John Louis Esposito:
Muslims don’t hate the West
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Together with Karen Armstrong, he was known as “Islam’s Ambassador” to the West. John Louis Esposito has often been described as a bridge that links an understanding of Islam to people in the West. Esposito, who is Catholic, has spent decades studying Islam and writing books, discussing and explaining about Islam as a religion of peace and humanity.
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At Georgetown University, where he taught, he established the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, which received the support of Saudi Arabia’s Prince Al Waleed bin Talal. Its mission is to advance Islam and to facilitate cultural and inter-religious dialogue between followers of Islam and Christianity.
In mid-August, Esposito was in Jakarta to promote his book, Who Speaks for Islam? Which has been translated as Saatnya Muslim Bicara (T
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