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13
May 2014
Past Event
A Survivor’s Account of Boko Haram’s Religious Cleansing in Nigeria
Featured Speakers:
Deborah Peters
Emmanuel Ogebe
Nina Shea
13
May 2014
Past Event
A Survivor’s Account of Boko Haram’s Religious Cleansing in Nigeria

First Hand Accounts from Chibok, Nigeria from a Survivor of Boko Haram’s Religious Cleansing in Northern Nigeria

Featured Speakers:
Deborah Peters
Emmanuel Ogebe
Nina Shea
17
January 2014
Past Event
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation: Free Speech Implications of a Proposed Ban on "Islamophobia"
Featured Speakers:
Nina Shea
Dr. Mark Durie
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17
January 2014
Past Event
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation: Free Speech Implications of a Proposed Ban on "Islamophobia"

"Islamophobia" is a widely used yet vague and controversial term referring to anti-Muslim bigotry. In recent years, identifying, monitoring, reporting

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Featured Speakers:
Nina Shea
Dr. Mark Durie
14
November 2013
Past Event
Witness of Boko Haram'Â’s Religious Cleansing in Northern Nigeria: An Inside Look at the WorldÂ’'s Deadliest Place for Christians
Featured Speakers:
Adamu Habila
Emmanuel Ogebe
Ann Buwalda
Nina Shea
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14
November 2013
Past Event
Witness of Boko Haram'Â’s Religious Cleansing in Northern Nigeria: An Inside Look at the WorldÂ’'s Deadliest Place for Christians

Boko Haram, a Hausa phrase meaning "Western education is forbidden," is a militant Islamic insurgency whose stated aim is the establishment, by force,

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Featured Speakers:
Adamu Habila
Emmanuel Ogebe
Ann Buwalda
Nina Shea
22
August 2013
Past Event
Motherland Lost: The Egyptian and Coptic Quest for Modernity
Featured Speakers:
Samuel Tadros
Robert Satloff
Nina Shea
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22
August 2013
Past Event
Motherland Lost: The Egyptian and Coptic Quest for Modernity

91ÆÞÓÑ Institute hosted a lively discussion of Research Fellow Samuel Tadros's new book __Motherland Lost: The Egyptian and Coptic Quest for Modernity

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Featured Speakers:
Samuel Tadros
Robert Satloff
Nina Shea
15
May 2013
Past Event
The Rise of Islamism: Its Impact on Religious Minorities
Featured Speakers:
Nina Shea
Farahnaz Ispahani
Jamsheed K. Choksy
Stephen Schwartz
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15
May 2013
Past Event
The Rise of Islamism: Its Impact on Religious Minorities

With the rise of Islamism in the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa, religious minorities have come increasingly under siege. Already this year, near

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Featured Speakers:
Nina Shea
Farahnaz Ispahani
Jamsheed K. Choksy
Stephen Schwartz
09
April 2013
Past Event
Captive in Iran
Featured Speakers:
Maryam Rostampour
Marziyeh Amirizadeh
Nina Shea
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09
April 2013
Past Event
Captive in Iran

In 2009, two women were arrested in Iran on charges of apostasy, anti-government activity, and blasphemy, for which they were sentenced to execution b

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Featured Speakers:
Maryam Rostampour
Marziyeh Amirizadeh
Nina Shea
27
March 2013
Past Event
Persecuted: The Global Assault on Christians
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27
March 2013
Past Event
Persecuted: The Global Assault on Christians

A woman is caught with a Bible and publicly shot to death. An elderly priest is abducted and never seen again. Three buses full of students and teache

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10
January 2013
Past Event
Across the Frontlines: Ending the Nuba Genocide
Featured Speakers:
Mark Hackett
Dr. John Hubbel Weiss
Nina Shea
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10
January 2013
Past Event
Across the Frontlines: Ending the Nuba Genocide

This new film by Operation Broken Silence exposes the Khartoum regime's second and ongoing attempt of genocide in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan's South

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Featured Speakers:
Mark Hackett
Dr. John Hubbel Weiss
Nina Shea
07
September 2012
Past Event
Roads to a Free Syria: What are the International CommunityÂ’'s Responsibilities and Options?
Featured Speakers:
Hillel Fradkin,
Marah Bukai,
Naser Khader,
Nasser Rabbat
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07
September 2012
Past Event
Roads to a Free Syria: What are the International CommunityÂ’'s Responsibilities and Options?

"Responsibility to Protect" (R2P), a widely acknowledged but inconsistently observed principle of international relations, obliges individual state ac

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Featured Speakers:
Hillel Fradkin,
Marah Bukai,
Naser Khader,
Nasser Rabbat
11
July 2012
Past Event
A Round Table Discussion on Nigeria'Â’s Boko Haram with Representatives of the Christian Nigerian Association
Featured Speakers:
Nina Shea,
Pastor Ayodele Joseph Oritsejafor,
Reverend Oladimeji  P. Thompson,
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11
July 2012
Past Event
A Round Table Discussion on Nigeria'Â’s Boko Haram with Representatives of the Christian Nigerian Association

91ÆÞÓÑ Institute's Center for Religious Freedom hosted an informal briefing by representatives of the Christian Association of Nigeria. Speakers foc

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Featured Speakers:
Nina Shea,
Pastor Ayodele Joseph Oritsejafor,
Reverend Oladimeji  P. Thompson,
26
June 2012
Past Event
Persecuted Christians and Other Religious Minorities in the New Middle East: Formulating an Effective U.S. Policy Response
Featured Speakers:
Nina Shea,
Cardinal Dr. Christoph Schoenborn,
Dr. Habib Malik,
Dr. Richard Land,
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26
June 2012
Past Event
Persecuted Christians and Other Religious Minorities in the New Middle East: Formulating an Effective U.S. Policy Response

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Featured Speakers:
Nina Shea,
Cardinal Dr. Christoph Schoenborn,
Dr. Habib Malik,
Dr. Richard Land,
11
January 2012
Past Event
The Arab Spring: One Year On
Featured Speakers:
Nina Shea,
Walter Russell Mead,
Samuel Tadros,
Kurt Werthmuller,
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11
January 2012
Past Event
The Arab Spring: One Year On

91ÆÞÓÑ Institute's Center for Religious Freedom was pleased to host noted scholars for an analysis of the potential short- and long-term implications

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Featured Speakers:
Nina Shea,
Walter Russell Mead,
Samuel Tadros,
Kurt Werthmuller,