Beyond Radical Islam?
Major Conference in Michigan
Friday, April 16 - Sunday, April 18, 2004
This conference will address the following questions: Does radical Islam represent a distortion of traditional or "true" Islam? Is there a liberal alternative to radical Islam?  If so, what does a liberal Islam look like?  Under what conditions is liberal Islam likely to emerge, and what will it require, both from the West and from within Islam itself, for its future development? The participants include Francis Fukuyama, Nurcholish Madjid, Husain Haqqani, and more than a dozen other leading scholars.

The Struggle for Iraqi Civil Society
Thursday, January 15, 2004
Come hear Zainab Al-Suwaij speak at EPPC this Thursday on the most pressing issue of the day. Ms. Al-Suwaij is executive director of the American Islamic Congress and a consultant with USAID working in Iraq to rebuild the country's school system and to implement women’s empowerment programs. The event starts at noon with a free catered lunch.

Muslim American Politics After September 11
A Conversation with Ahmed H. al-Rahim
Monday, November 24, 2003
How do American Muslims view their roles within American society and the Muslim world in general? The Ethics and Public Policy Center has invited Ahmed al-Rahim -- a founding member of the American Islamic Congress and a frequent contributor to television and radio programs on Islam and politics -- to address this and other questions concerning American Muslim politics after September 11.

Dissension and Dialogue In The Post-9/11 American Muslim Community
Thursday, October 2, 2003
Abdulaziz Sachedina, Professor of Religion and Islamic Studies at the University of Virginia, spoke at the Center about the present and future relationship between Islam and democracy.

The Opportuntity Before Us
Friday, April 4, 2003
Shortly before the start of the recent war in Iraq, Zainab Al-Suwaij—the executive director of the American Islamic Congress, and a prominent Iraqi dissident—came to the Ethics and Public Policy Center to discuss the prospects for a future democracy in Iraq.