Publications - Center for the Study of Islam & Democracy (CSID)

CSID sponsors regular lectures by prominent authorities on Islam & democracy. Below is a sampling of some of our talks over the last year. Some of these talks have been converted into Real Audio for online listening. Others are reproduced below in PDF, HTML, or MS Word format.

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page. (Muslim Democrat is CSID's quarterly newsletter for its members.)

File Type	Misc. CSID Publications
	October 4, 1999, press release formally announcing CSID's establishment. *PR 10-04-99 - PDF version* PR 10-04-99 - HTML version
	Invitation to the Public (in PDF format) from Prof. Ali A. Mazrui, CSID Chair [bio] & Prof. John L. Esposito, CSID Vice-Chair [bio]
	Call for Proposals (in MS Word format) Call for Proposals (in HTML format) CSID First Annual Conference: "The Theory and Practice of Democracy in Islam" Sunday, April 30, 2000 Georgetown University
	Letter to President Bush Feb. 9, 2001, joint letter from CSID & the American Muslim Countil (AMC) to President Bush with recommendations for dealing with Muslim World.
File Type	Lecture Transcripts, Summaries & Papers
	Lecture Summary: "Arab Nationalism & Political Islam: Issues of Identity & Problems of Democractization" by Dr. Adeed Dawisha", at University of Maryland, College Park March 28, 2000
	Paper: "Islam & Democracy: Between the past, the present, and the future" by Dr. Radwan Masmoudi, CSID Executive Director in Algiers, Algeria March 20, 2000
	Event Report: CSID/USIP Symposium on Islam & Democracy (in English) in Washington, DC, June 18, 2002
	Event Report: CSID/USIP Symposium on Islam & Democracy (in Arabic) in Washington, DC, June 18, 2002
File Type	Conference Abstracts & Proceedings
	Conference Abstract: 2002 CSID 3rd Annual Conference abstract (PDF) "Democratization and Political Violence in Muslim Societies" April 6-7, 2002 - Washington, DC
	Conference Abstract: 2001 CSID 2nd Annual Conference proceedings (PDF) "Islam, Democracy and the Secularist State in the Post-Modern Era" April 7, 2001 - Washington, DC
	Conference Report 2000 CSID 1st Annual Conference report (PDF) (in Muslim Democrat vol 2, no. 2, June 2000) "The Theory and Practice of Democracy in Islam" April 30, 2000 - Washington, DC