Listen "Islamism and Islam: A Discussion with Elham Manea"
Episode Synopsis
Discussing her new book, The Perils of Non-Violent Islamism (Telos Press), Elham Manea describes her experience of a tolerant Islam in Morocco, the traditionalism of Yemen, and her own encounter with Islamist indoctrination. She explores the nuanced relationship between the politics of Islamism and its selective reading of religious traditions, and she comments on current French policies against Islamist "separatism" and the upcoming referendum in Switzerland that would prohibit wearing the niqab. She ends with a report on a reform movement within Islam.
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