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NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, DIALOGUES: ISLAMIC WORLD-U.S.-<br />
THE WEST<br />
Address<br />
Phone 212-998-3656<br />
Fax 212-995-4091<br />
Dialogues, Islamic World-US-<strong>The</strong> West,<br />
Remarque <strong>Institute</strong>, 194 Mercer Street, 4 th floor,<br />
New York, New York 10012<br />
Web www.islamuswest.org<br />
E-Mail<br />
Category Dialogue<br />
tlili@islamuswest.org<br />
shaanti@islamuswest.org<br />
MISSION STATEMENT<br />
A program of New York University, Dialogues: Islamic World-U.S.-<strong>The</strong> West was established in the aftermath of the tragic events of<br />
September 11, 2001, which highlighted the urgent need for greater communication among and about the Islamic World, the United<br />
States, and the West.<br />
<strong>The</strong> program has been launched as a structured forum for sustained dialogue involving voices from the various religious, intellectual,<br />
economic, and political sectors of Islamic and American/Western societies, including those non-elite Islamic figures with proven<br />
credibility in their communities who are too often unheard in the West. Dialogues is largely focused on Muslim claims and viewpoints,<br />
as well as on efforts to understand various Islamic social and political movements. But the program also involves a discussion of the<br />
Western value system, for true dialogue cannot be constructed as a one-way street.<br />
Founding year 2002.<br />
BACKGROUND AND ACTIVITIES<br />
Dialogues is committed to a number of academic, policy, and outreach activities, including conferences on a variety of topics of<br />
critical importance today—the clash of perceptions, elections, the nature of authority in the Islamic world and in the West, Muslims in<br />
the West, the role of the media, and education, among others. <strong>The</strong>se will result in the development of policy recommendations;<br />
government leaders and other relevant authorities and organizations, including media decision-makers, will attend the meetings in<br />
order to both help effect policy change and alter public perceptions. Moreover, Dialogues is creating a network of leaders who will<br />
continue to communicate with and consult one another formally and informally for years to come—a valuable network for negotiating<br />
peace in times of crisis.<br />
With tensions between the Muslim and Western Worlds at a high point, Dialogues’ work is crucial to world peace and security.<br />
Through dialogue, Muslim and Western community leaders can dispel the current climate of anger, check extremist trends, and lay<br />
the foundations for a more comprehensive and lasting peace through mutually beneficial interaction.<br />
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS<br />
(2002). Clash of Civilizations or Clash of Perceptions? In Search of Common Ground for Understanding. Granada, Spain, Dialogues:<br />
Islamic World -U.S.-<strong>The</strong> West: 1-98.