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May 15, 2013, 12:00- 1:30 PM - Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Headquarters

Hudson Institute's Center for Religious Freedom invites you to attend...

The Rise of Islamism: Its Impact on Religious Minorities

Wednesday, May 15, 2013
12:00 – 1:30 PM

Executive Director Schwartz's speech appears at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF0IrZA_tjs.

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Moderator Nina Shea, Hudson Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Religious Freedom, and our expert panel discussed Islamism's impact on religious minorities and recommendations to strengthen the cause of religious freedom and cultural pluralism.

Panelists included former Pakistani Parliamentarian (2008-12) Farahnaz Ispahani; Professor of Iranian, Central Eurasian, and Islamic Studies at Indiana University Jamsheed K. Choksy; and Executive Director of the Center for Islamic Pluralism and author Stephen Schwartz.