Monday, July 03, 2006

USIP Urges US Support of "Islamic Renewal"

Yesterday's Morocco Times covered a special report by Abdeslam Maghraoui issued recently by the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) in Washington. The report argues that the only way for the U.S. to effectively counter Islamic extremism is to back "Islamic Renewal", a growing social, political, and intellectual movement whose goal is a deep reform of Muslim societies and policies. The USIP is an independent, nonpartisan institution established and funded by Congress. Here is the USIP's summary of the report and a link to the full text of the document titled American Foreign Policy and Islamic Renewal.