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title: "Muslim Politics and U.S. Policies: Prospects for Pluralism and Democracy in the Muslim World"
description: "9:00 a.m.-2:15 p.m. Washington, D.C. Welcome & Project Overview Scaling Up Pluralism and Democracy Download transcript Political Transitions and Contests Download transcript Bahman Baktiari, University of Maine Democratization and Repression in post-Khomeini Iran Jenny B. White, Boston University The End of Islamism? Turkey’s New Muslim Politics Augustus Richard Norton, Boston University Egypt: Democratic Capital Lost […]"
date: "2003-09-17"
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url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2003/09/17/muslim-politics-and-us-policies-prospects-for-pluralism-and-democracy-in-the-muslim-world/"
categories:
  - "Democracy"
  - "International Affairs"
  - "Islam"
  - "Muslim Americans"
  - "Religion & Government"
  - "Religion & Government"
  - "Religion & Government"
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# Muslim Politics and U.S. Policies: Prospects for Pluralism and Democracy in the Muslim World

9:00 a.m.-2:15 p.m. Washington, D.C.

**Welcome & Project Overview** *Scaling Up Pluralism and Democracy* [Download transcript](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2003/09/0917-introduction1.pdf)

**Political Transitions and Contests** [Download transcript](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2003/09/0917-panel1.pdf)

- Bahman Baktiari, University of Maine *Democratization and Repression in post-Khomeini Iran*
- Jenny B. White, Boston University *The End of Islamism? Turkey's New Muslim Politics*
- Augustus Richard Norton, Boston University *Egypt: Democratic Capital Lost*

**Scaling Up Political Capital** [Download transcript](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2003/09/0917-panel2.pdf)

- Diane Singerman, The American University *Women's Rights and Islam: An Example of Reformist Success in Egypt*
- Dale F. Eickelman, Dartmouth College *New Media and Political Reform: Morocco and Beyond*
- Peter Mandaville, George Mason University *Transnational Muslim Movements: What Kind of Politics?*

**Old and New Pluralisms** [Download transcript](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2003/09/0917-panel3.pdf)

- Thomas Barfield, Boston University *Afghanistan: Islam as a Way of Life vs. Islam as Ideology*
- Muhammad Qasim Zaman, Brown University *Madrasas and Reform: Some Lessons from Pakistan*
- Gwenn Okruhlik, Visiting Scholar, University of Texas *Muslim Politics and Pluralism in Saudi Arabia*

**Muslims After 9-11** [Download transcript](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2003/09/0917-panel4.pdf)

- John R. Bowen, Washington University in St. Louis *Muslims and the Future of Europe*
- Michael G. Peletz, Colgate University *Malaysian Muslim Politics after 9-11*
- Robert W. Hefner, Boston University *Muslim Democratization and Anti-Democratic Violence in Indonesia*