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Jansen (left) and Safianow

Join IU Kokomo historian Alan Safianow in conversation with Islamic culture scholar Johannes J. G. Jansen of the University of Utrecht, The Netherlands.

In this insightful exchange, the two discuss Islamic and Christian fundamentalism, the role of women in Islam and Islamic-Jewish relations, among other topics. Jansen, the author of The Dual Nature of Islamic Fundamentalism, was a visitor to the Kokomo campus last month in conjunction with the American Democracy Project.

Conversations online is produced by Byron K. Smith.

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• Studying in Egypt • Director of Dutch institute in Egypt

• About Dr. Jansen's first two books

• Discussion of jihad

• Dual nature of Islamic fundamentalism

• Similarities between Islamic fundamentalism and Christian fundamentalism

• Islamic-Jewish relations

• Women in Islam

• Dutch filmmaker Theo Van Gogh • Controversial film

• Apostasy (leaving Islam, no longer being a Muslim) • Freedom of religion

• Muslim radicals


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