (1 of 2) A Discussion with Ali Ahmida, Mansour El-Khikhia, Hisham Matar, and Lisa
Anderson (hosted by Peter Awn), 1:36:29 YouTube.com, Uploaded by columbiauniversity, October
22, 2010, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnSQqpH_1Ao & Part 2,1:10:19,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnSQqpH_1Ao (Note that Mansour El-Khikia, Department Chair
at UTSA, was a past TFSG speaker on August, 9, 2011.)
Our members suggest:
Web and Other, Related Media Sites:
Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Islamic Studies, Harvard University: http://www.islamicstudies.harvard.edu/
(See: Sufism Exhibition: http://www.islamicstudies.harvard.edu/event/mystical-exotericism-situatingthe-call-to-hadith-among-sufi-scholars-of-the-18th-century/ .)
Hudson Institute: Current Trends In Islamic Ideology: http://www.hudson.org/policycenters/6current-trends-in-islamist-ideology
Political Islam Online: http://politicalislam.org/ & “Ahmad Al-Rubei, 1949-2008, In Memoriam,” Raouf
Ebeid PI Online Edition, politicalislam.org, March 10, 2008,
http://politicalislam.org/Articles/PI%20908%20Ahmad%20Al-Rubei%20(In%20Memorium).pdf
Bibliography; Dr. Peter J. Awn; 10 June 2014; page 2 Saudi Aramco World: https://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/ & Vol. 6, No. 3, May/ Jun2 2014:
https://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/201403/ &
https://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/201403/hayy.was.here.robinson.crusoe.htm
Articles/Journals/ Interviews:
Charles Hirschkind, “What Is Political Islam?,” merip.org, # 27, Winter, 1997, Washington, D.C
http://www.merip.org/mer/mer205/what-political-islam
Katerina Dalacoura, “The Uncertain Future of Political Islam,” globalbrief.ca, February 18, 2011,
http://globalbrief.ca/blog/2011/02/18/the-uncertain-future-of-political-islam/
Graham E. Fuller,” The Future of Political Islam,” Foreign Affairs, 81, no. 2 (Mar-Apr, 2002), pgs 4860, http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/57806/graham-e-fuller/the-future-of-political-islam
Ahmed H. al-Rahim, “Whither Political Islam and the ‘Arab Spring’?,” The Hedgehog Review, Fall
2011, http://iasc-culture.org/THR/archives/Fall2011/Al-Rahim_lo.pdf
Dr. Sebastian Gorka, “The Rise of Political Islam and the Ideology of Jihad,” westminster-institute.org,
(transcript of a talk given) February 2, 2012, http://www.westminster-institute.org/articles/the-riseof-political-islam-and-the-ideology-of-jihad-2/
Special Report: The Arab Spring, “Political Islam: The Power of Religion,” economist.com, July 13,
2013, http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21580618-islamists-government-provingharder-opposition-power-religion
“Political Islam in the Middle East,” Toni Johnson interview of Reza Aslan, cfr.org, December 7, 2012,
http://www.cfr.org/middle-east-and-north-africa/political-islam-middle-east/p29622?cid=rss-fullfeedpolitical_islam_in_the_middle_-120712
John Voll, Peter Mandaville, et. al., “Political Islam in the Arab Awakening: Who Are the Major
Players?,” mepc.org, XIX, no. 2, Summer 2012, http://mepc.org/journal/middle-east-policyarchives/political-islam-arab-awakening-who-are-major-players
Bharati Sadasivam, “Caught in the Middle: Can Modern Muslims Be Heard Over the Radical Roar?,”
villagevoice.com, February 12, 2002, http://www.villagevoice.com/2002-02-12/news/caught-in-themiddle/full/
Project MAPS and Zogby International, “Muslims in the American Public Square: Shifting Political
Winds & Fallout from 9/11, Afghanistan, and Iraq,” Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. (MAPS)
and NYC (Zogby), October 2004, 52 pgs
http://www.aclu.org/files/fbimappingfoia/20111110/ACLURM001733.pdf &
http://explore.georgetown.edu/news/?ID=1310
Hugh Fitzgerald, “Crisis at Columbia: Selling Jihad [on Peter Awn],” Campus Watch Research,
campus-watch.org, September 2, 2005, http://www.campus-watch.org/article/id/2179 (Also see:
http://www.campus-watch.org/columbia.php & http://www.campuswatch.org/surveys.php/cat/Institutions & http://forward.com/articles/190863/mla-no-boycott-butBibliography; Dr. Peter J. Awn; 10 June 2014; page 3 censure-of-israel-for-alleged/?p=all http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East_Forum &
http://www.culpa.info/professors/188 (These C-W activities touched all ME/History departments on
US campuses, especially the ‘Ivies’. See the next entry: The IL.)
