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PRINCE ALWALEED BIN TALAL CENTER FOR MUSLIM-<br />

CHRISTIAN UNDERSTANDING, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY<br />

Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-<br />

Address<br />

Christian Understanding Georgetown University,<br />

ICC 260, Washington, D.C. 20057<br />

Phone 001-202-687-8375<br />

Fax 001-202-687-8376<br />

Web http://cmcu.georgetown.edu/<br />

E-Mail cmcu@georgetown.edu<br />

Category Research and Knowledge<br />

MISSION STATEMENT<br />

"<strong>The</strong> Prince Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding is concerned with Islam and the West and Islam in the West. <strong>The</strong><br />

Center, since its creation, has built bridges of understanding between the Muslim world and the West, addressing stereotypes of<br />

Islam and Muslims and issues and questions such as the clash of civilizations, and the compatibility of Islam and modern life - from<br />

democratization and pluralism to the status of women, minorities and human rights - and American foreign policy in the Muslim<br />

world."<br />

Founding year 1993.<br />

BACKGROUND AND ACTIVITIES<br />

Academic Programs include:<br />

• Undergraduate Certificate in Muslim-Christian Relations<br />

• Master of Arts in Liberal Studies: Islam and Muslim-Christian Relations<br />

Courses by ACMCU faculty:<br />

-Islamic Modernism<br />

-Breaking Codes: Idols in Christianity and Islam<br />

-Muslims in America<br />

-Islam in post-soviet Central Asia<br />

-Muslim Christian Relations in World History<br />

-Approaches: Interdisciplinary Studies<br />

2007 ACMCU Lecture Series:<br />

• 12 February 2007: "Christians and Muslims Working for Peace in the Holy Land" by Rev. Naim Ateek<br />

• 9 February 2007: "<strong>The</strong> Big Bang, Big Crunch <strong>The</strong>ory of Islamic Religious History" by Professor Richard Bulliet.<br />

• 31 January 2007: "Christian-Muslim Relations: Promise and Peril" by Pakistan Senator Mushaid Hussain.<br />

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS<br />

<strong>The</strong> Center's faculty have published more than 80 books and over 400 articles. Refer to:<br />

http://www3.georgetown.edu/sfs/acmcu/research/<br />

Esposito, J. (1996). Islam and the State in Modern Islamic Political Thought. Religion and the Political Order: Politics in Classical and<br />

Contemporary Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. J. Neusner. Atlanta (Georgia), Scholar Press: 237-255.<br />

Ruby, R., G. Weigel, et al. (2006). <strong>The</strong> Vatican and Islam: Pope Benedict XVI Prepares to Visit Turkey. Washington DC, <strong>The</strong> Pew<br />

Forum on Religion and Public Life.

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