A galvanizing look at religious freedom in the United States through the prism of attacks on the constitutional rights of American Muslims. 

When Islam is Not a Religion

Uddin ... presents a brilliantly paced and rigorously detailed first book arguing for equal rights for Muslims in the United States ... This book will resonate with those looking for an accessible exploration of public policy with a sprinkling of legal drama. It will be in demand by those seeking to understand the erosion of religious freedom in America.

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—Library Journal (starred review)

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Events

When: July 15th 2019
            11:15am - 1:00pm

Where: New America
            740 15th St NW #900
           Washington, D.C. 20005
         

When: September 10th 2019
            10am

Where: 555 Pennsylvania Ave                 NW, Washington, DC
            20001      

Council on foreign reations

June, 2019

Daniel Philpott, professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame, and Asma T. Uddin, senior scholar in the Religious Freedom Center at the Freedom Forum Institute, discuss Islam and religious freedom as part of CFR’s Religion and Foreign Policy Conference Call series.

Asma Uddin is the author of When Islam Is Not a Religion: Inside America's Fight for Religious Freedom and the forthcoming The Politics of Vulnerability: How to Heal Muslim-Christian Relations in a Post-Christian America. She is an Inclusive America Project Fellow at the Aspen Institute, where she is leading a project on Muslim-Christian polarization in the U.S. Ms. Uddin was formerly legal counsel at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, and has held academic fellowships at Georgetown, UCLA, and Brigham Young University Law School. She is also an expert advisor on religious freedom to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and a term-member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

 

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