John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt, “The Israeli Lobby,” London Review of Books, Vol. 28 No. 6 –
23, March, 2006, pgs 3-12, http://www.lrb.co.uk/v28/n06/john-mearsheimer/the-israel-lobby &
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzXS3tmZrcU &
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Israel_Lobby_and_U.S._Foreign_Policy &
http://www.gilad.co.uk/writings/stephen-walt-the-special-relationship-and-what-has-changed-s.html
& http://mearsheimer.uchicago.edu/pdfs/A0040. pdf & ebook:
http://www.academia.edu/2330269/The_Israel_Lobby_and_US_Foreign_Policy )
Marwan Muasher, “The Second Arab Awakening,” Op-Ed: Washington Diplomat, April 1, 2014,
http://carnegieendowment.org/2014/04/01/second-arab-awakening/h70w
David Malet, “Foreign Fighters Playbook: What the Texas Revolution and the Spanish Civil War Reveal
about al Qaeda,” foreignaffairs.com, April 8, 2014,
http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/141107/david-malet/foreign-fighters-playbook?cid=rssmiddle_east-foreign_fighters_playbook-000000
Books:
The Many Faces of Political Islam: Religion and Politics in the Muslim World, Mohammad Ayoob,
University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, 2007, 232 pgs (Also see:
http://www.chathamhouse.org/sites/default/files/public/International%20Affairs/Blanket%20File%20I
mport/inta81_5_951.pdf )
Princeton Readings in Islamist Thought: Texts and Contexts from al-Banna to Bin Laden, Roxanne L.
Euben and Muhammad Qasim Zaman (eds.), Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2009, 536 pgs
Journey of the Jihadist: Inside Muslim Militancy, Fawaz A. Gerges, Harcourt, Inc., NYC, 2006, 312 pgs
The Far Enemy: Why Jihad Went Global, Fawaz A. Gerges, Cambridge University Press, 2nd ed., NYC,
2009, 402 pgs
Jihad: The Trail of Political Islam, Gilles Kepel (author) and Anthony F. Roberts (translator), Belnap
Press, NYC, 2003, 464 pgs
Terrorism & Political Islam Origins, Ideologies, and Methods: A Counterterrorism Textbook, 2nd ed.,
Erich Marquardt and Christopher Heffelfinger (eds.), no publisher given, January 9, 404 pgs (free
ebook: 13.3 MB) https://www.aclu.org/files/fbimappingfoia/20111019/ACLURM000540.pdf
Globalized Islam: The Search for a New Umma, Olivier Roy, Columbia University Press, NYC, 2006,
320 pgs
Islam Through Western Eyes: From the Crusades to the War on Terrorism, Jonathan Lyons, Columbia
University Press, NYC, 2014, 272 pgs
Bibliography; Dr. Peter J. Awn; 10 June 2014; page 4 Religion and State: The Muslim Approach to Politics, L. Carl Brown, Columbia University Press, NYC,
2001, 256 pgs
Terror in the Name of God: Why Religious Militants Kill, Jessica Stern, Harper Perrenial, NYC, 2004,
400 pgs
Framing Terrorism: The News Media, the Government and the Public, Pippa Norris, Montague Kern &
Marian Just (eds.), Routledge, NYC, 2003, 344 pgs
Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People, Jack G. Shaheen, Interlink Publishing Group, 1st
ed., Northampton, MA, 2001, 592 pgs
Videos/ Podcasts/ Other:
“Stephen Walt: The ‘Special Relationship’ and What Has Changed Since ‘The Israel Lobby’ Book,”
Stephen Walt, 21:47, gilad.co.uk, April 18, 2014, http://www.gilad.co.uk/writings/stephen-walt-thespecial-relationship-and-what-has-changed-s.html
“History of the Empires and Religions in 5 Minutes,” through 2 videos: 3:08 and 2:00, no uploader
names or dates given, http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=55d_1314696437 &
