John Esposito is an American academic and scholar of Islamic studies at Georgetown University. In 2005 the opening said "he has been called an 'apologist for militant Islam' by Campus Watch, which has criticized him for a number of his statements, including his view that Islamic movements 'challenge,' but do not threaten, Western society." Today the word does not appear anywhere in the article. A reader today does not learn that Campus Watch called Esposito an apologist for militant Islam.
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Esposito is a professor of International Affairs and Islamic Studies at Georgetown University .1The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World , The Oxford History of Islam , The Oxford Dictionary of Islam , and Oxford’s The Islamic World: Past and Present . He is the founding director of Georgetown’s Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, and has served as president of the Middle East Studies Association of North America and of the American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies. He has been called an "apologist for militant Islam" by Campus Watch [1] [2] , which has criticized him for a number of his statements, including his view that Islamic movements "challenge," but do not threaten, Western society.2
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He is also the director of Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal center for Muslim-Christian understanding at Georgetown University .
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He is also the director of the Prince Alwaleed Center for Muslim–Christian Understanding at Georgetown.
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He was also the Founding Director of the Prince Alwaleed Center for Muslim–Christian Understanding at Georgetown.
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American professor of Middle Eastern studies (born 1940) For other people named John Esposito, see John Esposito (disambiguation) .John Louis Esposito (born May 19, 1940) is an American academic , professor of Middle Eastern and religious studies , and scholar of Islamic studies , who serves as Professor of Religion, International Affairs, and Islamic Studies at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. He is also the founding director of the Prince Alwaleed Center for Muslim–Christian Understanding at Georgetown. Qantara.de - Dialogue with the Islamic World .
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professor of international affairs and islamic studies at georgetown university
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american academic
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