Talks

Boko Haram, ISIS and the Caliphate Today

October 14, 2014

with Shadi Hamid, Emad Shahin, and Alex Thurston ISIS in Iraq and Syria, and Boko Haram in northern Nigeria continue to use an overlapping language of political Islam and references to the caliphate and the Shariah. This event brought together…

News

Reflections on the Post Arab Spring Era

September 17, 2014

Dr. Emad Shahin, explained how instead of being driven by classical revolutionary models with an overarching political ideology and a vanguard party, protesters during the Arab Spring took pride in the movements’ transcendent nature and pluralistic leadership. Dr. Shahin argued…

Papers

Islam with a Heart

March 25, 2010

Islam with a Heart[1] Emad El-Din Shahin “وما ارسلناك الا رحمة للعالمين” “We have Sent you but a Mercy to Humankind” Qur’an “إنما انا رحمة مهداة” “I am but a gift of Mercy” Prophet Muhammad “الناس صنفان : إما اخ…