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=55d_1314696437#XxZYft00E0mD3mP7.99)
“Has Political Islam Failed?,” Head to Head, Mehdi Hasan interview with Tariq Ramadan, 47:31,
YouTube.com, Uploaded by Al Jazeera English, March 21, 2014,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpmsqABAmCo & Transcript:
http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/headtohead/2014/03/transcript-tariq-ramadan201432820219269232.html
“The Future of the Political Islam,” Professor Tariq Ramadan, 1:07:20, YouTube.com, Uploaded by
Abrar House, March 6, 2014, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnhYntMOUFY
“Jihad: The Trail of Political Islam,” Professor Gilles Kepel, 1:20:11, YouTube.com, Uploaded by
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), December 17, 2010,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUwC63uo42Q (&
http://www.lse.ac.uk/IDEAS/publications/reports/pdf/SU003/kepel.pdf)
“The Future of Political Islam in Egypt Post-Morsi,” Ahmad Atif Ahmad, Jonathan Brown, Daniel
Serwer, 1:28:57, c-span.org, MEI & SAIS, August 5, 2013, http://www.c-span.org/video/?3143841/academics-look-future-egypt & http://pomed.org/blog-post/islamism/muslim-brotherhood/pomednotes-the-future-of-political-islam-in-egypt-post-morsi/
Bibliography; Dr. Peter J. Awn; 10 June 2014; page 5 Barnes & Noble – Arboretum (Austin, Texas) suggests:
Islam and Political Legitimacy, Shahram Akbarzadeh and Abdullah Saeed (eds.), Taylor and Francis,
NYC, 2007, 200 pgs
* Islam as a Political Religion: The Future of an Imperial Faith, Shabbir Akhtar, Taylor and Francis,
NYC, 2010, 312 pgs
Comparing Western and Islamic Political Thought, Antony Black, Oxford University Press, USA, NYC,
2008, 184 pgs
* Political Islam in the Age of Democratization, Kamran Bokhari and Farid Senzai, Palgrave Macmillan,
NYC, 2013, 280 pgs
* Religion and State: The Muslim Approach to Politics, Carl L. Brown, Columbia University Press,
NYC, 2012 (ebook only [book: 2001]), 256 pgs
* Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought, Richard Bulliet, et al., Princeton University
Press, Princeton, NJ, 2012, 672 pgs
* The Future of Islam, John L. Esposito, Oxford University Press, USA, NYC, 2013, 256 pgs
The Oxford Handbook of Islam and Politics, John L. Esposito and Eman El-Din Shahin (eds.), Oxford
University Press, USA, NYC, 2013, 708 pgs
The Future of Political Islam, Graham E. Fuller, 1st ed. Palgrave McMillan, NYC, 2004, 256 pgs
* The Impossible State: Islam, Politics, and Modernity’s Moral Predicament, Wael B. Hallaq, Columbia
University Press, NYC, 2012, 272 pgs
Muslim Revolt: A Journey Through Political Islam, Roger Hardy, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK,
2010, 208 pgs
* Political Islam: Context Versus Ideology, Khaled Hroub (ed.), Saqi Books, London, 2011, 315 pgs
* Muslim Identities: An Introduction to Islam, Aaron W. Hughes, Columbia University Press, NYC,
2013, 328 pgs
* The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror, Bernard Lewis, Random House Publishing, NYC,
2004, 190 pgs
* Secularism Confronts Islam, Olivier Roy, Columbia University Press, 2009, 144 pgs
* Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion Across the Islamic World, Robin Wright, Simon & Schuster,
NYC, 2011, 320 pgs
* This book is also available as an e-book.
Bibliography; Dr. Peter J. Awn; 10 June 2014; page 6